cav551:
Of course all this could have been prevented if the OP had supplied a copy of the Plating Certificate and the garage had asked for it like used to be standard practice for an MOT preparation. Turn up for MOT without a VTG7 & it was an immediate VTG12 Refusal to Test.
The “garage” 's the main dealer who supplied the motor…you would have thought they would know the trch spec