MOT Failure

[Nesting Zombie]

Oh No,
What’s the plan ?

 

[oppy]

Y'know Barry, although not to the same extent, you and I are in a similar quandary. With us it's the damp in the woodwork, my tame garage keep on top of the metal bits (although there is some front chassis tinworm attack). Sue and I have decided that it owes us nowt, so we'll just keep on bogging and bonding until a speedhump causes the body to fly off the back............................................then you can have the chassis cab

 

[yeoblade]

£1600, but if you know off a good welder hopefully less.
OR you could go for this type of mod if you like the van

 

[oppy]

Nothing worse than nailing tin worm. Oxy-Acetylene is best in my book, if MAGS, .6 solid wire. I hope you get it nailed for a reasonable cost to you.

 

[oppy]

£1600, but if you know off a good welder hopefully less.
OR you could go for this type of mod if you like the van

We had one of those, sans Transit, many years ago

 

[caledonia]

Nothing worse than nailing tin worm. Oxy-Acetylene is best in my book, if MAGS, .6 solid wire. I hope you get it nailed for a reasonable cost to you.

There’s always the risk of setting things on fire when your in there with the torch.

 

[trevskoda]

Been there had the t/shirt with cars, lucky i can do my own work not a word from you about it terry or else.

 

[caledonia]

WTF Trev. Terry’s gona have to report you to the welding police for that job

 

[oppy]

There’s always the risk of setting things on fire when your in there with the torch.

Yes, but get someone else to do it----------------------------Insurance claim

 

[harrow]

Oh dear, pots and pots of money, maybe £2500

 

[yeoblade]

We had one of those, sans Transit, many years ago

Ditto, well we hired it, and drove it to Venice and back behind my Cortina 1.3L

 

[mistericeman]

Actually never mind the landrovers.....

The Transit copped for some attention to the hot metal glue gun too...

2 x £80 odd quid repair panels that I actually used about a fivers worth of lol .

Took some careful 'stitching' so as not to distort the thin metal and need a heap of filler.

 

[oppy]

Ooh er, I feel a trip to Ashton coming on

Just a thunk though, We use the Trade MoT Centre on Park Road for most of the stuff that we cannot do And the owner, Mark, is a mohomer too. He's a rum beggar but straight as a die but uses a degree of discretion when needed plus MoT's are half price too

 

[ricc]

Welding costs a lot......but scrapping the vehicle and buying another costs more

 

[Robmac]

If you're asking to the nearest million Barry, I'll take a stab at 1 million.

Is there a prize?

 

[jagmanx]

So we have estimates between £1000 and £1800 so far then. Gearbox sync if I get it done somewhere between £250 and £850 on top. I knew I should have bought a bloody motorbike last year!! Now the "chancellor" is not going to be happy if I spaff £3-4k on a bike as well. Im not sure she knows about the secret bike fund though. Mwhahahahaaa Except she will probably

Ive been trying to replace that van for nearly a decade now. Never found one that ticked all the boxes. Now you just cant find one, period. I guess it owes me very little. Bought in 2008 our first van. Its been all over Europe many times and clocked up a fair few miles. I think its days of tackling the Alps and Pyrenees are over though. Possibly.

I can help !
Send me your sercret "SLUSH FUND" It will be safe.
I promise not to waste it on a dodgy contract. but a minor beer tax will be deducted every month...Hope this helps.

BTW Spend Spend spend ..Repair the van as per MSG. It will only make a small dent (Ha Ha) in your estate.
You probably cannott sell it anyway before repairing so Repair and use for at least another 2 years Then ????

 

[barryd]

Any advance on £2500?

Last big expense was replacing and upgrading the rear axle in about 2011 I think. That was north of £2500 I seem to remember. There was some damp work needed doing where the whole kitchen came out. That was £1400 but apart form that its just been bits and pieces. Its really in good nick inside and more importantly dry. Still waiting to hear from the garage but fingers crossed.

 

[trevskoda]

Any advance on £2500?

Last big expense was replacing and upgrading the rear axle in about 2011 I think. That was north of £2500 I seem to remember. There was some damp work needed doing where the whole kitchen came out. That was £1400 but apart form that its just been bits and pieces. Its really in good nick inside and more importantly dry. Still waiting to hear from the garage but fingers crossed.

£2500 for a axle gold was it, done mine for £250 as i required a higher gearing.

 

[mistericeman]

I think my starting point would be to get a decent welder to have a looksy....

It could be that things aren't actually as bad as they seem,
The mot tester can only really look at the surface of the rust....
Theyre not allowed to investigate fully, so can sometimes err on the side of caution (the rules for a corrosion fail are pretty black and white in terms of areas BUT not so clear on extent)
I'm not saying for a second that he has failed it incorrectly JUST that it might read worse than it actually is to repair.

 

[barryd]

£2500 for a axle gold was it, done mine for £250 as i required a higher gearing.View attachment 95202View attachment 95203View attachment 95204

Alko Axle on the Kontiki Trev. Not cheap.