MOT Due next month - Page 2

itchyfeet · 28th April 2015, 12:11

We only have government MOT centers here in Northern Ireland so sadly, we get whoever is available. last MOT, my ZR went through with zero advisories.
Had my ZT serviced last week and all that it needs (so far) for MOT is the handbrake tightened. Lower engine mount to be replaced too and that is it. Car is in excellent condition. Still get very nervous though about MOT.

HarryM1BYT · 28th April 2015, 12:24

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Originally Posted by HarryM1BYT

Oh Dear...

The Ebay source from which I ordered the two bushes, has not bothered to email me to advise they were dispatched. I paid extra for 1st class, to give them a better chance to get here by there advised date of Wednesday. I did get an order confirmation, but they are generated automatically from Ebay.

Concerned at the lack of a dispatched email from them, I emailed them yesterday via Ebay to ask them if they had been dispatched. No reply from them and I read a few concerns that others are having similar problems contacting them.

A bit of research suggests they are into selling lots of unassociated nick nacks, so I then tried to find a phone number to ring them. The only phone number I was able to find for them - 01706 229555 was a discontinued one.

The company operates under various names, making me even more concerned - ybcars; WhyBee Ltd; Yates & Bloomfield Mechatech - a Mark Timothy Yates and a Robert Bloomfield, all from Rossendale Lancs.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/181674617719

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/151599647910

None of it is conclusive yet, but a company which cannot be easily contacted makes me very suspicious of them and their products.

Has anyone got a valid phone number for this company please?

I've just had a reply from them and they are to be putting them in the post late this afternoon. I have expressed my displeasure, explaining that I paid 1st class postage for a reason, that car parts usually are needed urgently. They say their ad said delivery in one week, it actually said anticipated delivery 29th April and the same date repeated in the order confirmation email.

HarryM1BYT · 2nd May 2015, 09:48

After all that... They turned up Wednesday, a bit too late for me to fit, but not a problem as the garage had agreed to fit them during the MOT.

Arrived this morning for the MOT and he said he wouldn't have time and it hadn't been booked for it doing anyway.

He passed it as OK as it was anyway, they weren't gone, but on the way to needing replacement - so noted as the only advisories on the certificate.

Still need to get them done though, any volunteers to help swap them, preferably with a lift or pit local to me and having done them before?

sworks · 2nd May 2015, 10:15

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Originally Posted by HarryM1BYT

Oh I can assure you he is impartial as can be. He is just very honest and knows I keep my cars in top condition - a waste of time his checking it, or at least he knows not to bother looking for the obvious faults.

If he spots anything developing, not a fail, not an advisory, he gives me a bit of verbal advice. Can't be fairer than that

Whatever you do don't name the garage as you don't know who's reading

I'm sure I'm going to get slated for this but the mot test should be the same for everybody, no quick tests for people who are known to look after their cars. Everything should be tested regardless. It has to be pass fail or advise for the system to work and have transparency for the next potential owner. If I've misunderstood the post then I apologise Harry

David Lawrence · 2nd May 2015, 10:23

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Originally Posted by dadragon

HarryM1BYT, sounds like my MOT tester, I use the same dude as well and we go back 20+ years, I have had a couple of his mates test mine when he's been on holiday and still flown through the MOT's, they do know (like yourself ) that I keep all the family cars in the best possible condition and any work that is done (always by me) will be done properly. As for the bush you mention a slight tear is not a fail, only a mention to get it done or at worst an advisory. I'm sure you'll be fine, best of British to you!!
Regards DaDragon (Roger)

I use an MOT guy who only does MOT's. Only 1 fail in 20 years, but it deserved it for a rusty brake pipe. Didnt look too bad till. Pulled it out of the clip and it snapped. He gave me an advisory for a deteriorating wishbone bush telling me it was going to need doing once the winter was over. Middle of March, and a speed hump removed the rubber from the housing.

Hope your bushes turn up soon, thats a job you're going to enjoy.

HarryM1BYT · 2nd May 2015, 11:41

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Originally Posted by sworks

Whatever you do don't name the garage as you don't know who's reading

I'm sure I'm going to get slated for this but the mot test should be the same for everybody, no quick tests for people who are known to look after their cars. Everything should be tested regardless. It has to be pass fail or advise for the system to work and have transparency for the next potential owner. If I've misunderstood the post then I apologise Harry

No, you got the wrong end of the stick. Knowing me, knowing how my cars are maintained by me and the car itself - he better knows where to focus his attention. He knows he will not find anything obvious. I would not have it any other way, I like my cars to be 100%, no corners cut - he knows this and what would not even be worthy of an advisory, he points out to me verbally. I pointed out the bushes to him, for him to do a more thorough check upon and get his opinion. He said they were fine for the time being, hence the advisory.

I not one who relies on the MOT to point out any faults, it is maintained 100% year round.

HarryM1BYT · 2nd May 2015, 11:47

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Originally Posted by David Lawrence

Hope your bushes turn up soon, thats a job you're going to enjoy.

They turned up Wednesday, but as time was tight and the job not easy without a lift or pit, I daren't attempt it, so I made arrangements for him to do it, or at least so I had thought.

bl52krz · 2nd May 2015, 18:43

I have used the same garage for many years, at least 25 years. When it goes in for mot he has got my phone number and tells me if anything is wrong and do I want him to do it. Only twice has he phoned me. Once for a leaking shocker that he had fitted 1 year ago for the mot, and he had replaced a blown bulb in the rear stop lamp. Of my 220sd.

2nd May 2015, 09:48	#13
HarryM1BYT This is my second home 75 Contemporary SE Mk II 2004 Man. Sal. CDTi 135ps, FBH on red diesel, WinCE6 DD Join Date: May 2010 Location: Leeds Posts: 17,273 Thanks: 2,160 Thanked 2,061 Times in 1,586 Posts	After all that... They turned up Wednesday, a bit too late for me to fit, but not a problem as the garage had agreed to fit them during the MOT. Arrived this morning for the MOT and he said he wouldn't have time and it hadn't been booked for it doing anyway. He passed it as OK as it was anyway, they weren't gone, but on the way to needing replacement - so noted as the only advisories on the certificate. Still need to get them done though, any volunteers to help swap them, preferably with a lift or pit local to me and having done them before? __________________ Harry How To's and items I offer for free, or just to cover the cost of my expenses... http://www.the75andztclub.co.uk/foru...40#post1764540 Fix a poor handbrake; DIY ABS diagnostic unit; Loan of the spanner needed to change the CDT belts; free OBD diagnostics +MAF; Correct Bosch MAF cheap; DVB-T install in an ex-hi-line system; DD install with a HK amp; FBH servicing. I've taken a vow of poverty. To annoy me, send money.

2nd May 2015, 18:43	#18
bl52krz This is my second home Rover 75 cdt club + Rover 2.5 KV6 Conni SE Join Date: May 2008 Location: Birmingham Posts: 11,392 Thanks: 6,587 Thanked 2,262 Times in 1,729 Posts	I have used the same garage for many years, at least 25 years. When it goes in for mot he has got my phone number and tells me if anything is wrong and do I want him to do it. Only twice has he phoned me. Once for a leaking shocker that he had fitted 1 year ago for the mot, and he had replaced a blown bulb in the rear stop lamp. Of my 220sd. __________________ Great Barr, Birmingham.

28th April 2015, 12:11	#11
itchyfeet Loves to post MG ZT+ CDTi Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: N.Ireland Posts: 475 Thanks: 81 Thanked 72 Times in 58 Posts	We only have government MOT centers here in Northern Ireland so sadly, we get whoever is available. last MOT, my ZR went through with zero advisories. Had my ZT serviced last week and all that it needs (so far) for MOT is the handbrake tightened. Lower engine mount to be replaced too and that is it. Car is in excellent condition. Still get very nervous though about MOT.