antonyg
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| posted on 20/9/08 at 05:11 PM |
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sva fail beverley
Hi , had my sva on thursday morning 8am at beverley.
everything was going really well up until the headlight alignment test then things started to go wrong from there. the tester was really good and
seemed to want the car to pass but i failed on the following points,
1, headlight dipped beam pattern was wrong and main beam not working correctly
2, speedo was out only reading 9mph when he was doing 30mph
3, steering shaft at an excessive angle where it meets the rack
ran out of time trying to sort it so had to come away with the fail, got home and unloaded the car so we had a look at the lights and figured out i
had connected the dipped beam to the main beam and main beam to dipped beam, 2 minutes later the wires were swopped and that was that sorted.
next was the speedo to sort i have a digi dash fitted and the sensor is wheel mounted turns out the figures i was inputing were for prop mounted
sensors a few minutes later the correct figure was typed in and the speedo was reading right.
So all i have to sort now is the steering shaft angle when it meets the rack, the tester suggested making up some tapered shims to go under the rack
mounting brackets to angle the rack slightly, or move the rose joint supporting the shaft, hopefully this will be sorted this weekend and i can book
a retest next week.
i felt a little disappointed as it would of been a first time pass had i wired up the lights correct and programmed the dash correctly, as the tester
said the steering angle was right on the limit but had it only been that he would have let it go through.
At least i know it will pass on the retest though
i would recommend beverley test centre as the tester was very helpful throughout.
Thanks Antony
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RichardK
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| posted on 20/9/08 at 05:27 PM |
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Great news as I should (will) be there sometime in December  Cheers Rich
How long was you on the waiting list?
Cheers
Rich
Good fail btw, if that makes sense 
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antonyg
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| posted on 20/9/08 at 05:40 PM |
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Yes it is a good fail, i had about a 3 week wait from sending the forms off.
what engine you got as he seemed to prefer car engines over bike engines as one of his first comments was "its nice to see a car with a car
engine"
Cheers antony
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RichardK
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| posted on 20/9/08 at 05:46 PM |
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Pinto, ah 3 weeks isn't too bad, shorter than I had in my minds eye, I was thinking about 6 weeks. Cheers Rich
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antonyg
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| posted on 20/9/08 at 06:46 PM |
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pinto, same as mine, it took 3 attempts to get through emissions and that was with standard carb fitted, first reading was 5.7% but managed to get it
down to below2%, i think the limit is 3.5%
have you got proof of engine age from ford as he will ask for it.
cheers
[Edited on 20/9/08 by antonyg]
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RichardK
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| posted on 20/9/08 at 07:43 PM |
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Mmm not got a letter from Ford may get one if he seemed keen on it, was just going to take the Burton Power catalogue that has dates it.
I *****hopefully****** will be getting my group buy JAW unit soon so should be able to get emmisions close even on my bike carbs. Cheers for the
info mate its much appreciated. Rich
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