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Berlingo MOT - 2nd Go! Brakes Bodgery discovered!
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- Опубликовано: 22 янв 2023
- The Berlingo's rear brake compensator puts up a fight, though thankfully not quite as much as the headlamp the other day. We also find several horrible bits of brake bodgery. Tim at Cambrian Classics Ltd (www.cambrianclassics.co.uk) steps up to save the day once again. Here's some headlamp mayhem: • Man vs Berlingo Headla...
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Love the way Tim takes brake hoses off with a pair of molegrips because he's a craftsman who really knows what he's doing, whereas I take them off with a pair of molegrips because I'm a bodge artist who's just rounded them off with a spanner. :)
As so many here have said, a perfect example of why the annual Mot is so crucial.
Tim's workshop looks so professional and clean. I admire the way he gets stuck into difficult tasks and that tip about loosening brake unions with a flat jaw Mole wrench was a pearl. He's a sort of anti-HubNut.
You are so lucky having Tim at Cambrian very close to you. I hope he has been paid well for all his hard work !
Awaiting invoice...
@@HubNut....with clenched cheeks no doubt lol. Tim seems like a good bloke
I hope HubNut is getting a discount for basically promoting his business. 😀
Servicing...One man band , spends time talking to customers...takes time to fix the problem. Dealer, receptionist is go-between you and mechanic ('technician'), your info is sometimes diluted and job doesn't get done right...along with a big bill. One man band loses money if it goes pear shaped on him...😖
Driving without mot to Cambrian classics?
Working in a Citroen garage when these vehicles were fairly new we used to cut out the airbag connector and solder the wires, permanent fix.
Rubbish cars
Yes, i agree with Tim. I don't think classics that have been pulled out of the shed/barn after many years should automatically be allowed to drive on the road with no MOT maybe for classics it should be, if your car hasn't been on the road in the last 3 years, it'll need to have an MOT or something 🤔
I totally agree with you I have a classic car myself but alway mot it before it goes on the road for peace of mind caravans and trailers should be tested before they go on the road as well
I think a lot of this stems from the lack of ability of many of today's classic car owners. The classic car has achieved almost a 'cult' status, with many owners not really having much in the way of essential knowledge or experience of maintaining a car themselves. A real enthusiast who has the skills...whether acquired formally, or self-taught is irrelevant, will have a vehicle which is roadworthy. But, perhaps, instead of cluttering up an already overburdened DVSA computer system [for MoT testing] we could always have the system adopted in Italy? Whereby, anyone who wants to work [service, even?] any car has to have a formal qualification to do so. Nothing to prevent anybody going to evening classes to acquire this. But, in regard to old cars and the MoT? I believe there will always be folk who will 'take a chance' with their cars, regardless of age. The Police are lucky with their vehicles...someone else always pays for the gucci tyres and repairs. Me, as a pensioner with a restricted income, sometimes I have to ''make do & mend''....
stop sucking the fun out of life
Well some of ain’t made of money & can’t afford car repairs on a rarely used classic that isn’t thrashed around the streets hard breaking foot to the floor driving
I'm very Hello Happy that Bella has passed the MOT for another year. I do hope that there will be no further problems for a very long time... Bonne route la famille !
Thank goodness for the MOT! What a relief for you both
Indeed. My Acadiane will very shortly qualify for no MOT but it's still going to get one.
yes I know - or home to fix - well if you notice Ian drove it to the unit first - headlight fix, and then to Cambrian classics for the brakes etc, a second journey - sorry not allowed to do that - mot out, insurance void. Now if the mot test was before the due date, and it only failed on minor stuff - like it did here - then you can continue to drive it legally. Even so this is a grey area cos if you have an accident, you're insurance company could deem the vehicle to be unsafe / not roadworthy even though only minor stuff - then again brakes aren't a minor fail, I guess. To stay safe, insured, and be on the right side of the law I would always only drive home and fix, or leave at the garage to do the work
Tim has the patience of a saint, you're lucky to have him so close to you. Because French 😂
He's soon to have a 'strictly no french cars!!' sign hanging outside the door.
I am concerned that might become the case...
Delighted Bella is through the MoT. Hope you can get running nice and smooth again. Those M49s are great vehicles. Cheers. Vivian
Even if it becomes a bit of a "Trigger's broom" (and most working vehicles do) then a vehicle you like and feel you can comfortably drive long distances in is worth the investment. Huge envy for Tim's winter overalls!
Congratulations on the MOT, there was a lot covered in that video and Tim is a top bloke! The fleet is improving, I recommend some of those heated shrink connector thingies, though to be honest I have the exact same crimp tool as you and I find it works great when everything is properly in place.
Congratulation Bella, hopefully another year of low cost motoring for the HubNut's.
Absolutely brilliant video Ian ❤️ 👍 glad you sorted your mot brilliant
Nice one Ian, Tim is a real gent and perfect addition to your people on the channel. PS hope Carly is OK re her earlier tweet
We Americans giggle every time the Ford is described as "enormous".
I’m not sure where the enormous description is coming from to be honest, looking at the specification it’s about the same size as a mk5 mondeo, maybe big for it’s time for a pretty standard saloon car size nowadays. If you took that car to the car wash you’d get charged for a medium sized car
It's a bit longer than a Mondeo, and I reckon a fair bit wider. It does not fit well in parking spaces.
Hooray for Tim @ Cambrian Classics for his repair work on Bella. It is nice to hear that she is road legal for another year. Congratulations to you all for a "Happy & Successful" 2023.
Well done, there is no finer feeling than getting a MOT pass certificate. I've just done the same on my good ladies 2004 Pug 307. I fitted a new exhaust and front brakes myself then noticed she needed a front suspension lower ball joint, track rod end and a tyre. So I threw money at the garage that arranged the MOT to fix these items as I had run out of time and weekends to fix these. Well done for keeping going. Tim is a legend at always being there to help with these issues!
Well done! I hope you haven't overstayed your welcome at Tim 😅
Mole grips and tie wraps, you gotta love 'em! Old Stinky had a puncture this week too . . .
The drive back from a mot pass is so much better than driving to it 👍
As my mate used to say, she's got a doctors note for another 12 months. Great to hear. Once you get all these niggles sorted out it should give you great service in a bangernomics stylee.
honestly this video couldn't have come at a more relevant time as a solid sane argument against extending MOT's to the 4th year! I'm so glad you got this sorted Tim is a mechanic that everyone wishes they knew! The other garage sadly is one reason why I started doing most of my own work, shoddy workmanship and paying through the nose for it to rub salt into the wound!
This Berlingo is nearer 15 than 10 years old, wouldn't have made a difference
@@erik_dk842 yes but the safety reason is there, a tyre defect for instance wouldn't get spotted as an example
@@usuallyfixingtinkering Wasn't it just a simple puncture? I confess I didn't watch in detail.
@@usuallyfixingtinkering That could happen when the car was a week old
@@erik_dk842 it was, which could blow out easily.
Thank you for al the content!
I’m so glad Bella the berlingo is all fixed and passed the dreaded mot 😊👍
Nice one Ian, it's great to hear Bella has another year on the road having passed her MOT. That chafed flexible brake hose looks like a bodge and a half, I've no idea why that was fitted so badly. I have to agree with the current MOT intervals but I think they really do need to consider mileage and not just interval testing. Hats off to Tim for sorting the remedial fixes, he clearly looks like a top car surgeon. Many thanks for sharing. All the very best.
The other trick with rubber flexis that you are replacing is to cut the old rubber near the fitting so you can get a socket on and/or use heat. A proper brake spanner (like a ring spanner with a slot) is a good idea.
hahahah 5.36, it looked like Miss HB was climbing out of the glovebox!
So nice to see problems properly fixed :)
My previous car had once leaky winter tire, small leak somewhere. Went to tire shop, they did the soapy water trick, pumped the tire pressure even to 5 bars but still the leak could not be detected, therefore it could not be fixed.
I just couldn't stand the thought of unreliable, leaky tire, so replaced two winter tires. New, same kind of tires for same axle. The other two were still good.
Well done. I like driving that era of Berlingo
Great tip by Tim there, so obvious when he showed it but then not obvious enough to me figure it out for myself for years! haha!!
Could have saved me a few rounded unions...
This is such a feel good video. Bravo to everyone involved.
Never take chances with brakes or steering - the best advice my late father ever gave me car wise.
Well done Bella on passing your MoT, ably assisted by Cambrian Tim and the HubNut Tinkerers (sounds like a particularly weird 1960s group). Let's hope she now gets her little low-speed running 'fit' sorted, but... #BecauseFrench maybe she'll carry on playing around. Thank you for my BecauseFrench tangerine hoodie, a Christmas present from the family that has attracted very enthusiastic comments from lots of people, who think the design's brilliant.
Great to see Bella back in action and well done to Tim for helping her get back on the road.
Have to say even the motor factors get the parts wrong, we recently replaced the aux belt on my Cactus and typing my registration into motor factors part finder gave me the choice of one aux belt, so bought it, when we came to fit it we found it was the wrong one, the one I had bought was for one with air con and mine does not have air con and surprise surprise motor factor did not have correct belt in stock. We got the correct part at another motor factor.
I now understand the challenge of accessing the brake compensator 👍 This is good stuff as I need to replace the rear axel on my M59 next month so I will check the compensator while I have good access 😊
another great video has always Ian and miss hubnut and hublets and hubmutts 👍
Good news, Bella passed.
Glad you got the failures sorted.
Totally agree with you concerning MOT's, I filled in the questionnaire on the DVSA or Gov dot UK website after watching your earlier video. Airbag wiring issues, we used to cut off the connectors under the seat and solder the wires together and use heat shrink between the two wires for security and you don't want them shorting out and setting the airbag off, then erase the fault codes, other issues were the clock spring wiring between the steering wheel and stalk unit 😊
Love the overkill crimping tool just shows that the days of decent pliers that are not from China and have good crocodile teeth have long gone
My Hillman Avenger doesn't need an MOT any more. But it still gets one each year. It's a car and it can kill people like any other.
Congratulations on your pass ! Tim obviously knows what he’s doing. If you find a good mechanic make sure you look after him and keep his business going.
Amazed you managed to find someone to actually repair the puncture. Garages willing to do it seem rare as hens teeth now.
I had a Mitsubishi running badly in different, amusing and random ways. Of course the diagnostic tools accused many perfectly fine parts. After much investigations, 3 of the ECU's capacitors had died and corroded, causing all sorts of trouble. €0.13 and some soldering cured it.
So glad Bella past mot. Well done, oh no, I'm sounding like a school teacher😆
Saxo had a very similar rear axle set up, it's a great design how compact and neat it is, just 4 bolts drops out the whole rear suspension from the chassis.
Nothing quite like a Hub Nut video
That little wheel with the notches on it secured by a little screw sets how tightly your crimper crimps, there should be a +/- marking on it to show you which way to turn it to increase the crimping pressure. Also, make sure you're using it the right way round, as there are left handed & right handed crimp jaws.
I uspect the crimps are too large for the wire too, red is usually 1.5 mm2 and the wire looks nothing like that.
I had my MGB done in a similar way some (quite a lot of) years ago and when you see one without windscreen, hood, bumpers and all the peripherals you realise what it's really meant to look like.
Watch out world, Bella is back and ready for action, safely. Get the air out of the fuel system and family transport shouldn't be a worry for quite a while. Well done you two....
Thank you. And thanks for the contribution!
The 305 estate rear suspension made for a supreme ride. We had a 305GL with the 1300 petrol engine. I loved that car almost as much as it loved rusting.
Tim is a champion!
Another great video i had the same abs issue on a peugeot 306, i just soldered and heat shrunk the joints never had a issue after. I hope someone senior from the garage you had that axle fitted has watched your video and had a word with the mechanic in regards too the flexi pipe fitted wrong, regarding the broken spring yes that could of happened at anytime but as a cable tie was fitted it was broke when they fitted the axle so really could of wrote on your invoice it was broke and a tempory repair was done you could of sourced one them.
Correct. 305 has springssort of in the trailing arm. A great design until the bearings fail.
Ian with that model of crimping tool you need to have the coloured dots on the crimp die at the cable entry end of the connector to get a proper crimp
Always good to see a decent older motor get an MOT.
Take a deep breath.... and relax. Well done. That's it for another year.
Really interesting video,
Yes Ian, couldn't agree more about the need for keeping MOT checks annually. Though you have dual circuit brakes for added safety, imagine if that hose failed when towing the extra weight of Bob......and yes, I know it's a braked trailer (albeit not requiring an annual MOT check!!!)......but it could have been catastrophic.
Barn finds being dragged out and driven is bonkers! I've bought my fair share of those and just because they start and run doesn't mean they are safe, scary that people with little mechanical knowledge are buying them off ebay as runners and don't realise the danger.
Many ended up in barns because they had already failed the MOT.
@@saxon-mt5by And then get driven on tyres that have been flat and in the mud for 20 years!
2023 has a disturbace in the force, HubNut has yet to do a collection caper....
My smax pretty much always chucks an airbag light when it comes back from the garage I think similar to yours moving the seat. I'm quite short 5'7 so when I get it back I usually just move seat back and forward few times and it clears.
AY UP MR AND MRS HUBNUT
i have a 1977 series 3 landrover, it's been off the road for 6 years, once i finish the restore on it it will be going for an mot test, just to be safe
It’s usually the tester moving the seat that dislodges the airbag connector. Very frustrating. Need to find a tester the same height as you ;-)
He didn't touch it, but his wiggle test of the seat security may have been enough to tip a dodgy connection over the edge.
As someone of 6'3" the tester invariably moves the seat & never puts it back 😡 so I can't get back in. I have now found an MOT station who let me drive it in at the allotted time slot and put it on the ramps. The tester has a covered cushion if he needs it so we are all happy.
@@dizzy2020 yeah i agree about the moving seat thing ... when i was working as a mechanic the foreman told me to try not to move the seat because customers complain. i moved it whenever i wanted, when i drive i need to be comfortable ( im 6,2), im not risking an accident and it is near impossible on some cars to get in when the driver has the seat full forward..
what i dont comprehend is people complaining about the seat being moved.. big deal.. adjust it back..
my missus always moves it forward when she drives and i always move it back.. so what.. takes no effort at all..
think it just shows your karen personality if you cant handle such a minor inconvenience..
The strange thing happened here today in north East Scotland, the sky turned blue
Yea that componsentor spring was broken on my Berlingo. Good spot by MOT man. Without it your front brakes will lock up under heavy load. New spring on eBay. Works fine!
I used a few wagos on my partner. Didn't cure light. Found that every so often I just have to wiggle it where it connects to the pre tensioner and it's good for another 1000 miles. 😂
I had a Brake Master Cylinder fail once, totally without warning. Frightening feeling pushing the brake pedal & it goes to the floor & I was getting ever closer to the car in front. Luckily managed to pull off the road onto a verge & stop with the handbrake.
Tim is a really nice bloke.
Everybody becomes Citröen specialist.. after a year or two owning one and counting it's not yet worth it to get new one.
Starting to feel like I am becoming a citroen specialist with the little faults I have had in the 9 months I have had my Cactus.
MGB explains a lot - was beginning to wonder if Classics was affectionately ironic 😜❤😊
I can remember the gentleman who ran the village garage when I was a teenager waxing lyrical about the brake compensation on my Renault 16, introduced at a time when such an idea was seemingly completely unheard of on British cars. Glad Bella has her MoT pass - my car also failed last week with an airbag alert but sadly, it isn't anything as simple as seat connectors :( And again - this reinforces the view that two year tests are A Very Bad Thing.
Well done another year off camping all the best donny
I had the same issue with airbag light coming on due to the connector under the seat and cleaning it would fix it for a while but in the end I just cut it out and solder the wires together and that solved the issue permanently. Hope you send the bill to the garage who replaced the axle that flexihose was so obviously wrong. Anyway atleast its got an MOT
Wow! I'm not surprised you won't be revisiting that garage. They are very lucky you hadn't named them on RUclips...
I remember my 1981/2 Renault 18 diesel had an issue with the brakes failing. Turns out it had a faulty brake compensator, this was back in 1990.Good news about Bella.
I hope you get Bella in good state of health soon. From Gordon in quite hot Foxton NZ, 30 Celsius 😅
When you can’t get vice grips on the bit you can try a flare nut wrench /spanner. Having 5 sides covered is often enough torque to get it to work.
Many claim they are useless but the dozens of brake jobs I have done (mostly Triumphs and Porsches) I found it easier.
Vice grips, if well seated, will give you over all more torque though…
Great video that’s brought up two points…1..MOT changes and classics not getting MOTs and 2… Two dodgy repairs by the garage that fitted the axle.
Would it be an idea on a report of using garages and specialists on a budget? Thanks
For a tyre repair [at home or somewhere equally isolated]....there are always the cheap kits [off ebay, for example] which consist of the twisted dried tobacco/dead weed, and glue, with a gucci tool? From videos on this 'ere place, this repair system has been shown to be better than even the rubber mushroom used in tyre fixing spots. Useful for weekend repairs to punctured tyres.
Way back in the 1960's those kits were used when tubeless tyres came out in large numbers, but I seem to remember that the material was a very floppy rubber rod. I thought that they were banned a few years later when idiots used several rods in the same hole and they blew out. And yet they are still available to buy??
Well done Bella!🏴
I drove from Gatwick to Iselworth with no brakes once. Got interesting when I got to the end of the motorway.
Ian, I think you are in the Red dot part of the crimp tool but I think you putting them in from the wrong side of the crimp tool. It crimps less on the insulation so if inserted wrongly it won't stay on the stranded part of the wire as it is not crimped small enough.
PSA must have got a job lot of those airbag connectors. My 206 did exactly the same thing.
I know how you feel. Still waiting to get my 23 year old Disco back on the road. Only thing stopping it is the driver's side powered window motor died just before the Rego check.
I used to own a Type 2 camper the same colour as the one in the background, BOD662L…
A agreed keep the MOT at twelve months and keep us all safe on the roads
Good video 🥰
Haha I know all about things moving about under the seat that cause issues with the airbag. I was working at a Chevy/Buick dealer years ago and this Chevy SUV came in because of an intermittent air bag light and a thumping under the seat. It was owned by two older ladies. Both problems were connected. The airbag light was caused by two things. The first was the connecter was not firmly clipped together. The second thing was that there was a woman's metal manual stimulation battery powered device that kept rolling against the airbag connector causing a broken connection. That metal device was also the source of the thumping as it rolled around and hit the seat mounts. I removed the offending object and properly clipped the connector together and it was good to go. I never did find out what the service writer wrote it up as...
I still think the MOT and ones similar in states in the USA are more to help repair centers out then help with safety. In my state there is a rigorous inspection for used cars or cars that have moved to the state before you can put the car on the road (new cars are exempt) once that is done, the vehicle never needs another inspection again as long as it is with the same owner or immediate family (brother/sister/parents/sons/daughters) vehicles do get an emission test every 2 years. The next state over has a mandated car inspection every year and yet accidents caused by faulty cars has always been very low and the next state over with yearly inspections has a higher accident rate caused by faulty cars.
The resplendent Sant Padarn Church, Penant, in the background late in this video. Lovely area and the epicentre of the Welsh Cob pony universe.
Don’t worry Ian, you may not have to take it again for two years lol 😂
Naw it'll be buried in land fill by then😂..sorry I couldn't help myself..😇
in the state of Australia where I live there is *no* testing except when a car changes hands.
Also hate spade connectors prefer to use 'chocolate boxes'. Yes they do need more space but easier to sort a dodgy or loose connection. Taping up to protect when needed.
Just picking up on what you said about 'not throwing parts' at the Berlingo, it's sometimes the only way. I know for fact that a lot of pro mechanics keep odd spare parts around for that very reason (for testing purposes) and a lot of main dealers will swap parts between working vehicles and ones with running problems, just for the purpose of the process of elimination. When the diagnostic tool won't pick up a fault, you're basically left with having to figure it out in any way you can. So basically what I'm saying is, don't feel bad about something you can't help :)
My Citroën C4 Grand picasso had similar judder issue and it was the centre rear engine mount. We changed all the mounts while we were at it. Crazy as they looked fine on face of it but had split on inside causing the same issue you had. PS. Buy original mounts as I ebayed rear one and it failed almost 1 month in. Original has been on over 2 years with no issue.
I've recently bought a 24 year old Volvo, from a reputable Volvo specialist, with fresh APK (the Dutch MOT) with no advisories. It came with service and they've even put enough petrol in to make the 50 mile trip home, they really wanted to make sure I got a good start into the ownership of this car. They also told me during the APK they got sampled for a check, the government inspector also found no advisories and thought it was a perfectly safe car.
One day later I got an alarming call from my kid who borrowed the car: the handbrake doesn't work!
Turned out that the handbrake, though it did work forwards, it didn't do anything backwards, which makes a hill start pretty difficult. APK only tests braking action forwards, so it wasn't noticed, even by the inspector. Volvo has a kind of antique handbrake system with a drum brake behind the disc brake, the brake shoes can come loose so you will lose handbrake action in one direction. I've had them both replaced.
Yikes!
I used to have a Citroen Saxo VTS amazing car would beat anything on a track problem was she was French and had her moods , everytime she had to be MOTD she would throw a fit , Cars do have souls i believe it , my current Car the 2007 Colt is the same , one day she will start on the button the next she will throw a hissy fit lol
Lovely job 🚘🚙🚗👍👍👍👍⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I hope you have been in contact with the cowboys that replaced your rear axle 🤬 the compensator spring broke on our 405 estate while towing the caravan, that was fun 🫣
The Passat is due for MOT in March and it keeps scaring me, decided the central locking would be better if it failed in the locked position for 2 days then started working again, then the hand brake went all sloppy but is back to normal. Don't think it likes the weather at the moment.