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MOT - what to remember?

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thermidorthelobster:
The 101 is due for MOT this month, and I've had to hunt far and wide to find somewhere that would do it - it's too big for most of the Class IV places, and even the commercial boys struggle.  But finally the local VOSA people have kindly acquiesced to giving it the once over.

Now I'm racking my brains to think of anything it will fail on.  Thoughts are:
- the exhaust isn't blowing any more (it's been welded)
- brakes seem evenly balanced, and handbrake works now
- lights are all ok
- chassis is tip-top
- hubs are OK as far as I know
- tyres are being dealt with

What else should I be thinking about?  It's a long time since I put an old vehicle through an MOT, and I'm having a mental block!

beast5680:
Have a look here http://www.motuk.co.uk/manual/contents.htm might give some pointers

Hightower:
When mine went in last month I knew all the main things were okay, but then it's the little bits that you take for granted that'll get you failed like seatbelts, alignment of headlamps etc.

Good luck

hobbit:
If in doubt see if you have somewhere local who could do a pre-mot inspection for you, might be worth it in the long run, mind you with that beast I think you will scare a lot of people off

thermidorthelobster:
Oh, by the way - one of my mud guards is ripped off - is that an MOT failure?  I don't think it is from memory, but I'm not actually sure.  Can't see anything about it in the VOSA documentation.

MOT is on Wed, I have to haul the damn thing over to Mitcham, which will be about a tanker full of fuel down the swanny.

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