Well, I suppose it was inevitable, Eliza failed the MOT on Wednesday :(

 

1) Nearside front (to rear) brake pipe excessively corroded.

2) Offside front (to rear) brake pipe excessively corroded.

 

Now due to my total lack of confidence, concerning last years MOT, with the place I've been going to for the last 15 years (!!), I decided I couldn't go too wrong taking it to my local Nissan Main dealer (mainly down to the fact I simply don't trust any garage local these days) and to be frank they weren't all that bad (I won't mention the fact that I had to wait a further week & 1/2 as their MOT machine was out of calibration :rolleyes: and they couldn't fit me in)

But I had to laugh at the quote for the work on replacing the 2 brake pipes ;) ........................ 5 hours labour :) which worked out at (and this was without parts)......

 

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..... A staggering £350!!!!!!!!! :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

 

As I'm sure you can guess, I declined their kind offer ;)

 

I also got some advisories.......

 

1) Offside front suspension arm has slight play in a pin/bush.

2) Rear (centre) brake pipe slightly corroded.

3) Offside rear brake pipe slightly corroded.

4) Nearside rear upper tie bar/rod has slight play in a pin/bush.

5) Offside rear upper tie bar/rod has slight play in a pin/bush.

6) Nearside front brake pipe slightly corroded.

7) Offside front brake pipe slightly corroded.

8) Oil leak.

9) Viscous fan damaged (starting to crack/break up).

10) N/S/R O2 sensor wire broken in two.

(Their words, not mine)

 

Didn't I do well (in a Bruce Forsyth styley!)

sorry to hear that mate. a failed MOT is always a hammer blow.

 

topless posted a thread a while ago about council owned MOT stations that only do the test not work so tend not to be so harsh because it is not in their interest if they can only do the test. It included a link showing you where your nearest place would be and some stats showing the much lower bills. I will be definitely be taking my zed there for the next MOT.

£350 for 5 hours sounds about normal workshop rate for most places mate. £55 ish an hour plus VAT.

Sounds just about right to me!

 

http://www.300zx.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=99844&highlight=brake

Got it sorted with a mechanic I know(and have used before) for a total of £90!! :D :hyper:

 

Now for the partial re-test on Monday

They were very specific on point 8 i see.

They were very specific on point 8 i see.

;)

Fortunately I already know about it, and know the cure, but simply don't have the money to have the job done (rear crank seal)

 

I quite liked point 10, he was referring to the Overheat sensor wire, which I also knew about, but at least it was good to point these out which the other place I used to use never really said anything :rolleyes: