Mrs Motor MOT today

[solarman216]

As above and passed, advisories fuel pipes slightly corroded, drag link ball joints both ends got slight play, so no problem at all, I did have to replace the rear shoes and cylinders due to a small leak from the OSR cylinder,did this a week before test due so had a little time to bed in, but no problem as now gives me a set of good shoes for the off road motor, and the Mrs is well pleased :naughty Rick

[elty001]

Result :thumb2

[Lazy-Ferret]

Well done.. you can't beat a well maintained car...

[briggie]

well if rick cant get it to pass , what hope is there for us mere mortals ? , well done mate :thumb2

[jims-terrano]

Well done Rick, your care and work has paid off once again.

[Banshee]

He's forgot to tell you all he was secretly the tester :lol

[bry]

Always good news.Mine is booked in for Friday. .

[solarman216]

He's forgot to tell you all he was secretly the tester :lol

No but I was a tester in the 70's, brake testing was done on the road with a Tapply meter, it sat on the passenger floor and recorded the G force on braking, it would fall over more often than not indicating a pass, Rick

[Terrano Steve]

No but I was a tester in the 70's, brake testing was done on the road with a Tapply meter, it sat on the passenger floor and recorded the G force on braking, it would fall over more often than not indicating a pass, Rick

I think I am right saying that a garage not to far from here still uses a tapply brake tester.

[rustic]

No but I was a tester in the 70's, brake testing was done on the road with a Tapply meter, it sat on the passenger floor and recorded the G force on braking, it would fall over more often than not indicating a pass, Rick

In the 70's, my Dad used a blue engineering brick on end, placed on the front passenger floor....
Seemed to indicate how well the brakes worked.
The hazard in those days, was, would the brick drop through the floor when it fell lol. :doh

Before disc brakes were used, most brakes were brake shoes with one hydraulic cylinder, like on the Terrano rears, but more performance brakes had twin leading shoes on the front. ie two brake cylinders per front hub..

In those days you could buy just the linings, and copper rivets, and fit your own.
So easy to do... But who knew asbestos was a hazard in those days :doh

[jims-terrano]

Don't remind me, used to hate having to adjust the brakes on the mini every few months:nenau

[macabethiel]

Back in my early student years circa 1967 I used to do the odd jobs free for good mates. At that time I ran a basic 850 Mini with pudding stick gear shift, no synchromesh in first gear and floor button start & dip-switch.

My mate had an Austin A35 with side valve engine and he asked me if I could adjust the brakes for him as they were pretty poor. I started at the front and it was the usual problem of rounded adjusters but managed to fix the fronts OK. When I got to the rears as I recall they were actuated by a steel rod system much like a handbrake mechanism from a remote cylinder bolted to the rear of the bodywork that operated both rear drums!

Getting a decent pedal was very challenging to say the least !