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trampintransit
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Location: Edinburgh
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 Posted: Sat Jul 04, 2015 8:30 pm Post subject: You won't believe it... |
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So...having decided that after a welding marathon the missus's Wolseley 1500 needed a proper shake down and an MOT, I thought, since I've got business in Hawick ( 50miles away ) I'll do the round trip and MOT her in Hawick ( where I used to get my MOT's when I lived nearby ) befor my meeting.
She bundled and clattered her way down the A7 just the very thing...I was still feeling very pleased with myself when I rolled down the hill into Hawick thinking.." Hmmm...I can smell hot Bakelite"
Two minutes later I rolled into the MOT station ...on fire
I just got the bonnet up to find the dynamo and the control box on fire!!!
I ran into the station, grabbed a bucket....screamed "where's the tap?"
Having chucked the bucket full of water into the engine bay and waited for the steaming to subside...I pressed the button and she started. I drove her into the station and half an hour later emerged ...with an MOT!!!.
Apparently arriving on fire isn't a failure....sure the charge light was on but that's not a failure either. So I phoned the rescue and got lifted home.
New dynamo and control box from Andy Bradley and she's back in business...
That is until yesterday when the starter motor packed up and stranded the missus at Aldi!!!! |
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D4B
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Location: Hampshire UK
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| Posted: Sat Jul 04, 2015 9:11 pm Post subject: Re: You won't believe it... |
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| trampintransit wrote: | | Apparently arriving on fire isn't a failure....sure the charge light was on but that's not a failure either. |
Great story! Nothing would surprise me about MOT's anymore......
Congratulations on a great day out tho  |
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Rick
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Rootes75
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| Posted: Sat Jul 04, 2015 10:18 pm Post subject: |
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Does sound like a Top Gear special.
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OuBallie
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| Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2015 10:47 am Post subject: |
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| Rootes75 wrote: | | Does sound like a Top Gear special. |
Original or 'new' version?
Geoff - Who will be watching the 'new' one?
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Rootes75
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Did I hear correctly yesterday that Clarkson, Hammond and May cannot do a programme on ITV for 2 years due to a contract clause between Clarkson and the Beeb?
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MikeEdwards
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| "In the UK" was the phrase I picked up on. |
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sounds like something they'd do on Top Gear
