So Gus has failed his MOT. Yes it's his last "official" MOT as he will be exempt from next year.
So failures are.
- All Indicators flash >120 times a minute
- Windscreen washers not sufficient
- Brake line rubbing against front tyres on full locks.
- Hole on offside rear floor plan around seat belt mount (actually around battery mounting)
- Fracture in bodywork offside near suspension mounts.
So the plan is.
1. All indicators - thought a ground issue but it's all so purchased a new relay.
2. Windscreen washers - already fitted an electric pump but it takes about 15 seconds to pump water. Fitted a cheap one way non return valve on the outlet of the water tank to stop gravity.
3. Yes the flex pipes bent the wrong way and the nearside one touches the tyre and started to rub at full left lock. So purchased two 360mm long ones as the others where way to big and brackets bent at an angle. Fitted and bled the brakes. Simple job the only hard bits where getting the jack under the front beam (I hate lowered cars. There is only 13cm from the ground to the beam) I had an old scissor jack which I used to raise it just enough to slip the trolley jack under. Also the spring clips holding the flex to solid pipes took a while to remove.
4. The MOT guy did not have a clue where the seat belt mounts are and mistook the battery clamp bolt as the seat belt mount. Anyway he would have failed him on the battery mounts anyway. Not much of a hole just front and back battery clamps have holes.
5. This is another one as the area marked as a fracture is a non welded area where the shock mounts curve round the swing arms. It's just a bit of body and nothing to do with the suspension but it could be within the prescribed suspension area. It looks like the previous owner just forgot to close up after the inner arch wing was completed.
So here are the pictures of the affected areas.
Spent a day cutting and treating the affected areas.
Rust on the battery tray is worse than expected and the hole got bigger as always
Created a small curved folded repair patch to cover the plate and spot welded it in place
For the area around the rear wheel arch. Welded the "crack" in the old original metal
Then fitted a closing plate over and around the original metal to help support it.
Seam welded the patches and then ground them down (sorry no pictures) then applied a POR-15 treatment and seam sealant around the welds.
Will take some more pictures of the final results.
WARNING - If using POR-15 don;t be stupid like me and get it on your Skin! Hot it on my hands and arms and NO solvent will remove it ever! Period. Tried everything it takes 4 days to come off!
Here is a link to the POR-15 website. I used the 3 step treatment
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