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hairyasswelder:

--- Quote from: solihull-mick on January 23, 2009, 22:18:31 ---Ive said for years it should be an offence to weld anything on a vehicle unless your coded, after seeing far to many bodge jobs in my workshop so call welders have done, its frightening some of the things ive seen,  and people moan about my prices!  change the law i say dont let just anybody carry out welding repairs,

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Wasnt there talk about that a few years back??

I am a coded welder but that doesnt mean I have any formal qualifications to weld a car.  Also I have seen coded welders work on cars and it was poo.  A special code would have to be added for welding old thin steel in various positions  :-k :-k

You would need a formal record of who/where/when the welding was carried out as you could just weld it and say it was there when I bought it.

Why not just give the MOT tester a lesson in what a weld should look like and let him give it a pry/smack witth hammer if he is in any doubt?

Steve

carbore:
Yes, keep them, Its the best 44 quid you are forced to spend. And they should send letters out reminding you.

IS it comprehensive enough, well its not bad but could be better, possibly phased as vehicle gets older/more miles it gets more detailed???? after all you dont need one till the car is 3 years old so why then do the same tests for the next 20 years, especially as corrosion is less of an issue than it used to be.....

waveydavey:
The safety stuff yes unquestionably but I don't think the emissions should ever have been put on MOT. You need something but the MOT should be a safety check.

Its better with the central system but I agree with dedicated test centers; ones that don't do repairs, can't do repairs and are not allowed to recommend antibody for the repairs.
take away the financial incentive to fail a car and the overall standard becomes more even.
As has been said its not fair to say you have to have coded welders etc. I have seen useless coded welders and damn good uncoded; the test should be checking the results.

discowoman:
I still think its a good idea, but what never ceases to amaze me is the amount of people that put new tyres exhausts etc on a car just before the MOT then are surprised when it fails on welding etc, then proceed to scrap the thing as they cant afford the repairs - the proceed to buy another rust bucket with a bit of MOT and repeat the cycle!
Had a  guy local to us that used to hang around the local MOT station and offer the unlucky punters £100 for their MOT fail - then used to strip them of the 'new' parts - made a killing.

freeagent:
I think the MOT is a good idea, but there are a lot of 'jobsworth' MOT inspectors out there, and a lot who can't understand the rules and regs (had a place turn away my old 110 hardtop a few years back as they insisted it needed a class 7 MOT... :roll:

My advice is find a good, honest testing station that understands old landrovers, and who are not just trying to get work out of you... wash your car before you go, and don't go too mad replacing stuff before the test, because if you fail you are only re-tested on the bits it failed on....  ;)

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