JohnnyB's 'lude

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Tue Jun 02, 2015 4:56 am

exciting stuff
Definitely fingers crossed for you man. I know you say you're expecting a fail, but after all the hard work you've put in, I hope you get a good result

Post by **ddoubledanny** » Tue Jun 02, 2015 7:19 am

You must be over the moon 4 years is a long time but persistence has paid off, good luck on the mot mate

Post by **paul bristol uk** » Tue Jun 02, 2015 7:10 pm

Not wishing to body lemonade on the party but mine failed 3 years ago for the rust on the bottom of the arch like yours. The reason given was it weakened the rear seat belt anchorage point. Plate welded in the same day and it passed.

JohnnyB · Post by **JohnnyB** » Wed Jun 03, 2015 12:24 am

I won't be overly surprised if it fails for any one of many reasons

At least I'll have a hit list of things to sort out over the next week or so - If welding is required then it'll only delay things by a month or so, I've got rear arch panels in the garage and some cash set aside for the work, just not quite enough to do it straight away.

I've waited over 4 years, it'll be nice to just drive her to the MOT centre and back

JohnnyB · Post by **JohnnyB** » Wed Jun 03, 2015 7:24 pm

Argh, the smoke escaped from my alternator this evening (literally - stank of burning too) and now it doesn't seem to be charging

Bloody car!!! Back to the garage with my multimeter I go

Anyone got a working alternator laying around? Think I may be needing one in a hurry...

Post by **4thgenphil** » Wed Jun 03, 2015 7:50 pm

I have one but will need a replacement if youre in a rush?

JohnnyB · Post by **JohnnyB** » Wed Jun 03, 2015 9:09 pm

Cheers Phil, appreciated, but for some reason it's started working again. I'm going to play it by ear, it should get me to the garage and back on Friday so I can investigate further later.

It does make me wonder where the smoke was coming from though...

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Wed Jun 03, 2015 9:51 pm

JohnnyB · Post by **JohnnyB** » Wed Jun 03, 2015 10:58 pm

I had a quick check and there's nothing obviously wrong, I suspect it was some old oil burning off or something similar, it was the longest I'd run the engine for years so the exhaust was probably hot enough to burn off any spills... I hope

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Wed Jun 03, 2015 11:40 pm

Makes sense!

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