Bizarre MOT fail.

[v8lee]

My point exactly

[vicsmith]

alistairk said:

I thought that went down as "broken or cracked spring" Its a while since I've had one fail on that.

Funnily enough I`ve not seen that one for a long time, yet once a month I`ll get one - usually a Vectra or Corsa - coming back with "coilspring incomplete" on the fail sheet.

I wonder if its something to do with the way the computerised forms are filled in, seeing as they cant just write what they mean on the sheet anymore perhaps "incomplete" is the easiest option to select, and trying to put broken or whatever might mean a load of hassle, wouldnt surprise me, from what I can gather the computerised MOT program is quite user-vicious.

[markbognor]

Will probably fail on headlight alignment though. There might not be enough down adjustment to make up for the rake.



Doh, but of course he's only going to test things which are fails or advisories - and assotiated parts. Would the headlight alignment be assotiated?

[HoTWire]

xbo11ox said:

Was the spring cutting done by a pro or a halfwit? As cutting them sufficiently differently that one side fails the test, and the other is 'OK', suggests the latter.

Our very own Rmad did the spring cutting on that car.



I suspect that they aren't wired into the cup so probably dropped when jacked... or when it was unjacked they didn't seat themselves correctly on one side.

Get it home and have a check of it all, if you are lucky ^^ that is the reason.

[tigran]

Yeah i heard an almighty clunk as i was parking it, will get the jack under it and have a look see.

[HoTWire]

I've had mine held in with some seriously heavy duty cable ties.. you can use other things but the ties have stood the test of time and a thousand or so miles, including a work out up and down (numerous, numerous times) the entry road to RR07 ...