12 replies to this topic

[soooty]

One of my mot failure thingys was:
Offside outer sill Seat belt anchorage prescribed area is excessively corroded (5.2.6)

..am i right in thining that if i remove the passenger seat and the seat belts, they can't test whats not there and it will pass. albeit with an advisory stating that the passenger seat and belts are removed.?

ta

[Spud_133]

No, it has failed due to rust, not the state of the seat belt. If you remove the seatbelt, you will fail on having no seatbelt as well as the corrosion.

[kcchan]

He "theoretically" wanted to remove the seat as well?

[Spud_133]

Ah, my eyes fail me again! That would depend on the tester I would have thought then?

[sonikk4]

It will still fail as the fixing point is corroded whether there is a seat fitted or not. Its structural.

[soooty]

ok i've got a better idea now. in the past i have removed rear seats where the seatbelts were missing. this allowed me to get it through the test.

[sonikk4]

If the inner sill is corroded especially around the seat belt anchor point it will still fail, seat or no seats.

[ANON]

i know how you can get round it, get it welded!!

[soooty]

when they invent a nice safe welder- one that does not get hot, make sparks or blind me i'll be well up for some welding. Until then i'll stick to me preffered methods of fixing car stuff together including friction, gravitity, bluetac, body filler, nut/bolts, self tappers, oh yeh i can work a pop riviter and a glue gun!. I'll paint some seam sealer over it that ull do.

Edited by soooty, 11 March 2012 - 12:16 AM.

[mini-luke]

Surely having a car full of bloody holes is more dangerous then any welder used correctly!

[RossKnight]

when they invent a nice safe welder- one that does not get hot, make sparks or blind me i'll be well up for some welding. Until then i'll stick to me preffered methods of fixing car stuff together including friction, gravitity, bluetac, body filler, nut/bolts, self tappers, oh yeh i can work a pop riviter and a glue gun!. I'll paint some seam sealer over it that ull do.

no one buy a car off this bloke ^

[soooty]

i'm only jokin. i'll get it welded. sigh. ta for help every1

[se_juggles]

Worried that you would even think of trying to pass your car with seatbelt problems with no doubt the idea of having passengers in it... think if you crashed and the passenger was killed.... is it really worth the jail sentence?.... get it welded mate ;)