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[sweetser]

Cheers mate, yeah its just from a role of chequer tape i got of ebay, first time i have used it lol relly good quality and theres 70m of it

[sweetser]

Stoopid car!!! Failed dont think it likes me.

Indicators not working (i dont know what the cause is,was working yesterday)
Head lights aiming to high
Brake lights not working (i dont know what the cause is, was working yesterday)
Discs excessively scored
Off side front brake binding
Front brake application uneven
Brake hose twisted
Front teardrops need replacing

Advisory
Front subby mounts to floor in very poor condition.

Great. mum and dad said just give it to the mechanic to fix, so i can get a free retest on the MOT, but hes not answering his phone

[sweetser]

Have a random picture

[Retro_10s]

Indicators not working

If they intermittantly work then suspect a poor connection somewhere - clean everyhting up properly - bare metal contacts and nothing less.

Head lights aiming to high

Unfortunate really - usually something that the tester will sort there and then - since you have two minis - why not shine the working ones lights at a wall and mark out where they are - then shine your minis at the wall and adjust them to match.

Brake lights not working

The switch is probably needing a small amount of adjustment - I assume you know where it is but if not - it's attached to the pedal box behind the pedal - you can adjust them easily. clean connections here too.

Discs excessively scored

Nothing you can do about that apart from getting the disc skimmed or getting some new discs/2nd hand ones cheap

Off side front brake binding

Usually a slightly seized caliper but it's be worth checking you've got copper grease on the edges of the caliper to allow the pads to move...

Front brake application uneven

I'd expect this to be sorted out once the disc and pads are sorted.

Brake hose twisted

Take the caliper off and untwist it with the cable attached.

Front teardrops need replacing

Obvious what to do here.

[sweetser]

Thanks for that

[sweetser]

Discs ordered, subby mounts ordered, and hopefully getting new radius arms of stig on sunday

And today the indicators and brakes lights magically started working again really dont get this car, they will probly brake again soon

[Down&Out]

my chelsea did that lucas! when i bought it as an MOT failure, it was listed on the failure sheet as indicators not working. though all of a sudden, they worked when i got it. wierd eh?

[sweetser]

Yep, they stopped working befor ethe last MOT as well, even weirder

[Deathrow]

Not really weird at all, if it's a loose connection causing the problem (which is probably is) then the problem could come and go everytime you move the car.

[sweetser]

Haha

Well my minispares order didnt get canceled, it turnt up today, and stig said he will be here soon with some others. So im gonna have to get to minispares to take these back...

And im still waiting for my discs and subby mounts from minisport.

EDIT:
Stig just come, top man, cheers

Edited by sweetser, 01 June 2009 - 09:42 AM.

[daveeeeee]

Right I've read through the first half of this topic and well done! Too tired to get through the whole thing right now Love the steering wheel, wish I had a mini at 16 =)

[sweetser]

Right I've read through the first half of this topic and well done! Too tired to get through the whole thing right now Love the steering wheel, wish I had a mini at 16 =)

Thanks daveeeeee

[sweetser]

Brought the radius arms back today

but still waiting for my discs and subby mounts of minisport

[sweetser]

but still waiting for my discs and subby mounts of minisport

Phoned them up today, first they said that they didnt have my order, then they found it and then they said that i had ordered standard 7.9'' discs and not the 7.9'' vented discs, so the bloke said he will sort it out for me so more waiting aboutt

Ooo and now im getting samozzie to do all the work good times

[sweetser]

Discs are wrong size