*I think actually means of 4 official and 1 verbal."Yes, 5 advisories*. Only 1 surprise, well two in fact! I was expecting one I didn’t get!!
1) Both front tyres nearing legal limit, I knew they were.
2) Oil leak – I think this is just the remains of our recent chassis corrosion protection efforts with the rocker cover!
3) A grease seepage from a drive shaft boot, but the boot is not torn, so no fail.
4) A weak earth situation with the back lights on one side, they all work fine, but when you have more than one bulb lit at the same time they dim.
What they didn’t comment on was the handbrake cable being rubbed on by the front tyre on lock, perhaps they will get that one next time.
5) They were verbally critical of the stiffness of the suspension, it is getting hard, but not even an advisory unless it seizes completely. I need to decide if I want to fit recon spheres or try having the ones on the car re-gassed, my man has the gear to do that, but the cost is only a fiver a sphere less than re-con ones, not sure what to do. Also not sure, given that – the snow forecast for this week will soon pass – the worst of the winter is behind us, I guess with low weekly mileage I can wait a couple of months before spending money.
Ideally I would like the discs and pads inspected, but the brakes work fine, and the MOT would have highlighted any problems with the front ones.
The coolant level had dropped a bit over the last couple of weeks, not enough to put the light on, and it only took a mug full to rectify – I used antifreeze, there was a drop left in one of those litre bottles we got in Rutherglen."
I'm not too concerned about the first 3 points, but would be grateful as to opinions on points 4 & 5 (bearing in mind in that the spheres haven't known to have been changed in the last 5 years).
Cheers
The other thing is that it's a flexible friend exercise to buy tyres so can be done now, but cold hard cash probably for the garage work.
