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[mr cooke]

Hi all can anyone please help , I have changed the engine in my mini from a 998cc to a 1275 i did all the work myself  . Now i would need to update the v5c ( log book). I sent the v5c off to the dvla with info of the new engine , they returned it with no info change because i did not supply evidence of the engine change . I need to supply them with report from a garage . How do i go about getting a report from a garage , will any garage give me a report or is there only certain garages that will do this . What does this report involve. 

any help will be grateful 

Thanks Chris .

[greenwheels]

It says here what to do - https://www.gov.uk/c...vidence-to-give
But that may present more problems!! This is something I have been meaning to do as well. Try phoning them, don't forget to tell us the result of you do.

[dyshipfakta]

I'm sure if you bung a decent garage afew quid they will inspect your installation and write you a little something something to send off.

[Ethel]

Phoning is best, they may accept a letter from an owners' club, or set up your own temporary Mini specialist garage just long enough to design some headed paper and write a letter. Remind them that you have no reason to fiddle it as the tax is the same and your insurance is likely to be higher.

[Archived2]

My local mot station/garage charge £10 to look at car and give headed paper note saying the new engine is fitted and working etc.

Sure most decent garages would be willing to help?

Edited by minihobbymini, 18 November 2017 - 05:47 PM.

[mab01uk]

Note: The requirement for notification of engine changes to DVLA for Historic vehicles (tax exempt now rolling) was removed back in 2011:-

http://www.theminifo...-vehicles-dvla/

 

Changes to engine details for historic vehicles

"This change applies to all tax-exempt vehicles and was agreed due to the potential difficulties in providing supporting evidence/documentation for old/scrap replacement engines for historic/classic cars and also due to the fact that they are not taxed based on engine size/capacity in any case"

Edited by mab01uk, 18 November 2017 - 06:01 PM.

[Will16]

As above, pop into your local garage and explain the problem and see if they can help, when I did my swap I just got the garage to say they sold me the engine with the engine number, etc as it's a receipt of the engine

I have known people to make a letter up completely, with a bs garage name and gone through fine

[Avtovaz]

garage or get an engineers report done.. My dad used to do them as he was a police vehicle examiner

[Compdoc]

My local MG/Rover specialist charged me £25.00 to inspect the vehicle an write a letter stating the engine number, chassis number and registration number belonged to the same vehicle. The DVLA then took two months to change my V5C.