Up Into Fourth
Posted 07 May 2013 - 08:25 PM
Just a quick heads-up, took my mini in for MOT yesterday and it almost passed.
Fail was because 'battery insecure' as there was no battery clamp fitted. In the mini this is the bar which goes across the top of your battery in the boot or some other device to stop it falling out if the car is upside down...
Apparently this is one of a host of new MOT requirements which have come in recently.
Crazy About Mini's
Posted 07 May 2013 - 08:33 PM
worth knowing mines never been held down
He's A Lumberjack And He's OK
Posted 07 May 2013 - 08:37 PM
On Sabbatical
Posted 07 May 2013 - 08:38 PM
It's not new at all, the battery has always had to be tied down. I had an Astra fail for that just after I started driving. I think there is a new aspect to it that means they actually check now where they didn't in the past though.
Mini Mad
Posted 07 May 2013 - 08:50 PM
i had better buy one then! haha although my mini just went for its MOT and this wasnt brought up
better safe than sorry for the next MOT though!
Up Into Fourth
Posted 07 May 2013 - 08:53 PM
got my m.o.t tomoz 
Likes Rovers, loves Jeremy Kyle
Posted 07 May 2013 - 08:58 PM
Edited by samsfern, 07 May 2013 - 09:00 PM.
Doesn't put foot in mouth enough!
Posted 07 May 2013 - 09:02 PM
just bought a strap, thanks for the heads up
On Sabbatical
Posted 07 May 2013 - 09:12 PM
I definitely had my Astramax fail for that in 1997, I remember going scrapyard shopping for the clamp.
Mini Mad
Posted 07 May 2013 - 09:25 PM
Is it correct that if you have a boot liner then the MOT'er isn't able to remove the liner to check the battery? I've never had a strap on the top of my battery, but its a 075 type so it only just fits in the battery box! aha
One Carb Or Two?
Posted 07 May 2013 - 09:33 PM
Is it correct that if you have a boot liner then the MOT'er isn't able to remove the liner to check the battery? I've never had a strap on the top of my battery, but its a 075 type so it only just fits in the battery box
If the boot liner can't be lifted out easily, then is it not securing the battery itself? 
Mini Mad
Posted 07 May 2013 - 09:39 PM
Is it correct that if you have a boot liner then the MOT'er isn't able to remove the liner to check the battery? I've never had a strap on the top of my battery, but its a 075 type so it only just fits in the battery box
If the boot liner can't be lifted out easily, then is it not securing the battery itself?
If you have a standard 038 theres quite a lot of space around the battery so it could move about, and the boot liner doesn't fit flush with top of the battery. That's what I found anyway.
One Carb Or Two?
Posted 07 May 2013 - 09:42 PM
Is it correct that if you have a boot liner then the MOT'er isn't able to remove the liner to check the battery? I've never had a strap on the top of my battery, but its a 075 type so it only just fits in the battery box
If the boot liner can't be lifted out easily, then is it not securing the battery itself?
If you have a standard 038 theres quite a lot of space around the battery so it could move about, and the boot liner doesn't fit flush with top of the battery. That's what I found anyway.
Yea I was kidding
The strap is the proper way but as we know, they are good at going missing.
Speeding Along Now
Posted 07 May 2013 - 11:43 PM
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Posted 08 May 2013 - 04:47 AM
It's not new at all, the battery has always had to be tied down. I had an Astra fail for that just after I started driving. I think there is a new aspect to it that means they actually check now where they didn't in the past though.
It was never a fail before the changes. It was pass and advise.
It only become a fail when the new lot of changes were rolled out.
If the battery is not seen/visible due to boot board kit etc, then the tester cannot inspect it and would possibly note this on the advisory section.
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