kendo
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| posted on 18/9/09 at 08:29 PM |
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oh dear - maybe 3rd time lucky
had my sva retest today. started well, crossed loads of the list. Then started going down hill. Failed dash again even though padded, not quite hard
enough apparently. Boiled over during speedo test, rev the knackers off it but don't provide any air flow through rad. Failed,because erratic
reading and over by 1mph. Then field of view on driverside wing mirror. I could see marks but tester couldn't.
Anyway, broad shoulders so can deal with all that. What was a real gut job was the loss of a bolt from one of the front calipers on the way home.
caliper dug into the wheel, cracked the wheel scrapping a brand new alloy. Only consolation is that it could have been a biggy only that it happened
at low speed.
So new plan of attack under development. Need to make the cooling system actually cool the engine.
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whitestu
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| posted on 18/9/09 at 08:31 PM |
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Bad luck! You'll get there next time!
Stu
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austin man
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| posted on 18/9/09 at 08:36 PM |
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cant you hard wire the fan through a switch to allow you to run it contantly when required.
Life is like a bowl of fruit, funny how all the weird looking ones are left alone
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Ben_Copeland
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| posted on 18/9/09 at 08:44 PM |
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If the waters not flowing properly having the fan on constant wont help, as i found out !
Replaced rad and fan only come on whn sitting for ages
Ben
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kendo
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| posted on 18/9/09 at 08:55 PM |
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I thinking I'll do that with the fan for the test just to slow the heat up rate during the test. The fan only seems to make the slightest of
impressions on the temperature though so wondering if its a more fundamental problem. Spot of investigating required.
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gavin174
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| posted on 18/9/09 at 09:41 PM |
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not wishing to put more of a downer on it...
but...
isnt there a cut of for sva passes before you have to take an iva
http://www.essexkitcarclub.com
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LBMEFM
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| posted on 19/9/09 at 05:45 AM |
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I think that SVA re-tests run out at the end of September I may be wrong. The speedo will be OK at 1mph over but it will be the erratic reading that
will fail it. Losing a bolt at low speed sounds dodgy. Good luck with the re-test, and keep going it's well worth it in the end. Barry
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f1ngers
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| posted on 19/9/09 at 09:34 AM |
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quote:
I think that SVA re-tests run out at the end of September I may be wrong
I hope not as I was told I have 6 months for retest(s) from my original SVA on 23rd April which makes the deadline around 23rd October
Still going through my 3 page list of fails hoping to get a retest sometime in the next few weeks.
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Ben_Copeland
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| posted on 19/9/09 at 09:53 AM |
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Check your paperwork, should have an "end date".
On the fail sheets i believe.
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kendo
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| posted on 19/9/09 at 05:44 PM |
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my last date is 15th October. 6mths from original test.
We had 2 pages of issues now down to just 3 items.
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Ben_Copeland
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| posted on 19/9/09 at 06:09 PM |
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Didnt they delay the cut off point due to issues with IVA manual?
If your paperwork says October they cant really argue can they?
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markyb
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| posted on 19/9/09 at 07:25 PM |
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My tester told me that the 6 month rule actually runs a bit longer as the end date is for applications so you could fail your test after 5 months and
30 days and as long as you put your form in the same day you will get another test.
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