The dreaded yearly test is tomorrow morning. I am sure it will fail on something so finger crossed nothing serious.

Had a good look last friday evening (yes very sad i know) and everything seemed right apart from the rust starting to form on the brake and fuel lines underneath the car. I am therefore expecting a fail but we will see!! I'll let you know the outcome

My fuel lines look like they're rusted to death but they have never failed an MOT. I want to either put some grease on them or underbody seal but not sure if underbody seal over fuel lines is a good idea or not.

Nothing "sad" about checking the safety of your car or that it there is nothing obvious that will fail it the MOT before the MOT

I think the fuel lines will be fine, MOT testers seem to be keen on brake pipes though.

anewman, dont worry! it'll be grand!

on a side note- awesome site you have in your sig!

on a side note- awesome site you have in your sig!

Noticed some other people on these forums using it so stole it It's free to sign up my only gripe is if you input prices in GBP it converts them to euros.

Did it pass?

It passed!!!

couple of advisories one being the brake pipes but he was satisfied they were solid for another year as i had greased them.

Other thing was the handbrake that was on the limit and just passed. Will need to look at this. I am not keen on drum brakes and handbrake mechanisms but will have to have a look soon i guess. Any common problems such as sticky mechanisms?

Felicia: fav/fel/fab/oct drum brakes - BRISKODA - The Skoda Forum and Community is the common problem. Better to adjust rear shoes than adjust the handbrake alone.

I am intending to try adjust mine at some point but am worried that I'll muck it up and won't be able to get the drum back on.

Well done harryhill

I had an advisory on my brakes pipes 2 MOT's ago

I greased them and the advisory disappeared off my last MOT

Hi,

Congratulations, mine has also passed on 1st May, and I was lucky because of a brake switch problem. as per my other thread on Forum.

Soviet

I managed to get a good look at the underbody yesterday.

I think my brake pipes will need changing this year as ones rusted.