Beware the mot tester

[Agrismith]

Haha, if you were that clever, you might as well fix the actual issue

It would be more on a cost efficiency basis.

 

[James1979]

If you where really intent then you could put a time delay relay in. My dad had some really compact ones that would work well just soldered 8nto the circuit

You can buy them off eBay for a couple of quid. Just put them in line with the lamp and an ignition feed.

Legend has it that I may on occasion have wired the offending light to the oil light. I cannot confirm or deny

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[Guineafowl]

If the light fails to illuminate that is a fail

‘Some people’ wire them to the oil light, in a pinch.

 

[Robbie260]

Missed a pic or two but starting to come back together now.

 

[MetalMonkey]

Trickiest part is sometimes just planning out how you are going to treat the inside before you weld in the patches. I’ve boxed myself into a corner on more than one occasion!

 

[Robbie260]

Trickiest part is sometimes just planning out how you are going to treat the inside before you weld in the patches. I’ve boxed myself into a corner on more than one occasion!

Quite lucky most of it I can get at from inside the van or drill a hole or two and all will be good got a large supply of grommets on hand.

 

[Morrisman]

If the light fails to illuminate that is a fail

I seem to recall someone once telling me that they'd hooked up the ABS light to their oil pressure light, so it did indeed go out when the motor was started.

 

[Morrisman]

The 1150 Beemers with the daft servo-assisted ABS systems were horrible to use and about as reliable as a chocolate welding torch.
So much so that when I bought my (04) Rockster in 07, I deliberately bought a non-ABS variant.

On my type, the '97 1100r, if the unit fails you just lose ABS. But the later models you mention you can lose just about all braking if the unit fails.

 

[Agrismith]

On my type, the '97 1100r, if the unit fails you just lose ABS. But the later models you mention you can lose just about all braking if the unit fails.

I think that's EBS isn't it ??

 

[Farside]

How small does a Scottish Island have to be to be exempt from MOT testing (without a testing station I would think?)

There's an island of the wescht coast of Ireland where no cars are tested.
Not been there myself, but from several accounts, a bigger pile of shytty heaps you'd look hard to find, apparently.
I don't suppose it's much of a problem, as the only road is circumferential and is little more than single-track with many bends.

 

[Farside]

If the light fails to illuminate that is a fail

<cough> Timer circuit.

 

[Robbie260]

Not my finest attempts at panel forming but it dose the trick and is 3x the thickness of what’s there just now so should last a good while longer. Least can no longer see daylight through the van final bits tomorrow hopefully.

 

[DAPPH]

There's an island of the wescht coast of Ireland where no cars are tested.
Not been there myself, but from several accounts, a bigger pile of shytty heaps you'd look hard to find, apparently.
I don't suppose it's much of a problem, as the only road is circumferential and is little more than single-track with many bends.

Came home on leave back in the mid 1960's , by the traffic lights at the Stanground turn, an Austin 1100 braked for the red traffic lights and split in two , the front end carrying on & the driver lifting their legs up to stop them getting rubbed off on the road

 

[Keithmac]

The BMW 1150 RT's with the servo assisted ABS modules are death traps if the electrical servo assist fails.

Another "feature" is you have to remove side panels and petrol tank to top up or blead the brakes, the handlebar reservoir and rear brake reservoir are completely seperate to the fluid that actually operates the calipers. Just a daft setup altogether.

 

[optima21]

Came home on leave back in the mid 1960's , by the traffic lights at the Stanground turn, an Austin 1100 braked for the red traffic lights and split in two , the front end carrying on & the driver lifting their legs up to stop them getting rubbed off on the road

wonder if that was the inspiration behind this part of the The Love Bug

 

[Farside]

Came home on leave back in the mid 1960's , by the traffic lights at the Stanground turn, an Austin 1100 braked for the red traffic lights and split in two , the front end carrying on & the driver lifting their legs up to stop them getting rubbed off on the road

I had an Austin A40 Farina just like that. Held together with riveted ally panels and Schutz.

 

[GRW]

The BMW 1150 RT's with the servo assisted ABS modules are death traps if the electrical servo assist fails.

Another "feature" is you have to remove side panels and petrol tank to top up or blead the brakes, the handlebar reservoir and rear brake reservoir are completely seperate to the fluid that actually operates the calipers. Just a daft setup altogether.

IMO all the R1100/R1150 models with the servo brakes are dodgy as. Mate had a 51-plate mint R1150R with servo ABS, and it packed in when we were right near the top of an Alpine pass descent. Luckily he wasn't steaming into a tight downhill hairpin at the time, but at very low speed.
He had to crawl down (cos the brakes will still work, but very poorly).
Sometimes it'd reset and work, others not, so he just couldnt trust his brakes, which is not good.
(Bleeding the servo ones is a royal PITA also).

At least my non-ABS 2004 R1150R Rockster 1150's brakes are consistent. I'd imagine most surviving servo ABS Beemers have had the ABS-Servo-Ectomy by now.

 

[Morrisman]

The BMW 1150 RT's with the servo assisted ABS modules are death traps if the electrical servo assist fails.

Another "feature" is you have to remove side panels and petrol tank to top up or blead the brakes, the handlebar reservoir and rear brake reservoir are completely seperate to the fluid that actually operates the calipers. Just a daft setup altogether.

I think there is something like four separate reservoirs, and a ridiculously complicated procedure to bleed the brakes, or change the fluid, scheduled service etc.

 

[GRW]

I think there is something like four separate reservoirs, and a ridiculously complicated procedure to bleed the brakes, or change the fluid, scheduled service etc.

If I recall mates bike - there are 2 reservoirs. One of the bars and one under the RHS of the fuel tank.
The servo pressurised the system via the lower reservoir and you have to bleed that area as well as the secondary - & yes a right 'mare to get right.
(My bike has an empty space under the tank where the servo unit would live, and an alloy block with the inlet & outlet unions on instead of a Reservoir under the RHS of the tank)

 

[Smallfry]

Any tips greatly appreciated.

Heres a tip. Don't work over an open drain ! What are you thinking of man ? At least put a board over it.

Another tip. DON'T buy a Transit. They are the rustiest of all the vans, and the least economical.