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[mrs_mega]

hi,
please could someone tell me what this is as my car has failed its MOT on this having excessive play, and is it expensive?
also all my brake pipes are corroded, the man at the testing station said they were very hard to fit as they could not be got at easy.
how hard is hard?
i am selling this car and dont want to spend much as i wont get much lol.
thanks

[ians]

do you know which brake pipe it failed on?

I've done ones at the back which are not that hard - assuming you can get them undone.

The steering pivot point could be the idler (?) which is also not a big job.

Are you doing this yourself or getting a garage to do it?

[mrs_mega]

hi, its all the pipes (6 are listed) . is the idler expensive? and where is it?
i had sold this car on ebay without mot and put it through the mot for the new owner but hes now not happy as it needs some work.
as its not that bad i might do the work and add the cost on what i wanted for it (only wanted £350)
thanks

[ians]

Its this:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vauxhall-Omega-Idler-arm-New_W0QQitemZ130155578049QQihZ003QQcategoryZ10404QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

it sits on the offside of the steering mechanism.  But you need to confirm that is what he failed it on.  I would think its a half hour job for a garage to change.

I know there are 4 short pieces of brake pipe at the rear (those are what I have done in the past and access is not a problem.)   Has he listed which pipes they are?

[mrs_mega]

thanks for that id never heard of one before  

nearside and offside front brake pipes
nearside and offside rear break pipes
nearside and offside front to rear breakpipes
thanks