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MOT time come around again today.. and at 10am i had the bad news from the speculative pre service etc test..
Not bad an exhaust bit and a back lamp bulb.. so i booked the exhaust fix, I dont have ramps any more.. and its way too cold but the lamp, phah! that i could manage or so i thought.
Im lucky round the corner no more than 5 minutes away is a reasonably cheap stock and can get anything motor spares shop.. so i pull the bulb thats blown and walk round and get a fresh one fit it and give a pal a bell to sit in the car pushing buttons n pedals so i can check the rear lights..
when he turns up the lamp i fixed is blown and also one the other side 2??
so i pop round the corner for 2 more bulbs fix em called me mate out who was sat comfortably watching judge judy
and 1 bulb was again blown and another different on was out too???
ok so this time i pulled out my meter and checked all the terminals were on n off when they should be while my mates tea was chilling.. everything seemed OK so i refitted bulbs in both sides and reinserted and again bulbs were blown THREE OF EM!!
off we went for new bulbs with my meter to check the continuity of each bulb just in case thankfully my mates puppy cheered him up not to take offence
( 4 months old and 25kg, a effin monster scooby doo n mutly rolled into 1)
fitted n checked all ok but 1 bulb the wrong side??????????
at which point i started to doubt my eyes and noticed a bit of grime on the lenses and the sun was bright on them too so i went n flipped the switches etc while my pal checked the lights, he spotted the problem in 3 seconds flat,
water had pooled to fill all the lenses upto the lamp entry hole!! and what with the damp clamy weather and my cold numb fingers i had been oblivious
standing back knowing what to look for i could see the water levels shifting with any movement of the car!!!
D Blody OUOGH!
lenses are now drying out on the radiator as to water ingress its a mystery and how only one bulb blew for the mot and even survived the journey down n back??
THEN!!! all the lights on off etc eat the last of my battery juice, it was touch n go with a just cold start this morning on the way to the mot test centre and when i stopped to check lamps wipers etc outside the spares shop, i needed a jump to start it again.. SO i popped the battery leads off and trailed the power lead out to under the bonnet to charge the battery and having previosly spilled red paint on the black -ve clamp lead mis wired the charger to the battery and blew 3 fuses before spotting my mistake..
That was it for me for the day I cant be trusted to wipe my own bloody **** today..
Not bad an exhaust bit and a back lamp bulb.. so i booked the exhaust fix, I dont have ramps any more.. and its way too cold but the lamp, phah! that i could manage or so i thought.
Im lucky round the corner no more than 5 minutes away is a reasonably cheap stock and can get anything motor spares shop.. so i pull the bulb thats blown and walk round and get a fresh one fit it and give a pal a bell to sit in the car pushing buttons n pedals so i can check the rear lights..
when he turns up the lamp i fixed is blown and also one the other side 2??
so i pop round the corner for 2 more bulbs fix em called me mate out who was sat comfortably watching judge judy
and 1 bulb was again blown and another different on was out too???
ok so this time i pulled out my meter and checked all the terminals were on n off when they should be while my mates tea was chilling.. everything seemed OK so i refitted bulbs in both sides and reinserted and again bulbs were blown THREE OF EM!!
off we went for new bulbs with my meter to check the continuity of each bulb just in case thankfully my mates puppy cheered him up not to take offence
( 4 months old and 25kg, a effin monster scooby doo n mutly rolled into 1)
fitted n checked all ok but 1 bulb the wrong side??????????
at which point i started to doubt my eyes and noticed a bit of grime on the lenses and the sun was bright on them too so i went n flipped the switches etc while my pal checked the lights, he spotted the problem in 3 seconds flat,
water had pooled to fill all the lenses upto the lamp entry hole!! and what with the damp clamy weather and my cold numb fingers i had been oblivious
standing back knowing what to look for i could see the water levels shifting with any movement of the car!!!
D Blody OUOGH!
lenses are now drying out on the radiator as to water ingress its a mystery and how only one bulb blew for the mot and even survived the journey down n back??
THEN!!! all the lights on off etc eat the last of my battery juice, it was touch n go with a just cold start this morning on the way to the mot test centre and when i stopped to check lamps wipers etc outside the spares shop, i needed a jump to start it again.. SO i popped the battery leads off and trailed the power lead out to under the bonnet to charge the battery and having previosly spilled red paint on the black -ve clamp lead mis wired the charger to the battery and blew 3 fuses before spotting my mistake..
That was it for me for the day I cant be trusted to wipe my own bloody **** today..