1.) Both headlights were out of alignment.
2.) Both rear anti roll bar drop links were worn & showing excessive play.
3.) Offside arb drop link was loose.
4.) Offside rear wheel bearing worn.
5.) Slight fuel leak from fuel pipe/fuel pump area of car.
Advisories:
1.) Slight coolant leak.
2.) Oil leak from rear differential - there is evidence of this on the garage floor.
3.) Oil leak from sump (the tester thinks it's from the plug) - there is also evidence of this on the garage floor.
4.) Oil leak from gearbox - there's no evidence of this on the garage floor but if there is a leak it's possibly being caught by the tray that sits under the gearbox.
This is the car's first fail since I got it back on the road 4 (or so) years ago. When I was working on the car, before it was back on the road, I made some arb drop links out of some cheap rose joints as original drop links are very rare/unobtainable & this is the route I've gone down again. I've bought some better quality rose joints this time (from McGill Motorsports) so hopefully they'll last another 4 years or longer. I've removed the cowls & will ask the garage to adjust the headlights for me as I'm unsure where they're supposed to point (apart from forward & to the left a bit). I've ordered a couple of rear wheel bearings (Mazda 626 front wheel bearings 82-87) from Ebay for £20 & they should arrive next week sometime so that will be next weekends job. I just can't find the fuel leak but I'll keep looking - it states on the fail sheet that one of the fuel pipe holding clips (I used p-clips along the length of the fuel pipe) is loose but I can't find this either - if I can't find it before the retest I'll ask the tester to show me where it is.
I've not had time to investigate the coolant/oil leaks but I may get chance this weekend. I knew about the diff but it's got worse so it'll need a new rear cover gasket - does anyone know if you can get this off without dropping the diff??
I'd obviously have preferred the car to pass but after 4 years on the road - though admittedly not used much - I don't think it's too bad really
