MOT due tomorrow....

[lofty]

My first MOT on my 406 hdi tomorrow, hopefully it should be ok, fingers crossed and all that......

Assuming all goes well, i will then start pricing up replacement DMF and clutch for the old girl as well. Plus its due its 132k service and needs taxing...

If not, i'll be on here, so hide the rope and the knives.....

[Welly]

The 406 is pretty easy come MOT time but the main problems are the rear brakes. Mine flew through it's 3 MOT's whilst I had it.

I used to work the handbrake whilst driving on the way down there in a vein attempt at cleaning up the shoes also a (sympathetic) Italian Tune up can help reduce smoke levels if your worried about that.

Make sure you go around all the lights yourself first and make sure the car's really clean/hoovered and has plenty of screenwash - the lack of any of these things can rub-up the MOT guy the wrong way

Ooh, and newly Jet-Washed wheel arches go down well in my experience (stops the guy getting a face full of crud whilst he's poking about)

[mjb]

Don't forget the number plate lights!

[jasper5]

Good luck with the mot

[lofty]

Cheers Guys. I shouldnt really be worried because im quite anal about the car.... just got a touch of MOT paranoia!

Im quite lucky in a way, as the guy who owns the garage / mot tester is a reasonable friend of mine, BUT he is a very straight guy, which is what you need come mot time.

I'll post up tomorrow with the outcome.

[teamster1975]

Hope it goes well! (Or went well depending on the time! )

[lofty]

IT PASSED!

With flying colours as well, not a single advisory. And he was very thorough with the whole test. Even the smoke test was good, minimal smoke at all.

He was very complimentary about the car, saying for the age and mileage it was a cracking example.

Chuffed to bits i am (bit like a bloke falling infront of a steam train!)

Matt

[steve_earwig]

Woohoo! \o/

[teamster1975]

Brilliant news Matt!

[Doggy]

Result

[Welly]

Nice one!

Now you can treat the car to something (now that you haven't had to pay for any repairs)

[steve_earwig]

Oh yes, a full tank of diesel!!

[jbh325i]

mines is due in october just got it but been checking it over. only things i could find was the center rear belt ( fixed now thanks to advice on here ) and the rear brakes, picked up a new set of discs and pads today so will be doing them tomorrow, hand brake could do with being adjusted so ill do that tomorrow when im doing the rear brakes. once all thats done ill get it booked in early for its MOT

[lofty]

Nice one!

Now you can treat the car to something (now that you haven't had to pay for any repairs)

ha ha - you're not alone in thinking that. Im just stashing a bit of money aside each month to pay for the inevitable and costly DMF and clutch job. However the noises have got no worse the last 10k so it may go on for quite a while yet.....

Got the oil and filters for this weekends 132 k service (only a small one - said the bishop to the actress!!)