meganes mot

[BrokenBiker]

so, just got back from the mot. they didn't fail it on the broken O/S sill, or the crumpled N/S sill, or the broken engine mount casting, or the exhaust blowing from the back, or the O/S cv boot being loose, or the N/S lower arm bush being split, or there being excess play in the ball joint on the same arm...no, they didn't even put those down as advisories.

what they did do, however, was fail it on a blown side light...

I was honestly expecting a list as long as my arm, but no, one item, front position light not working.

so apparently, for a car to be safe on the british roads you just need a side light, everything else is pointless and un-important

 

[the snooper]

where did you take it blind institute ?

 

[BrokenBiker]

same place I got tyres the other week. when he walked into the room I was sat in he said all done, unfortunately its a fial, and I looked said yeah I guessed as much, how much do you reckon its gonna be? and he looked at me stupid and said, about 4 quid...

I was honestly lost for words, I was expecting a toss up between getting it through the mot or scrapping it and going down the auctions Wednesday

 

[brightspark]

where did you take it blind institute ?

or a testing station and the mechanic has a bad back so didnt go underneath it to look and happened to notice the light

 

[BrokenBiker]

or a testing station and the mechanic has a bad back so didnt go underneath it to look and happened to notice the light

nah it definitely went up on ramps, as I had a look under it, which was when I realised the exhaust was still blowing (badly by the looks of it) the cv boot was halfway up the shaft, the dustcap on the ball join was missing, gave it a prod and it didn't look good.

put it this way, if I was testing it I would have failed it

 

[the snooper]

nah it definitely went up on ramps, as I had a look under it, which was when I realised the exhaust was still blowing (badly by the looks of it) the cv boot was halfway up the shaft, the dustcap on the ball join was missing, gave it a prod and it didn't look good.

put it this way, if I was testing it I would have failed it

complete wishbones are only 20 odd quid for them but you have to drop the sub frame for one bolt and you could do cv boot at same time

 

[BrokenBiker]

complete wishbones are only 20 odd quid for them but you have to drop the sub frame for one bolt and you could do cv boot at same time

bought a lower arm when I came home, paid about 35 for it, got bushes and ball joint on it so just a straight swap. did the boot when I got home too, its still in good condition, the clip has snapped so I cable tied it back on.

 

[the snooper]

its a lot less hassle if you can press out the old ball joint and press in the new one with the arm on the car

 

[rtbcomp]

......... how much do you reckon its gonna be? and he looked at me stupid and said, about 4 quid...

...........

You were robbed. When my Landy failed on a brake light he changed it there & then and charged 50p.

The best one was on a Riley I had, we just got back from the test run, he said "It's passed OK", pulled the handbrake on and the cable snapped. He said he couldn't pass it now, but I explained that it snapped after he'd passed it, so he let it go!

 

[BrokenBiker]

You were robbed. When my Landy failed on a brake light he changed it there & then and charged 50p.

The best one was on a Riley I had, we just got back from the test run, he said "It's passed OK", pulled the handbrake on and the cable snapped. He said he couldn't pass it now, but I explained that it snapped after he'd passed it, so he let it go!

in all fairness you do have to be able to dislocate your wrists in order to change a bulb on the front of a megane lol

its a lot less hassle if you can press out the old ball joint and press in the new one with the arm on the car

may as well do the whole thing, one bush it split, other looks quite tired too

 

[the snooper]

in all fairness you do have to be able to dislocate your wrists in order to change a bulb on the front of a megane lol



may as well do the whole thing, one bush it split, other looks quite tired too

you are gonna enjoy the front mounting bolt

 

[BrokenBiker]

you are gonna enjoy the front mounting bolt

looks fairly simple to me, take rear mounting bolt out, drops onto floor, loosen off ball joint clamp then split, undo front mounting bolt, loads of space in there to slide lower arm off. there is also a hole in the chassis leading right to the head of the front bolt for tightening it up again, will have to join 2 extension bars together but should be ok

 

[the snooper]

have a look on the web about it, its not that simple

 

[500e]

It's just stringing you along BB let you feel relaxed then

 

[Wendelspanswick]

Given all the 'joy' that the Megane has given you, if I was in your position I would have been happier if it had failed and I had an excuse to scrap it!

 

[BrokenBiker]

have a look on the web about it, its not that simple

the only other thing I can see that might need doing is radiator mount might need undoing and moving forward a bit, but that is only if I need to remove the front bolt, if I can get a socket on the head through the hole in the subframe then I wont need to remove the bolt as there is absolutely nothing in the way to stop the lower arm sliding off the front bolt once the nut is off

 

[the snooper]

the only other thing I can see that might need doing is radiator mount might need undoing and moving forward a bit, but that is only if I need to remove the front bolt, if I can get a socket on the head through the hole in the subframe then I wont need to remove the bolt as there is absolutely nothing in the way to stop the lower arm sliding off the front bolt once the nut is off

you cant just slide it off I did both sides on one last month

 

[octo0072000]

can you do it like old mondeos by cutting the head off the bolt then fitting a new bolt with the nut at the top
instead of the bottom

 

[the snooper]

can you do it like old mondeos by cutting the head off the bolt then fitting a new bolt with the nut at the top
instead of the bottom

the bolt / nut in question is horizontal at the front of the arm

 

[wookie]

Given all the 'joy' that the Megane has given you

Given all the 'joy' that the Megane has given you, I'd be keeping in on the road just to annoy it, I wouldn't let it die that easily !!!