Failed the roady. Was all a bit of a laugh, really. It failed on six things, but I think only the seat belts are legit… the rest of them were a mix of laziness and ignorance from the mechanic.
I spoke to him briefly afterwards, and I think we both realised that he was half-arsed.
Today, I fixed the faults.
The driver’s seatbelt was swapped with the wagon. Kicking myself that I didn’t save the belts from the blue sedan, but meh,
Rear seatbelt was removed, dust blown out and threaded back through the correct way.
Spring seat was ignored, but I have taken a photo…
I refitted the stock strut bolts.
Pushed the caliper pistons in and out a few times, and double checked they were sliding freely. I honestly don’t know what the binding comment is about. Also put the old pads in a box in the car…
Degreased is again, including getting underneath and having it drip all over me. The complaint was that there was “wet oil all over the place”, but that was a pretty dramatic over statement. I have run the car for 20 minutes and can’t see any signs of active leaks…
Will take it back for a re-inspection next week.
In other news, I test fitted the AWD rear calipers to the spare rear end. These are 284mm vented rotors, rather than the original 256mm(?) solid rotors.
Happily, they fit under the standard 15” steel wheels.
Off to Candelo tomorrow morning to collect the white TE sedan.
