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Ford Maverick one is the same I believe, otherwise might be an import job

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Ford Maverick one is the same I believe, otherwise might be an import job

That's interesting thank you. Import is more than I want to spend s oI'll be showing it to some plumbing colleagues next week.
Maverick Auction websites here I come.

Surface corroded areas are now all primed and have had one coat of Hammerite. Looks like much more than ford applied 17 years ago. I was a little concerned to find so much corrosion on the box section I had the axle stand taking the weight of the car whilst I've been crawling around underneath her for the last month or so. But she's not killed me yet. Next job is to treat the surface corroded fuel pipes and find a method of clipping back into place.

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Peculiar MOT fail today....

O/s/f brake hose twisted.

It's not actually twisted, it's kinked, and in the top section that would have the least movement. Anyway, a new set of braided hoses should arrive on Thursday so it's booked on Friday/Sat morning for fitting and a retest. Still got a valid ticket until Oct 13th and braking efficiency passed.

Got the same advisories as last year - o/s drop link and ball joint slight play. Only done 3000 miles since last year.

It's also been serviced with a new set of plugs. The old ones looked almost new but they were 6 years old so due a change.
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That reminds me Manos, One of my fronts is just the same, almost as if the pipe was made too short to bend but mine is ok at rest, it's when the suspension is at it's highest point the pipe kinks ie: when the car is jacked up.
 
Although your MOT is still valid, you're knowingly driving an unroadworthy vehicle, etc - which is an offence without any regard to MOT status. You've been told about the defect meaning the car isn't up to standard required to be on the road, blah blah blah. I'm not sure how BiB/your insurance/His Honour would interpret it, but it likely wouldn't be in your favour.

Since braking efficiency has passed, you could squeak an MOT pass before you fix it - with a bit of pressure either side of the kink, does it straighten out? If so, I'd be tempted to splint it straight (splint on the OUTSIDE of the bend so it doesn't dig in and cause a rupture) and wrap with tape until your new hoses arrive and are fitted. You'd get an MOT pass and avoid the grey area should you be involved in an accident (your fault or otherwise)

A kinked brake pipe has usually collapsed internally, and isn't in the least bit safe. With the standard dual circuit systems, you're not going to lose all braking if it fully bursts, neither are you going to kill and maim a school full of angelic little children just about to win the nobel prize etc - but you also aren't going to be stopping as quickly as you could, or in a perfectly straight line.

Legals don't generally know/understand that, though - any time anybody hears "brake pipe split" they imagine no brakes and a fireball careering through the classroom at 120mph, mowing kiddies down like skittles. Dodge the pass with a cover up job to cover yourself, and then replace the pipes. Plus you get your free retest done in time to have it a cursory glance at the pipe and a nod to get on your way, vs a full MOT again.

The OSF flexy is too short on the goodridge hose kit, so I relocated my solid brake pipe to shift the joint, giving mine room to flex to full suspension travel on full lock as it annoyed me (you never know when you're going to be at full lock whilst flying over a humpback bridge...) The NSF flexy is longer - two NSFs would be better in the kit, but eh...
 
Thanks for your concern. The DVLA website shows I still have a valid ticket until 13th Oct so legally I can drive it. But until it goes back on Friday, it's sitting in my garage at home.
 
Although your MOT is still valid, you're knowingly driving an unroadworthy vehicle, etc - which is an offence without any regard to MOT status. You've been told about the defect meaning the car isn't up to standard required to be on the road, blah blah blah. I'm not sure how BiB/your insurance/His Honour would interpret it, but it likely wouldn't be in your favour.

Since braking efficiency has passed, you could squeak an MOT pass before you fix it - with a bit of pressure either side of the kink, does it straighten out? If so, I'd be tempted to splint it straight (splint on the OUTSIDE of the bend so it doesn't dig in and cause a rupture) and wrap with tape until your new hoses arrive and are fitted. You'd get an MOT pass and avoid the grey area should you be involved in an accident (your fault or otherwise)

A kinked brake pipe has usually collapsed internally, and isn't in the least bit safe. With the standard dual circuit systems, you're not going to lose all braking if it fully bursts, neither are you going to kill and maim a school full of angelic little children just about to win the nobel prize etc - but you also aren't going to be stopping as quickly as you could, or in a perfectly straight line.

Legals don't generally know/understand that, though - any time anybody hears "brake pipe split" they imagine no brakes and a fireball careering through the classroom at 120mph, mowing kiddies down like skittles. Dodge the pass with a cover up job to cover yourself, and then replace the pipes. Plus you get your free retest done in time to have it a cursory glance at the pipe and a nod to get on your way, vs a full MOT again.

The OSF flexy is too short on the goodridge hose kit, so I relocated my solid brake pipe to shift the joint, giving mine room to flex to full suspension travel on full lock as it annoyed me (you never know when you're going to be at full lock whilst flying over a humpback bridge...) The NSF flexy is longer - two NSFs would be better in the kit, but eh...

Cant remember where but I was reading about this before

The debate was that the insurance document says the car needs to be roadworthy rather than have a MOT and with a car that has failed an MOT and not yet been repaired even though it still has a valid MOT the insurance company could say it waa known to be unroadworthy at the time of the accident
 
Yesterday:
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Yes that says 30000 miles.

In the first 96% of its life it did 80% of its mileage;
In the last 4% of its life (7 months) I've done 20% of it's mileage!
 
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This time I'm referring to T241MOB (dead Ebony Zetec);
stripped out the dash panel,
removed passenger airbag,
disconnected the dash loom from all remaining connections,
disconnected the input side of the interior fusebox.
I'm saving the wiring for future projects (model rail layout maybe) .

Next to extract the fan/heater etc.

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Nice going Manos. What brand hose did you use?
Goodridge braided again. The design has changed slightly from my old ones of about 5 years ago. They have thicker rubber sheathing next to the fittings and you now have a choice of colours but I went for silver again but with Goodridge lettering printed on them. It doesn't look like the length has changed.
Still got one front and two rears from the set as spares if this should ever happen again.

Subby still ok then
Apparently!!!

Need to get the drop link and ball joint sorted sometime though.