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Time's come for our lads Pop to be MOT'd again so I've started to give it the once other.
Everything looks pretty good, a quick oil and filter change, brakes ok, tyres good, wipers fairly new and clearing the screen.
Ok, there is some knocking/clonking from the front, looks/sounds like the ARB droplinks as it's knocking low down and it feels like it's across both sides.
I've got some new links to fit this afternoon.
The main trouble is, the offside DRL bulb keeps blowing almost instantly.
There's an issue with the bulb holder, one of the contacts inside it has started to burn away and a chunk of the thin metal contact strip is missing.
Had a quick look at a replacement, but you need to buy the complete light unit just to get the holder, bugger.
Then it came to me, for the MOT I could just borrow one from the Mother in Laws Panda while I routed out one from a breaker.
Turns out her's is just as bad, the bulb is blown in her's too and the holders melting away in the same spot on the same contact.
Oddly, it's both offsides that are giving trouble, the nearsides look ok.
Everything looks pretty good, a quick oil and filter change, brakes ok, tyres good, wipers fairly new and clearing the screen.
Ok, there is some knocking/clonking from the front, looks/sounds like the ARB droplinks as it's knocking low down and it feels like it's across both sides.
I've got some new links to fit this afternoon.
The main trouble is, the offside DRL bulb keeps blowing almost instantly.
There's an issue with the bulb holder, one of the contacts inside it has started to burn away and a chunk of the thin metal contact strip is missing.
Had a quick look at a replacement, but you need to buy the complete light unit just to get the holder, bugger.
Then it came to me, for the MOT I could just borrow one from the Mother in Laws Panda while I routed out one from a breaker.
Turns out her's is just as bad, the bulb is blown in her's too and the holders melting away in the same spot on the same contact.
Oddly, it's both offsides that are giving trouble, the nearsides look ok.