WOF drama

[TLDV8]

My experience with VTNZ Takanini has all been good.

I to have had no problems at Takanini.

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The guy who does bikes there is the only one and he rides too.
One time my washer bottle was empty but they filled it,same for a headlight which was adjusted also.

The only time (and that person is gone now) i had a problem of any sort was when i had a Tui's moment.
The guy had just come off the brake tester and i was watching as he came to a halt out side.
Just as he was pulling up the R/H brakelight went out (which had passed only minutes before.
When he got out, i was retarded enough to say... You won't believe it but the brake light just blew ...... He said,really,thats a fail then..

Actually the last WoF i failed was due to a starting to perish power steering belt which i had never given a thought to.
I changed all three (PS / AC / Alt ) and the front cover seal while i was at it.
I like to think the WoF can be good for preventive maintenance like that.
Things are a little different to thirty years ago when you would pray some POS would pass,the days of flat batteries and running out of petrol..There seems to be a lot less drama these days

[Motu]

Yeah wel I ain't got my Thunderbird vin'd YET!
Just wait until that uproar hits KB - you'll be thankful you don't do vins too!!!

I presume it's not a 6T. Is it a wedgy one with the swing away steering wheel to allow fat guts to to slide in and out of the seat? No mere mortal could afford the gorgeous first model.

[scumdog]

I presume it's not a 6T. Is it a wedgy one with the swing away steering wheel to allow fat guts to to slide in and out of the seat? No mere mortal could afford the gorgeous first model.

It's a '66 Town Landau , swing-away wheel, power seat, hydraulic wipers, sequential indicators, foot operated 'parking-brake' that comes off when you pull the shifter out of "P" and power disc brakes (vented with four-pot calipers factory) that you just have to breathe on to bring the whole 2,200kg to a shuddering halt - oooh yeah, gotta love this lardy-arsed lady!!!

[Motu]

And a 460 putting out 40hp with all the crap it's loaded down with.At least it's pre emmission.Sequental indicators are cool,and people think I'm crazy when I say such things exist....coz they've never seen it eh?

[scumdog]

And a 460 putting out 40hp with all the crap it's loaded down with.At least it's pre emmission.Sequental indicators are cool,and people think I'm crazy when I say such things exist....coz they've never seen it eh?

Ah, she's only a 'Z' code - 390
A 'Q' code (428) was out of this boys 'budget'

The hydraulic wipers are a dag - run off the power-steering pump, infinite level of wiper speed.
(But can't run 'em with the engine not running)

[Motu]

Ah, she's only a 'Z' code - 390
A 'Q' code (428) was out of this boys 'budget'

The hydraulic wipers are a dag - run off the power-steering pump, infinite level of wiper speed.
(But can't run 'em with the engine not running)

Uh oh,that's really going to confuse the Indians at the testing station,they'll just tick fail and refuse to talk about it.Vacuum wipers were a pain,but I always liked the Vauxhall method - run off the camshaft.So on a Zephyr when you put your foot down going up a hill the wipers stopped,but in a Velox you changed down to 2nd and they went crazy.

A 390 is still a big block,so you still have bragging rights.

[peasea]

Well, I got a speeding ticket today, 70 in a 50 on a real steep downhill run, and that cop didn't look at my tyres. He asked for my license and I offered him my Visa proclaiming that was what he really wanted. He didn't have eftpos either. Safety my arse, we all know the score it's cat and mouse in a money-go-round.

[peasea]

There's nothing good in Auckland. Twelve more months to go.......

[SuperDave]

If the only VTNZ testing station on the Shore is the one near Constellation Drive then I gotta fully agree that they're a lazy bunch. I rocked up for a test once on my old 250 and they told me that they couldn't do it then because their 'bike guy' wasn't there. The checks on all my previous WOF's were pretty simplistic, the most worthwhile check they did was checking the wheel bearings, so why one the 'car guys' couldn't have done it then fuck knows.

[terbang]

Here is a question for all you WOF testers out there. Was in Pukekohe yesterday and I watched a flatdeck ute going around a corner and it was pissing diesel all over the road. It was obviously coming from a faulty vent or cap. He just gave all who followed the equivelant to bald tyres. The latent issues of such a fault can have terrible consequences, especially for a motorcycle. Are you supposed to look for these sort of faults..?

[Motu]

Yep,we are supposed to look at the filler cap - those push in jobs and rags are not legal anymore.So you are holding whoever issued the WoF responsable for the fact that the owner forgot to fit the cap when he filled the tank 20 minutes before you saw it?

[Ixion]

If the only VTNZ testing station on the Shore is the one near Constellation Drive then I gotta fully agree that they're a lazy bunch. I rocked up for a test once on my old 250 and they told me that they couldn't do it then because their 'bike guy' wasn't there. The checks on all my previous WOF's were pretty simplistic, the most worthwhile check they did was checking the wheel bearings, so why one the 'car guys' couldn't have done it then fuck knows.

Cos the tester has to be certified on the vehicle class in question (and have a driver's licence for that class). Otherwise it's not legal. Why most garage places can't do bikes.

[Ixion]

Yep,we are supposed to look at the filler cap - those push in jobs and rags are not legal anymore.,,

Yith. I got caught on that in the Prelude a year or so back, just after the changed rule came in. It had had a push in for years, too. "But it was OK last time - wah wah wah ". Walked over to the Repco shop next door , $19, all good.

[terbang]

So you are holding whoever issued the WoF responsable for the fact that the owner forgot to fit the cap when he filled the tank 20 minutes before you saw it?

No not at all but I do see a fair bit of fuel ETC on the road from time to time and yesterdays incident got me thinking.

[Motu]

Fuel won't spray out of a cap...even no cap,unless it was overfill just recently.Most filler points are a long way away and a lot higher than the tank.The WoF requirement is because in an accident the push in cap just gets blown out and fuel sprays everywhere.And you know what happens when a car chasing 007 goes over a cliff - instant firebomb....well in the movies anyway.It does happen that fuel leaks out,but not as much as you think - most of the leaking diesel comes from trucks,their filler caps are right on the tank,and there is a lot more weight of fuel to push through a faulty seal.