How To Get Your Classic Car Ready For A MOT

Mark goes over the stuff you need to check before taking your classic car to the MOT Center. 

(00:00) Welcome to Just Kampers and it's MOT time for Ruby here. We're just going to carry out a few little checks before we take it to our local testing station. A quick tire check, make sure they're inflated correctly and there's no signs of obvious damage on the sidewall or across the tread, and also make sure we've got plenty of depth of tread. Next I'm going to check that all the lights work on the front, so that's our side lights, our dip beam, our main beam and our indicators. I can do that on my own, don't need any help with the rear lamps

(00:31) however you may need somebody to help you with the brake lights when checking the rear lights don't forget to check all important number plate light quite easily forgotten about also double check that your number plates are secure front and rear then have a quick check of your windscreen make sure it's clean and free from chips also we need to make sure that our wiper blades are intact and they're not split and falling apart and they're going to do the job make sure the washers work carrying out our exterior checks just double check

(01:05) your mirrors are tight and they're not broken then a quick check under the engine bay to make sure we haven't got any excessive oil leaks from anywhere make sure everything's secure and in its place and double check our fuel Pipes make sure they're all clipped in position and that we haven't got any leaks from our fuel pump area or our carburetor area lastly I like to just double check the oil level once we're inside the car we need to make sure that our sun visors work correctly and they stay up and they don't flop down in front of your face

(01:37) both sides obviously double check that your rear view mirror is secure and you can see through it make sure you can open all your doors from inside make sure the inside handle works don't forget to try the horn we need to make sure that our seats are secure and if seat belts are fitted that they work obviously there's only a few things that the mot tester is actually going to test and check but it's a good start for us you don't have to be a mechanic to be able to present your car with everything working so I think it's time to get down there

(02:12) and see how we get on you see Ruby is parked up ready to go into the testing station what do we have here positive perfect thanks to the guys at Charles's garage that's this 1967 Beetle Cabrio mot'd for another year [Music] back from mot with the 1967 Cabrio all went well apart from one little thing a little bit of a Schoolboy error I forgot to put water in the washers luckily add a bottle of water with me job done even though this 67 Cabrio is mot exempt it still gets mot'd every year the immortine classic cars is something

(02:58) I recommend highly just for safety, for your safety and other Road users, but that's Ruby mot'd for another year. Thank you so much for watching. We will see you next time