colnerov
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I think you've misunderstood me, I understand the rules just not the reasoning for them.
Either I am competent to cut out a rotten crossmember and weld in a replacement or I am not, if I am competent to replace a crossmember with a suitable spare part then I should also be competent to replace the crossmember with one from another vehicle. If I don't have the skills and knowledge to do the latter than I'd argue that I shouldn't attempt the first option either.
I suspect the reasoning will be because it's seen as being bit more involved modifying something than just doing a straight swop but I'd argue that if you don't have the skill set to do the modification then you shouldn't really be doing repairs either. Would you trust a person who could only do repairs but didn't have a good enough knowledge to safely do modifications as well ? I know I wouldn't.
I know someone who uses the same settings on the Mig welder to weld 3mm wall box and 20mm plate.....
Hi, Yes I agree with you. The DVSA have to draw a line somewhere between what is a repair and what is a modification, anything that is not like for like is a modification. I use to work with a guy who admired the fact I modified cars because he said he could only do component changes on like for like basis and he used to work for a BL main dealer. Part of the problem is nowadays there are lots of people doing this sort of thing with no comprehension of what they're doing, putting ever more powerful engines in older cars that were not designed for them. They're having a purge on these vehicles at the moment. There's a guy on another forum that has scratch built a chassis and spaceframe for a Ford Pop with an American V8 it's a very well done project, but for every good one there are who knows how many that are more or less just thrown together so they can go drag race other car along the seafront, it those they are trying to weed out. There are lots of abuses of it where people are saying "well it's passed an MOT" as if that makes it all right. There used to be examples of some putting Series one bodywork on not very old Range Rovers and screwing the S1 number plate to it to get free road tax. The practice of 'Frankensteining' by welding the top half of a Vauxhall Velox to the floorpan and under pinnings of a modern Jaguar.
Colin