Noticed that the 4 main jacking points (sills) whatever there call they are mushed and rusted to the car can this be a fail on the MOT? how much to replace? you can see through the car or out nothing like that
General Can rusted and bent/twisted jacking points be fail on MOT?
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General Can rusted and bent/twisted jacking points be fail on MOT?
Mine are quite bent and mine just passed so should be good, so long as there are no holes
yep fine as long as its no rusted a hole through the sills, and as long as ther not crumbling like wen you touch them its fine
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A dented sill will fail the MOT and it can't be patched - the whole length has to be replaced.
not true mine are dented all along from front to back and fron is twisted (lowering springs and kerbs dont go lol) and got a bit of rusty on it, and i passed mot fine all they did was hit it with a hammer and it was solid all way down so was fine.
where i work same thing we do check sills in same way and fail same, Btw no i didnt get my mot doen from work, got it done from a different garage cos i wanted it done without bein bais
Guy commented on my MOT saying they were badly bent but not rusted or giving way, still passed
as long as the structure is strong it will pass, if its crumbling or got holes then will fail
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You got lucky. I had a BL Mini 1000 fail on a dented sill. They said it was a weak point and made the car unsafe. That was back in the early 1980s. Today, we can expect safety issues to be even more heavily policed.
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Cheers guys! i know a few welders i see what they can do for me cause im going to be replacing them at some point
