IVA fail...
OK, the worst bit is over and done with, and to be honest I don't think it's too bad. Six issues in total.
1. Exhaust mount insecure. All that faff I was doing to see if the exhaust was quiet and secure, I forgot to do it up at the end. I bet the brackets
and nuts are somewhere on the garage floor right now!!
2. Rear number plate mount not radiused. That's me misunderstanding the rules. I thought the number plate radius would be checked as if there was
a number plate in place, turns out it's not. I didn't bother radiusing the edge because I thought it would be covered. That's an hour
printing out another one, no biggie.
3. Front direction indicators too low. This one is an interesting one. They're on the Healey body in their respective holes, but that has put
them an inch too low. It could stem from the car overall being too low, but that shouldn't be difficult to fix.
4. The clutch fork fouls the brake pipe when it's pressed. I couldn't have seen this one, it needed one person to see it under the car and
one in the drivers seat operating the clutch. Again not difficult, I have a bit of room to 'adjust' it.
5. Fuel pipe too close to the gearbox mount. I thought I'd left it enough of a gap, but because the gearbox mount is on a rubber bobbin he felt
it was vulnerable if the engine moved. I think that's fair, I can adjust that one too.
6. And now the one that I think is going to cause me the biggest hassle.... design weights!! I declared it as 409kg, they calculated it to be 431kg. I
have to go to DVLA to get that one corrected, I'm guessing that will be hard work.
That was at Bristol, and it was a really good experience overall. They liked the car, and acknowledged that I'd took my time with it and got
'most' things spot on.
And to think, all last week I was worried about fuel tank leaks and exhaust noise, neither of which were an issue in the end! He has said 45 minute
retest, and given I'm expecting a pass after that I'm going to drive it down next time.
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