Failed MOT

[MudSurfer]

Well, another year, and another failed MOT......

Lower balljoints, indicator hanging on with zip ties....and handbrake not working at all (I've never used it).....oh well...maybe it's time to sell it

[Shalershasker]

Don't do it, you'll only regret it sooner or later, unless your swapping it for another.

[adpsimpson]

Lower balljoints

£16 each from Roughtrax, should take about 2 hours if you've not changed them before

indicator hanging on with zip ties....

Glue gun should sort that? Or one of the kind breakers here?

handbrake not working at all (I've never used it).....

New cables, £27 and £28 from Roughtrax.

oh well...maybe it's time to sell it

Don't be silly.

(handbrake cables might be for wrong chassais, but they're the right idea)

[biosurf]

Is the handbrake flubbed or are the rears just packed with mud? My first MOT they were convinved that cables were broken. After a bit of a clean and a drive the handbrake was fine.

[MudSurfer]

Indicator now reattached to the body of the car....

Handbrake was indeed down to tremendous quantities of brownness in the brake drums....

Lower balljoints were found in the boot, where I put them when moving the truck a while back, so hopefully, they'll be on by now, and it will be retested....

Couldn't possibly sell it.....may wash it, but can't sell it...

[MattF]

Drama Queen.

[MudSurfer]

Drama Queen.

Less of the drama, you!

[adpsimpson]

may wash it, but can't sell it...

You serious? You've got your priorities badly screwed up.

(washed ours a couple of months ago and it did nothing but bring up the scratches - probably halves the value!)

[MudSurfer]

All done, getting it (and the bill) later on, so that's it sorted for another year - anyone got an exhaust???

[MattF]

Less of the drama, you!

[Albannach]

anyone got an exhaust???

I immagine most of us do.

[MudSurfer]

I immagine most of us do.

I'd forgotten how flippant this place can get, and just how specific the questions need to be to get the answer I want, rather than asking a generalised question....

Let's try again...

Does anyone have a spare exhaust, that is no longer required for or attached to a Surf, 2nd gen, up to 1994, 3.0L TD, that they would be interested in exchanging for money or beans or other tokens of payment, that I could then attach to my Surf?

[MudSurfer]

I immagine most of us do.

Oh yes - and while we're being flippant - imagine only has one M

[MattF]

Oh yes - and while we're being flippant - imagine only has one M

That's pedantic, not flippant. Honestly. Bl00dy amateurs.

[MudSurfer]

That's pedantic, not flippant. Honestly. Bl00dy amateurs.

Now that's flipanttic!

Sorry dad!