Passed!
Well chuffed and only one advisory for an oil leak..
Only 5k since the last MOT which is around what Richard does every month lol
Nice one but you should have told him the oil leak is a factory fitted option. Not doing the mileage at the moment due to lockdown, only managed 5,000 since October. But got a 500 mile round trip this weekend and a run to France next week (which is going to involve 2 negative Covid tests and an awful lot of paperwork).
😆 oil leaks are standard on p38s always come up on my MOT slight oil leak
Screwfix Heavy Duty degreaser (https://www.screwfix.com/p/no-nonsense-heavy-duty-degreaser-5ltr/88668#_=p) and a pressure washer before taking it for test, impresses the tester no end. Good stuff too, even got oily marks from a bicycle chain on my step daughter's white dress off.
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Screwfix Heavy Duty degreaser (https://www.screwfix.com/p/no-nonsense-heavy-duty-degreaser-5ltr/88668#_=p) and a pressure washer before taking it for test, impresses the tester no end. Good stuff too, even got oily marks from a bicycle chain on my step daughter's white dress off.
our mot asks where the oil leak if he has a p38 go in with out one as he use to them he runs series 2 land rovers so he use to oil leaks
I was going to pressure wash it underneath but the cold horrible weather put me off lol
The Oil leak is the front pump seal for the autobox, I need to address it one day LOL
it isn't too bad, but still noticeable!
with the new shockers she drives like new!
love it..
Richard, I don't envy you and that paperwork, what will be on the trailer this trip?
This weekend I'm picking up an Alfa Spider in Skegness and delivering it to the new owner (a guy I used to work with before I retired) in Torquay. For the French trip it'll be a chassis and roll cage for a Ronart W152 (one of these http://www.ronart.co.uk/). It was ordered and paid for last year but the travel restrictions mean delivery has been delayed for months. All the paperwork for it is dated 2020 so, according to the EU document checking service at the A1(M) services just up the road, I shouldn't need any export documents. I'm not so sure so I'll be taking them anyway.. Also got to take 2 negative Covid tests too, one as a punter in case they don't consider me a freight driver and another as a freight driver if they do. Just got to hope I test negative......
That ronart looks interesting..
The Alfa spyder i'd be tempted if I could afford one, don't think i'd fit in it would make a nice yard ornament though LOL
Alfa is a 2007 and was just under £3k while the Ronart is interesting. With a 4.2 straight 6 in it (or even a 5.3 V12 if you feel like being really suicidal) fed with 3 triple DCOE Webers and sitting on relatively skinny tyres on wire wheels, they need to be treated with a great deal of respect. I know the guy that designed and builds them and my only complaint about them is that as they use the standard XJ6 running gear, they actually look too big when you have something to judge it against. Seeing him sitting in it, it almost looks like it was built in 12/10th scale. So you probably would fit in that. He's currently working on a redesign so it will take the running gear from later Jags as a donor XJ6 is getting harder to find and they are going up in value now they are becoming collectable. Bit old hat too with a 4 speed gearbox with Laycock overdrive bolted on the end.
This is one that my mate in France built as the first LHD version (with Dina and our dog). I think the radius of the mudguards is wrong or it needs larger wheels and/or tyres. Problem with that is the wheels won't take larger tyres and wire wheels aren't available any bigger. And yes, that is the nose of a 1973 Volvo 1800ES sneaking in the foreground.
Smart looking motor, the old XK6 and V12 are nice motors, with wire wheels it looks like good fun..
Can't imagine it weighs that much...
as for the Alfa when I saw "spyder" my mind immediately thought of the 1960 and 70s model! Hmm....
Always a nice relief to get a pass!
I had one on Monday, one on Wednesday and have my 3rd MOT this week on the L322 so am hoping for a hat trick!
David.
It was a huge load off my mind David, I has a feeling it was going to pass almost everything underneath is new lol
But being that it is my only form of transport I would of been a bit stuck!!