A few MOT questions @t-tony and also our cousins in the USA in case they can offer some help regarding the rear fog lights
So a bit of background I bought this LHD car in the UK that is originally US spec but has been around the world - literally! - probably owned by someone in the military, anyway it's been in the UK for 7 years and it's now mine, I am doing it up and I am not sure how it's passed MOT so far, I am looking for some advice on the following points -
- Speedo - it reads KM/h on the speedometer just one scale - would that be a problem? My M also has KM/h and its been fine on MOTs
- It has some sort of "position or side lights" that both light up when you pull the light switch to the first notch on the position of the turn signals - bulb for turn signal is double filament on this car - the equivalent of the lights on the corner of the bumper on the UK cars, is that going to be a problem? those lights stay on when you put the low beams on and are amber and are lower intensity than turn and low beam. If it is my plan is to cut the cables that power the "sidelight" filament of that bulb but i'd need some sort of parking lights I guess.??
- Front fog lights are installed but don't work - will try to fix but any idea if this is a fail if I leave them as is?
- Rear fog lights - nonexistent - the bulb is there but the switch is not (just one button for front fogs) and looking at the rear cluster with a multimeter none of the pins get power for rear fogs and the fuse is not even there - I guess rear fogs are mandatory in UK but not in the US right? if they are mandatory in UK - can I rig them so they work with the front fogs switch for now? can I get the front and rear fogs to light up at the same time from that switch or do they need to operate independently?
Thanks.
So a bit of background I bought this LHD car in the UK that is originally US spec but has been around the world - literally! - probably owned by someone in the military, anyway it's been in the UK for 7 years and it's now mine, I am doing it up and I am not sure how it's passed MOT so far, I am looking for some advice on the following points -
- Speedo - it reads KM/h on the speedometer just one scale - would that be a problem? My M also has KM/h and its been fine on MOTs
- It has some sort of "position or side lights" that both light up when you pull the light switch to the first notch on the position of the turn signals - bulb for turn signal is double filament on this car - the equivalent of the lights on the corner of the bumper on the UK cars, is that going to be a problem? those lights stay on when you put the low beams on and are amber and are lower intensity than turn and low beam. If it is my plan is to cut the cables that power the "sidelight" filament of that bulb but i'd need some sort of parking lights I guess.??
- Front fog lights are installed but don't work - will try to fix but any idea if this is a fail if I leave them as is?
- Rear fog lights - nonexistent - the bulb is there but the switch is not (just one button for front fogs) and looking at the rear cluster with a multimeter none of the pins get power for rear fogs and the fuse is not even there - I guess rear fogs are mandatory in UK but not in the US right? if they are mandatory in UK - can I rig them so they work with the front fogs switch for now? can I get the front and rear fogs to light up at the same time from that switch or do they need to operate independently?
Thanks.