The weather hasn't been
very brilliant this spring, so the DHC hasn't seen any action so far. But last week
I took her out off her long hibernation in preparation for her MOT (or APK as
it called over here). Only got round for the most basic of checks of all the
essential items. And luckily nothing was wrong, so earlier this Friday I drove
over to a friend's workshop to have the car tested. It was already her fourth (biennial)
test since her restoration was completed in 2010. How time flies!
As
expected nothing really wrong, only the CO was slightly high (4,9%) as were the
headlights. Both were easy to adjust within the legal limits. One advisory
were the dust covers from the lower ball joints of the front suspension. They
are starting to age a bit, so will probably need replacing before the next
test in two years time.
But we had
a bit of a discussion over the gaiters from the steering rack. I always make a tiny
hole in them to avoid them blowing up when on full lock. But according to the
mechanic they should be completely closed, and as such should be rejected. As
he saw my point we settled on an emergency plan in case there would be a (random)
verification check by the RDW. The plan wasn't necessary.
Also nice
to see some other wedges in his workshop, like one of his own TR7V8's patiently
awaiting some much needed attention
And this rather nice and genuine
TR8 DHC from one of his customers ...
