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In the hope that a bulb would blow so they could try and charge you £30 for changing it?
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but is this a requirement or just a convenience if performing a MOT test alone?
The last time I watched a test (very nervously after rebuilding my Mk1 Escort over a 2 year period) a trainee was dispatched to operate the various lights while the tester watched....each function separately.
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Sounds like a bad earth to me.
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Mapmaker,
I agree, probably an easy fault to fix but would it show up or even fail an MOT test....not necessarily I believe.
I think the MOT test rules link posted somewhere here recently list what has to be tested but not exactly how they should be tested (ie test indicator and stop and tail lights simultaneously)
Ian L.
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Sounds like a bad earth to me.
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I agree. I fitted a supplementary earth on both rear light units to fix this common fault on Sierras.
If, in a traffic queue, you decide to act, how you can alert a fellow motorist to the problem with a clear description of the problem?
A circular movement of your hand at the window to indicate "please wind your window down I wish to converse with you?" followed by "your rear lights are all screwed up?" or "your rear lights work like a Christmas tree?"
The response could be variable!!!! Yeh I know mate!!
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This is often caused by people incorrectly fitting a dual-filament lamp with an offset-pin in to a normal lamp holder. This send a current to earth when a current is sent to the filament, causing everything else on that lightboard to flash like a mobile disco.
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