What a pain in the ar@e. Trying to complete the v5 with dvla re engine change, filled in the details etc as u do. 3months later they return the v5 unchanged with letter saying I need a letter from the garage proving the engine is what it is. Stating which,where, when, how, inside leg measurements and all that. all this is news to me. What has really peed me off is this took 3months to tell me. As all stag owners out there, most have needed or will need an engine change at sometime, if u plan on doing it yourself as your a mechanic u will need a report from the AA RAC at your own expence as the DVLA wont believe you it is what you say it is. Nice
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Bureaucracy gone mad .
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I was going to suggest you highlighted the engine number then took the car to the nearest DVLA local office. They can then check it. But not sure where your nearest 'local' office is. Probably Aberdeen?
Dave
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IMO , DVLA's procedures are completely I appropriate for classics, if I were in your situation I would make life easy for myself and 'create' a fitting confirmation letter, and submit to dvla.
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There is a dvlc office in inverness might phone them mo nday thanks 4 that. I have a good relationship with the garage that did the change so paper work shouldnt be tooooo much of a problem other than me wasting time running after my own ar@e. If id known before hand saved loads of hassle.Comment
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I had this performance earlier this year when I notified the dvla of the engine number and capacity change on my PI estate when I fitted the stag engine.
I also sent notification of the engine number change in the TR (about2 years late) in the same envelope.
The engine number change on the TR came back without a query then a while later I got the standard letter back asking for written independant confirmation of the engine details
I wrote back saying it wasnt going to happen for a while as the car was undergoing a long term restoration and the engine change had been performed by myself with no garage intervention, but that the engine number and capacity had already been recorded on the TR logbook that had been sent to them in the same envelope
Much to my surprise the logbook was returned a few days later with the new details and it hadnt cost me anything
Neil
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What a bugger:shock:I had best get my V5 sent off this week. It will need updating with the repacment engine no. and the fact that it now a manual instead of auto.
Bruce
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I know you have to tel dvla and send the v5 of when you change the colour of the car and change from automatic to manual
but do you also change the commission plate on passenger door pillar
or would this be known as ringing
Dave
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After an initial whirlwind of B.S. from the dvla, i finally got the updated V5 Docs with the new engine change details on it. Seems a letter from the garage was enough to satisfy them, If id replaced the engine myself then an unwelcome AA inspection would of been required at my own expence.Comment
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mickjo wrote:Eh:shock:, what a load of to*sIf id replaced the engine myself then an unwelcome AA inspection would of been required at my own expence.. I willhave to think up away around this as I refuse to pay some bloke from the AA to simply spend 5 minutes using a torch and mirror to read the serial no. off the block.
Bruce
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When i got mine the engine was a different serial number to the one on the log book and i just changed it in the changes section and it came back no problem. this was only last February so i don't know if anything has changed since then or i was just lucky. it doesn't help but maybe its worth just re applying.
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Rubce wrote:Bruce,Eh:shock:, what a load of to*s. I willhave to think up away around this as I refuse to pay some bloke from the AA to simply spend 5 minutes using a torch and mirror to read the serial no. off the block.
Bruce
I think you will be ok. You have replaced like with like, all that has changed is the engine number. just tick the box and fill in the new number and send it off. I have never had a problem. The alarm bells start to ring when it is a different type of engine or the capacity changes - i.e. if you go to the dark side:shock: and fit a Rover V8 for example.
Roger
Now Stagless but have numerous car projects
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If you are not going to use the engine that came out of the car why can't you just stamp the same number on the replacement engine who would know,that's what I would do,or is that against the law? Do you have to do this if you change out heads? This is complete nonsense glad I don't have to worry about that.
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elvimto wrote:No - it is not a problem with head-changes. The Vehicle Registration Doc has the engine number on it - but it can be changed without too much effort.If you are not going to use the engine that came out of the car why can't you just stamp the same number on the replacement engine who would know,that's what I would do,or is that against the law? Do you have to do this if you change out heads? This is complete nonsense glad I don't have to worry about that.
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