MOT fail

[russellwheeler]

My van failed, it has had its 1st MOT in 5 years
It failed on

Front brakes out of balance
brake pipe badly routed and insecure
Lower N/S trunnion excess play
rear brakes both binding

A quick trip to see Peter Dobbs in Huddersfield, and he has managed to sort me the parts, so the van should running by next week !!
Quite how a brake pipe can make itself insecure, and a trunnion can gain play whilst the van is stood is beyond me !!

[olly]

Was that the Deboanir Russell? I’m going to put mine in for an MOT soon and I expect it to fail but at least I then know what to fix. It’s clears things up in many ways.

[Gaz]

You sat it’s the first MOT in 5 years. Has your van been off the road then? If so, it hasn’t failed on a lot really. 😀

[russellwheeler]

It’s only done 1000 miles since 1988 !!! so has been stood a very long time. I did get it to MOT 5 years ago, but it has stood since then.

[russellwheeler]

Yea,its passed

[olly]

Nicely done Russel. I now have everything sorted except for the door locks and the wiper motor. MOT in a month or two then maybe.

[russellwheeler]

Made it Scorton (and back) without any problems, other than the gears are a pig to find, and the timing chain rattles like mad when warm, the carb leaks petrol from the top of it, the spindle on the carb sticks the throttle open a bit.

[daveglanfield]

hi Russell
i did not know that you where not stopping on Sunday i did not get the photo of all the four vans in a row can you put that one up on the forum that’s on Facebook
it was a very good weekend scorton is one of the best steam rallies
look forward to seeing you
dave

[russellwheeler]

[olly]

Brilliant! We’re approaching crunch time (MOT) so maybe we can add another Deboanir to the odds.

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