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Offline Jezza-7

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Mot question
« on: January 25, 2011, 05:03:36 pm »
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.
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Offline hayesey

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Re: Mot question
« Reply #1 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.
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Re: Mot question
« Reply #2 on: January 25, 2011, 05:21:16 pm »
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.
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Offline Puncharado

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Re: Mot question
« Reply #3 on: January 25, 2011, 05:49:20 pm »
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.
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Re: Mot question
« Reply #4 on: January 25, 2011, 07:05:48 pm »
That's more to do with the SVA/IVA test though isn't it?
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Re: Mot question
« Reply #5 on: January 25, 2011, 09:13:15 pm »
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.
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Re: Mot question
« Reply #6 on: January 26, 2011, 12:17:34 am »
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.
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Re: Mot question
« Reply #7 on: January 26, 2011, 09:06:39 am »
ah I see, yes makes sense
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