mot

[dudley]

had to take the station wagon for an mot this morning

having only checked levels and fitted a rear
exhaust box in the last year(very neglectful)
i was expecting a list of jobs.BUT it passed
with two advises 1) slight oil leak from gear
box 2) rear n/s brake not as efficient as other
three

one very happy chap

i can relax now until the carawagon's mot is
due in oct !!!!!!!!

phillip

[RMS]

Well done Phillip

I'm taking my Carawagon in for MOT tomorrow morning, so wish me luck

Cheers,
Robin.

[RMS]

Darn it, you didn't wish me luck, did you

Steering relay has about 3mm of vertical movement in the shaft - enough for my usually tolerant MOT guy to fail it

Despite having Patrick swing on the steering wheel last weekend while I crawled about underneath to check for movement in all the joints I missed that, though it was a lot easier to spot when it was up at head height on the 4 post lift at the garage

So, guess who's going to try to remove a steering relay from a 48 year old chassis this weekend

Wish me luck on that, at least, please

Cheers,
Robin.

[RobW]

Good luck. I've got one of those puller thingies from S2C offer - do you need to borrow it?

[RMS]

Hi Rob,

Do you mean the HNJ steering arm puller?

If so, I don't think it fits the relay arms Thanks anyway

I'm not sure I've seen anything else as a tool to remove the steering relay arms, but they are fairly easy to get to with a 2 legged puller (which I've got ).

The difficulty, as you might see from other posts on S2C, is getting the relay itself out of the chassis as it tends to 'weld' itself into the sleeved hole

There are all sorts of tricks/techniques, including 9 ton bottle jacks and chains, but if it doesn't come out fairly easily I might try rebuilding it in situ

Luckily my local "old-school" Land Rover garage has a NOS shaft and cones in stock, as well as a Britpart new relay (which I'd rather not use unless I have to destroy the old one ).

Cheers,
Robin.

[RobW]

Yes, that's the one. If it's not the right bit then no worries.

[dudley]

i read your reply to my post,and said "good luck robin"
only i didn't post it,

remember glass half full (could have been worse!!!!!!)

honest i am not gloating ( i wouldn't)

phillip

[Ian]

Good luck with the steering relay Robin. From others tales, they are a bear to remove. I just replaced the exhaust manifold on the Dormie and splitting the inlet from the exhaust manifold was a pig. Things that have been together a long time are hard to part. I have the scars to prove it.

If its any consolation, there's no such thing as an MOT here in California. And if your vehicle is over 25 years old, no smog test either. Just tax and insurance and you are good to go.

Cheers,
Ian

[lightweightles]

Hi Robin,

sorry to hear abot your MOT fail lets hope you get it sorted.

Coincidentally I also took my carawagon for its MOT yesterday luckily it passed with no advisories.

It is the first chance I have had to have a really good look underneath while it was on the four post lift.

The underneath is absolutely amazing, chassis is like new not a patch at all.

Brakes are spot on.

Mot tester was gob smacked at how good it was.

Best wishes Les

[RMS]

Thanks guys - relay came out really easily this afternoon
Top and bottom arms slid off with a bit of persuasion; unbolted it top & bottom, stuck a bottle jack and tube underneath and pumped - it just rose out of the chassis like a phoenix

It looks like it's been half empty at some time as the top cone on the shaft is very pitted, so rebuilt it with new old stock shaft and all new internals - ready to go back in tomorrow, I hope