Unimog Club UK

Hey,

Ingrid the sports-mog (has a vacuum advance dizzy  ) hasn't seen much use recently - but is about to.

When we got her, she was a Q plate recovery truck, we registered her properly as a '61 HGV and have an age related plate. We've always MOT'd her (usually successfully ) but have struggled this year, because a lot of places won't test petrols (never been a problem before)

Anyhow, it got me to looking at whether we *needed* an MOT. When the law changed a few years ago I didn't think it affected us, but I think they've changed the wording on the site to suggest we don't need one

" 4. Large vehicle information
Some large vehicles are exempt from testing.
Large goods vehicles (defined as vehicles more than 3.5 tonnes) or buses and public service vehicles (defined with 8 or more passenger seats) which are used commercially require a valid test certificate if:
    the vehicle has been substantially changed in the last 30 years
    it is a large goods vehicle and is used when laden or towing a laden trailer" *

We're non commercial, and the only major change was made more than 30 years ago. Anyone in the same position, or with a more definitive view?

ta

jim

* - https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/historic-classic-vehicles-mot-exemption-criteria/historic-classic-vehicles-mot-exemption-criteria#large-vehicle-information

After something of a hiatus replacing the engine output seal (may write that up, if I can be bothered), Ingrid the Mog is back on the road.

Sailed through the test.

But on the usual pre-motorway shake down run I got an overheated brake, and it was bloody hot. Had to get water from a nice lady who lived opposite. We had been running in the direction of a farm we know, and ended up there - suffering this indignity...



Turned out only to be a slightly corroded slave cylinder and we managed a good field fix.



Which meant we could get her back to my house in manchester.



Where she could meet my other mogs



Finally, we had to go the Manchester Royal Infirmary (for utterly trivial reasons), and the wife had the car, so off we went. The multi storey declared itself 2.1M high, the mog is 2.05M high, so we went in. Turns out some bits are lower than that, but we made it.


 
 Nice to have her on the road again.

jim

Hi all,

I recognise some names from years ago when i hung out on benzworld/difflock/tx404. A smaller number of you may have been to one of the Mogstock's I ran many years ago in the Northwest/Midlands area.

I'm Jim in manchester, proud co owner of a 404 doka with a hiab and a winch

lots of pictures and stuff on http://www.foodfight.org.uk/mog

We've had "Ingrid" for 10 years now, 2 years to restore her and she's been mostly on the road for the last 8. She has been off the road for a year but we're gonna get her back on it now. We registered as a HGV, so have a plate and everything, getting ready for a test now.

She's mostly in very good nick, but we have some starter issues (we need a new starter pinion and brushes) - waiting for Manfred at Westfield to get some in.

In other news, I have two daughters now, which sort of explains why I stopped spending 2 hr's a day talking nonsense about old tractors on the interwebulator.

Anyway, I just stumbled across this club/website earlier, and thought I'd say Hi.