Suzuki Club UK

How much more to do before the MOT then?

Get the reverse lights working
Wire up the rear number plate light
Fit/wire up the fog light and switch
Get new indicator bulbs (ordered)
Get new brake line clips and fit 'em
Find my stash of split pins and fit a couple to the castle nuts on the drag link/track rod ends
Get/make Rover rear caliper mounts.
Fit Rover rear calipers, bleed brakes.
Get flexi pipes for the rear calipers (Can't believe I
forgot that!)
Make rear brake pipe fittings and weld them to the
axle
Weld up and fit the exhaust

Should be do-able, if nothing else jumps out at me! I just hope I pass emissions...

2 weeks bud. Not bother.

I had a chat with one of my friend's that works at a testing place the other day. He was saying that at his garage they got a car through the emissions by turning the 'idle' up to about 1800 revs.

What yeah is yours? you should be exempt from emissions.

It's a carbon monoxide test and an unburnt fuel test. When I asked about it apparently all cars have to pass those.

Dont bother with welding brackets for the brake lines. Just bend a little L shaped bit of steel with 2 holes in it and secure the flexy and fixed line through it and bolt it to the old clip mount on the axle through the other hole.

Jordi wrote:2 weeks bud. Not bother.

Let's hope so!

Edweird wrote:I had a chat with one of my friend's that works at a testing place the other day. He was saying that at his garage they got a car through the emissions by turning the 'idle' up to about 1800 revs.

Yeah, HPOC Scottie told me about that one too! I may wind mine up to about 1200rpm before dropping 'er off, just in case.

dan_2k_uk wrote:Dont bother with welding brackets for the brake lines. Just bend a little L shaped bit of steel with 2 holes in it and secure the flexy and fixed line through it and bolt it to the old clip mount on the axle through the other hole.

I'll just make a "fork" and tack it on. It's 10 minutes work.

The clip mount you speak of isn't on this axle anymore...

All SJs just need to meet 3.5% CO and 0.12% (HC)3 should be easy to meet as long as the engine is healthy.

Made a couple of brake caliper templates today, out of ali checkerplate (not wood). First one didn't quite fit (caliper bolt holes 5mm too low). Second one fit perfectly:



Tomorrow's job: Make 2 of those out of 10mm steel plate, then make 13mm spacers, and find bolts that'll go through that lot!