Can you fail a mot for having no reverse in a gearbox?\
Spoke to my local garage and he said he's not sure, although he wasn't an mot tester himself. He said they would need to contact vosa.
phone your MOT tester. I don't think it's a fail but they might refuse to test it if it can't be moved about properly.
Quote from: hayesey on January 25, 2011, 05:07:52 PM
phone your MOT tester. I don't think it's a fail but they might refuse to test it if it can't be moved about properly.
Thats the only thing he did say, about moving it etc.
It doesn't say anything about gearbox on the mot page in the engine faq.
I know kit cars must now have some form of reverse (mech or elec) in order to get registration. Under the old rules it wasn't needed, so there are certainly cars registered on the road without any means of reverse, so they must pass an MOT test.
That's more to do with the SVA/IVA test though isn't it?
There's some bloke on PH with a R1 Fury kit car who doesn't have a reverse gear, there was abit of contention about it but the consensus was it wasn't required.
Yeah, I am referring to the old SVA (reverse not required) and new IVA (must have reverse). But my point is if having means of reversing the vehicle is an MOT test item, then bike engined cars registered after passing SVA still wouldn't be allowed on the road.
ah I see, yes makes sense