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Thats the Sirion out of action for a while then. I asked the MOT place to sort out tightening the suspension arm ball joint nut right up and threadlock it, since I've retightened it twice now, clearly incorrectly. I also asked them to replace the CV joint boot since thats a pig of a job which I have no desire to undertake again. Last time I did it, I had to take the engine out (slight exaggeration).

I knew about the exhaust leak.

The chassis rail will be a treat* - its up by the fuel filler neck so I need to drop the tank out for that job, plus potentially remove some brake pipe brackets as well. Then get someone in to weld it, then put it back together and get it in for a retest. fun fun fun.

The ball joint and CV boot the garage can do, I'm happy to pay them to do those two jobs. Then I can recover the car back to HQ, get it on the lift and drop the fuel tank (which might then give me room to replace the rear beam bushes myself as a fringe benefit) 

The garage doesn't do welding, in their words they "aren't allowed" as they have houses either side of the workshop - its a bit of an olkskool place - so it would be outsourced to a welding specialist anyway. If I can strip the tank out myself, and deal with anything else which is hiding then get a mobile welder myself, it should be an easier, and therefore cheaper job.

Its getting fixed, its just going to be a month or two off the road before the work is done.

They are always honest, this is the other side to the bit that was done last year and was mentioned at the last test as being something to watch carefully. If its the bit I think it is then other than being awkward to get at, its not very large and shouldn't be a complex shape to fabricate and weld in, once the tank is at a safe distance.