MOT fail. Really?

Shouldent be but most testers cover there ass nowadays especially with old vehicles they dont understand

 

really - when you look at some vehicles on the road and the state they are in, that is nothing.

 

Is that a pop rivetted on outer sill?

 

Yor correct yet the tester didnt fail it on that he failed it on the corrosion on the sill

The outer sill isnt structural so is fine to be pop rivited on and have corrosion in it

 

Fair enough,they glue most outer panels on cars these days anyway!

 

I know what you mean, my MOT station failed my beetle cause of corrosion around the warm air ducts coming from the engine bay. All I did was spot welded a plate over them and sent it back and he passed it . Some people dont have a clue.

 

At least you spot welded plates on

The plates on my landrover were stuck on with bathroom sealent

 

A mate once cut the bottom out of a biscuit tin , riveted it to the floor of his mini metro and painted it with underseal ,
retest pass, result .

 

You're both wrong in fact, the sill is original and spot welded on. The rivets are for the belley pans. I've replaced the sill now and welded the pan to the inner sill in a removal friendly way.

This van ONLY failed on this rust and about 4 other bits, no worse, no larger, not structural and hardly likely to slash a passer by. I offered it's owner that none of it would fail at my local, but he wanted to get the repairs done to keep on top anyway.

[reminisce mode] I remember my first bus failed it's MOT at one place, it covered in yellow crayon. Weighed up options, took elsewhere and it failed just on the handbrake, despite (or maybe because of) displaying all the yellow crayon from the previous MOT place a few days before. MOT testers seem to love proving each other wrong. Computers have taken away this option we oldies used to have - repair or try your luck somewhere else. lol [/reminisce mode]

 

I had to repair one once and found myself needing to weld to an aluminium inner sill and lead sheet rear arch.

 

Lead sheet ,Quality.

 

Oh well i cant be right all the time lmao

I was correct in that the outer sill isnt structural and that the tester had failed the corrosion in yellow crayon

My mums fella is an mot tester and if you want a car to fail just write mot test car on the bottom in the yellow crayon the testers use
Hes a good old school tester that fails what needs failing and tells you what needs attention in the next year

 

This passed at my local.

 

If theres enough strength in the I sections and outriggers then why not?

 

A friends bus just failed as the belly pan had a rust hole
His said it failed as it was with in 300mm of the jacking point

 

Even the jacking points aren't a fail, so that's funny.

 

I siliconed many patches on old landies, particulary if it meant removing the tub to get to the top of the chassis, maybe i owned para's old one in a past life.

 

Some people can apply silicon so it looks just like a weld.

 

Ooh, thats clever. I must try that. Its cheaper than welding wire anyway.

 

I spoke to my MoT guy today about these holes.......I assumed as they were above the sill line they'd be ok.......

Alas it's a fail as there are sharp edges that could cause kids to loose their fingers etc......