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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1975

THE 18 ITEMS ARE:-

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(1) REGISTRATION PARTICULARS THEY ARE GIVEN IN THE

REGISTRATION BOOK AND MUST ACCORD WITH THE VEHICLE. UNLADEN WEIGHT - THIS WILL BE CHECKED.

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BODY IT MUST BE SECURELY MOUNTED AND LOCKED TO VEHICLE FRAME, AND SHOULD BE IN GOOD CONDITION IN RESPECT OF EXTERIOR PANELLING AND PAINTWORK. WITH SOUND AND SERVICEABLE INTERIOR FRAMING. ALL GLASS MUST BE SAFETY GLASS.

DOOR LOCKS - THESE AND THE HINGES SHOULD BE IN GOOD CONDITION,

BATTERY - IT SHOULD GE SECURELY MOUNTED AND NOT OBSTRUCT CAB SEATING.

(6) LIGHTS - HEADLAMPS SHOULD BE CORRECTLY ADJUSTED WITH

OPERATIONAL DIPPING DEVICE. SIDE LAMPS, REAR-STOP LAMPS AND INDICATION LAMPS SHOULD BE OPERATING CORRECTLY AND LEGALLY POSITIONED.

(7) WIND SCREEN - WIPERS AND WARNING DEVICE SHOULD BE OPERATING

CORRECTLY.

(8) TYRES - THEY SHOULD BE FREE OF CUTS, ABRASIONS AND

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DEFORMITIES WITH 2 MM OF TREAD AVAILABLE. WHEELS AND WHEEL STUDS SHOULD BE TIGHT AND FREE OF FATIGUE CRACKS. NUMBER PLATES - THEY SHOULD BE LEGIBLE AND PROPERLY MOUNTED.

CHASSIS - VISUAL CHECK WILL BE MADE FOR DISTORTION, CRACKS AND SECURE, CROSS-NUMBERS.

EXHAUST SYSTEM IT SHOULD BE SOUND, SECURELY AND PROPERLY MOUNTED WITH AN EFFICIENT SILENCER.

BRAKE - LININGS WILL BE CHECKED, EITHER BY REMOVING

A DRUM OR BY INSPECTING APERTURES IN BACK PLATES WHERE APPLICABLE. ALL BRAKE LINES, RIGID AND FLEXIBLE, WILL BE EXAMINED FOR CORRECT ROUTING" AND MOUNTING. THERE SHOULD BE NO LEAKS FROM THE BRAKE SYSTEM AND ALL COMPONENTS MAKING UP A PARTICULAR SYSTEM SHOULD BE IN GOOD CONDITION, INCLUDING POWER BRAKE COMPONENTS, WHERE FITTED. (13) STEERING BOX - IT MUST BE SECURELY MOUNTED TO FRAME, AND

CORRECTLY ADJUSTED. ALL STEERING ARMS AND DROP ARM' SHOULD BE FREE OF DISTORTION AND CRACKS, AND MUST BE SECURELY MOUNTED AND LOCKED. FRONT WHEEL TRACK SHOULD BE CORRECTLY ADJUSTED. STUB AXLES SHOULD NOT HAVE EXCESSIVE END FLOAT, AND KING PINS AND LUSHES SHOULD BE SERVICEABLE. (14) ROAD SPRINGS THEY SHOULD BE IN SERVICEABLE CONDITION WITH

SPRING CLIPS PROPERLY CLAMPED. SPRING LEAVES AND CENTRE BOLTS MUST NOT BE BROKEN. ALL U. BOLTS MUST BE TIGHT AND LOCKED. SHACKLE PINS AND BUSHES SHOULD BE IN SERVICEABLE CONDITION, PROPERLY ADJUSTED AND LOCKED, AND SHOCK ABSORBERS, WHERE FITTED, SHOULD BE SECURELY MOUNTED AND EFFECTIVE.

(15) ENGINE – ENGINE-TRANSMISSION MOUNTINGS SHOULD BE SOUND AND

SECURELY MOUNTED. ENGINE, TRANSMISSION AND FINAL DRIVE UNITS SHOULD BE FREE OF EXCESSIVE OIL LEAKS. (16) PROPELLER SHAFT LEARING AND CENTRE BEARING, WHERE

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APPLICABLE, SHOULD BE SERVICEABLE. PROPELLER SHAFT BOLTS, TOGETHER WITH OUTPUT FLANGES, MUST BE TIGHT AND LOCKED. FUEL - THE SYSTEM SHOULD BE FREE FROM LEAKS WITH FUEL LINES PROPERLY ROUTED AND SECURED.

SMOKE - VISUAL ASSESSMENT WILL BE MADE OF SMOKE, EMISSION AND IN CASES OF DOUBT REGARDING THIS AND BRAKE EFFICIENCY, THE VEHICLE WILL BE ROAD TESTED.

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