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donaldmac
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Posted: Fri Feb 8th, 2008 08:37 am |
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Thanks for the info, the pop riveted plates are just covering the usual transit areas of corrosion like the bottom of the back doors. However some of the crossmembers were suffering badly on the front and back ( the bottom of all the crossmembers are sound) these crossmembers have been plated with 4mm galvanized steel but the plates have been bolted right through the crossmember and also bolted to the chassis, is this acceptable ?
Also the original steel floor was fairly rotten so some sections have been replaced with thin steel plate and a hardwood floor has been fitted, is this going to cause problems ?
I'm fairly keen to get this van through an mot but i really don't want to bluff my way through it as i want to be able to rely on the van for the next year.
Again thanks in advance for any help or advice
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kev1975
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Posted: Thu Feb 7th, 2008 06:21 pm |
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riveting is allowed for repair of corrosion , but only if it is not within a prescribed area or is to cover a sharp edge somewhere not structural , i.e. a plate on the bottom of a door.
i would advise against riveting though , rivets tend to corrode & snap off anyway , weld is a more permanent repair.
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Johnboy
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Posted: Thu Feb 7th, 2008 06:08 pm |
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If the vehicle was originally fitted with a load sensing valve, it will fail the mot if it is now missing.
Underseal is an mot tester's nightmare but it is not a reason for failure. Testers can only examine what they can see, so if everything is covered in underseal, it is difficult to see some things. Most testers assume that the underseal may be hiding things, so extra vigilance is normally used.
Pop riveting is definately not allowed for corrosion repair. Seam welding is the only method acceptable. Spot welding is only acceptable where spot welding was used during the original manufacture of the vehicle.
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donaldmac
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Posted: Thu Feb 7th, 2008 04:10 pm |
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Hi everone, I own a 1999 transit 190 (plated at 3500Kgs) 15 seat minibus, although it has now had all the back seats removed and been reregistered as a van with DVLA. When i bought this transit it was not fitted with a load sensing valve, is this a requirement for the MOT ?
Also, it was suffering quite badly from rust underneath, so i gave it a good coat of underseal, After reading some of the posts on this forum i gather that this is not very popular with testers but is it grounds for a fail ?
Is it acceptable to pop rivet small plates over areas of corrosion or would the plates have to be welded ?
Thanks in advance for your help
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