farmer.palmer
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| posted on 22/4/08 at 06:19 PM |
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SVA at Birmingham
Hello
I have my SVA test at Brum next week, has anybody used this test centre?
Are there any particular points the testers there are hot on?
cheers
james
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NeilP
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| posted on 22/4/08 at 07:28 PM |
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David and Paul are at Brum still I believe. Paul who did me is a thorough gent and really wanted the car to pass - firm but v. fair I'd
say...
You won't get any leeway on any of the hard targets but plenty of time to try and correct and they seem to usually err on your side if they
can't see something and ask you if it's as they want it to be
If you pay peanuts...
Mentale, yar? Yar, mentale!
Drive it like you stole it!
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snippy
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| posted on 22/4/08 at 07:31 PM |
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I did my SVA test there in June 2006. My 1st build and only failed on 3 points, steering self centering, 1 x radius edge and speedo reading
incorrectly. The tester I had was very friendly and pro, he allowed me to fix an oil leak that sprung from my oil pressure switch during the test! He
went for a cup of tea giving me time to fix it. Top bloke, sadly he left after my test to becomea a VOSA trainer. Rest of the guys seemed friendly
too. My retest was carried out by the site manager! Good Luck with the test. Take plenty of tools with you, spares, build photo`s, receipts etc and a
mate in a support car to carry everything!
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stevec
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| posted on 22/4/08 at 10:09 PM |
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Had mine there, David was the tester. Nice guy I thought, very fair and genuinely wants you to pass, but present your car well and pay attention to
detail.
Good luck.
Steve.
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zxrlocost
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| posted on 23/4/08 at 09:20 AM |
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do all my cars there
all the brake lines need bracketing to the chassis where they join the braided hoses
so your front brake lines to braided cant be joined just by a hole in the bodywork and a nut
they need an actual bracket going to the chassis
hth
chris
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tks
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| posted on 14/5/08 at 10:36 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by zxrlocost
do all my cars there
all the brake lines need bracketing to the chassis where they join the braided hoses
so your front brake lines to braided cant be joined just by a hole in the bodywork and a nut
they need an actual bracket going to the chassis
hth
chris
Does this also apply if the bodywork is alu sheet and its rigid connected to the chasis???
I have done exactly as you state above...
the nearest chasis tube is 40mm away from the alloy sheet. So it will mean that the braided hose needs to be passed through the alloy sheet...
Tks
The above comments are always meant to be from the above persons perspective.
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