Haven't had time to work on this yet, but MOT will run out in the end of June, so before that things must happen. This has been re-registered at some point in the past, which has resulted changed registration number. Luckily the old number had not been used again since, so I ordered new plates with old numbers, so in the end this will look as close as possible to what it looked like after it was first registered in 1975.
Got the plates yesterday, and even a task this simple can be f*cked by bureaucracy. In the old days inspection due date was depending on the last number of license plate. This means the original plate KBE-810 would suggest due date of December, and the plates this car has (KEA-475) meant end of June. When ordering the plates I specifically asked the MOT center that will the due date change or not, and they said it wont matter anymore... Which naturally was utterly wrong answer.
I checked the car info on the Trafi (government) web service, and it had big red lettering: "INSPECTION OVERDUE, DRIVING BAN"... A bit frustrated I went back to the inspection center and they were like
and I was like
. I could have ordered the KEA-475 again, and maybe the due date would have been returned, but that sounded stupid.
Why this was an issue, is that the car wasn't actually in a MOT passable condition due the not-functioning heater fan and windshield washer system. MXM then mentioned that the fan requirement can be passed with a simple external fan, so I bought this:
A cigarette lighter heater/fan. 9.90 ? for that. First the heater started smelling and smoking, so I had to drive 30 km more to get a new one... But the second one actually worked.
Next problem was the windscreen washers that did not work. I replaced some hoses in case the old ones would leak air and that way screws up the vacuum.
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After I finally got the fluids to go to the pump, it started to work just fine. This was quite a relief since now I did not know anything that would cause a failure in MOT, so I reserved an inspection time for this morning to give it a try.
And this means BIG FAT YES:
No written complaints, but tie rod is a bit loose, but not enough to cause a note. But needs to be replaced anyway. Also two tiny holes was found, one in driver side wheel arch on the inside and one in the rocker panel. Nothing serious, so now I have time until the end of year to get things sorted, as the car is again road legal.