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Post by outlander on Jul 31, 2010 17:49:20 GMT
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Post by mastarforth on Jul 31, 2010 19:05:30 GMT
looks good
You just a few days ahead of me, it is just fighting me to the end at the moment
my test is a week on monday.
Good luck at iva. I will post any points from mine
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Post by subevo on Aug 2, 2010 13:12:28 GMT
looks nearly as good as mine.only kidding.excellant job.you must be proud.
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Post by realtwin on Aug 4, 2010 6:27:40 GMT
Looks great, good luck with the IVA.
Andrew
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Post by outlander on Aug 5, 2010 9:47:45 GMT
Thank you for the kind coments.
I can't wait to be able to drive it on the open roads.
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Post by outlander on Aug 21, 2010 16:05:18 GMT
Had all paperwork back from the VOSA, just waiting for a date for the test from Bristol. I thought that I would get the some bits checked like brake balance and headlight adjustment by my local garage this morning. 1) Rear brakes hardly working even when balance was put full to rear. 2) Headlights supplied with the kit need modification to align them correctly. 3) Whilst the car was running at the garage a fuel filter decided that it was going to split so fuel everywhere. So have had to do some work this morning to get it sorted as IVA could be at anytime and I don't want to leave anything to chance. 1) I sorted the brakes by once again removing them from the car to bleed them for the 100th time, when the caliper was of I gave them a good shake and then bled them again, air came out that must have been trapped. Done this about 5 times until all I got was fluid. On the brake testing equipment at the garage the brakes are now more than 100% for the weight of the car. ;D 2) The headlights need to have the lenses rotated to get the correct pattern, I did read this on the forum that someone else had this problem. This mod takes a little time and patience as the springs that hold the lense in place are pain to say the least. 3) I replaced the filter with a new alloy one so that it will not crack like the plastic one. Apart from those problems all else has checked out all ok
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Post by nigel on Aug 22, 2010 10:32:51 GMT
Thanks for keeping us posted Mark and be assured we will all be keeping our fingers crossed for you to get a pass (I wish a few more builders would keep us all posted, there must be a few going through IVA about now ?) nigel
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Post by daymo on Aug 22, 2010 23:40:17 GMT
Looks fantastic, best of luck with your IVA, bet you cant wait to get out for a run. Keep us posted!
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Post by outlander on Aug 27, 2010 11:18:01 GMT
Just got my IVA date and time. Tuesday 21st sept at 8am so it looks like it is going to be an early start for me :-)
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Post by mattsmev on Aug 27, 2010 11:37:13 GMT
Well done Mark
Wiltshire needs another MEV
Cheers
Mattsmev
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Post by outlander on Aug 27, 2010 11:40:11 GMT
Cheers Matt, I can't wait to get it on the road and try to get some use out of it this year and also try to get on a trackday to see what its got
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Post by nigel on Aug 28, 2010 6:30:39 GMT
Just got my IVA date and time. Tuesday 21st sept at 8am so it looks like it is going to be an early start for me :-) Good luck, fingers crossed then nigel
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Post by outlander on Sept 20, 2010 19:40:32 GMT
Sonic all loaded up on trailer ready for early start in the morning, had a little problem to sort out before though, mad rush to get a new battery at 4:00pm today running around like a headless chicken making up new battery hold down bars and brackets.
I will update tomorrow with the IVA result.
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Post by cml on Sept 21, 2010 5:50:25 GMT
OK, it's tomorrow! Waiting !
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Post by outlander on Sept 21, 2010 9:25:20 GMT
Oh what a fun day so far. Have got a class training with the tester so taking a long time to go through things. One fail that has possibly come up is the dash :-(
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