You were lucky - in my case, the good folks at Glen Burnie would NOT accept
the bill of sale from Academy Ford in Laurel, and went by their "blue book".
What really griped me was the clod who "checked" the front shoe brakes by
removing the drums, just dropping the bearing cone in the dirt. Needless to
say, I never went near that place again!
Werner
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Sent: Friday, March 02, 2007 12:38 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] $250 1985 300SD
Yep, that we do, but if you have a bill of sale they will go with that (or
$500, whatever is lower) for tax value. Being held up depends upon the
inspector. Usually they do try on headlamp aim, but I have the older
"hoppy" garage type aimers-- good for anything with the three glass nubs
on the lens...
The inspectors are licensed by the state and if they do anything too hinky
you can go to the MSP on them...
BTW last time I got a car inspected it was at a stealership (deliberately)
and they found that the sway bar bushings were shot as was the engine
mounts. Given the car developed a nasty vibe to it when in gear with the
brakes on (right on the way to the inspection, augh!) I knew about the
mounts. I didn't know that the bushings got bad (I thought all 210 front
ends rattled a bit on low speed bumpy roads)... Anyhow, the sway bar links
practically fell apart when I disassembled things! ... Oh yeah, they
mentioned the rear brakes would pass but only had about 3kmi left on
them.. I replaced them for good measure.
Time before that was at a local gas station, and I saw a note for headlamp
aim (that was scratched out!) and that the high-beam indicator was not
working. Sure enough the thing had wiggled out of the socket. I popped it
back in and the guy looked and passed it on the spot. I guess I am pretty
lucky.
-j
