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Well...............I had a telephone conversation with DVLA complaints department.

She looked into my case and admits she should not have sent that letter to my MP, as my application was still being dealt with by "another department", which she did not know about.

I told her my previous 4 registrations had all been given different styles of VIN numbers, despite all having the same YYMM####R VIN number plate. It seems the USA knows the cars as 74/####R,, and the last car which took 8 months, was a Canadian export car with less identification plates, which confuses them.

She gave me the details of the very helpful lady with the musical Welsh accent, who will deal with my next 2 applications to prevent the same thing happening again.  At least they admit their mistakes.

If I wanted to do a VIN or VHR report, how do you do it when our VIN is 6 digits and a letter?

Quote from: 4129R on Friday,May 24, 2024, 11:27:11 PM

Quote from: Cheguava on Friday,May 24, 2024, 02:48:18 PM

Am I missing a knack to removing the locks or is it just PlusGas and brute force?

If every effort with a spanner and screwdriver fails, you will have to cut one flat back to the thread with a Dremel or similar small grinder. Once you have cut through completely, all the pressure is relieved on the thread and it should undo easily. The problem is corroded metal is bigger than uncorroded metal, so it stops it turning purely due to size.

If you need a new large nut, I have plenty spare as I changed 14 door locks for new.

Thanks for the tip - will have a good go with my assistant, and if that fails, get the Dremel out.

I had a similar problem with similar nuts holding the wiper box to the body where the wiper arm attaches. That one was much easier to get at, but just would not turn with a spanner.

Am I missing a knack to removing the locks or is it just PlusGas and brute force?

If every effort with a spanner and screwdriver fails, you will have to cut one flat back to the thread with a Dremel or similar small grinder. Once you have cut through completely, all the pressure is relieved on the thread and it should undo easily. The problem is corroded metal is bigger than uncorroded metal, so it stops it turning purely due to size.

If you need a new large nut, I have plenty spare as I changed 14 door locks for new.

I hope it’s at least not an electric sailboat!