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by Purple Pixie
Fri Dec 13, 2019 9:35 am
Forum: Techie Stuff
Topic: Key numbers from VIN numbers and key numbers on the door lock mechanisms
Replies: 16
Views: 7966

Re: Key numbers from VIN numbers and key numbers on the door lock mechanisms

I length of fibreglass tape off a pallet of brick squashed flat with a pair of plyers gets round most door seals and can be bent around to pull handles or lift up tabs.
by Purple Pixie
Mon Apr 22, 2019 9:22 pm
Forum: Techie Stuff
Topic: Fibreglass roof - colour match?
Replies: 2
Views: 1159

Fibreglass roof - colour match?

Is there a colour of spraycan to match the grey of the fibreglass roof moulding? What is it?
by Purple Pixie
Sun Dec 16, 2018 6:18 pm
Forum: Campervan Conversions in Bongos
Topic: Alternative Cat Flap. ACF. DO NOT DELETE
Replies: 44
Views: 28972

Re: Alternative Cat Flap. ACF. DO NOT DELETE

Happy to re-create our swap for any listers happy to come to Southampton

Do be aware this would be in an amateur rather than professional capacity
but the more work you do the less you have to pay me in return for taking
a half day off!

Dr B
by Purple Pixie
Wed Jul 11, 2018 5:11 am
Forum: Campervan Conversions in Bongos
Topic: Alternative Cat Flap. ACF. DO NOT DELETE
Replies: 44
Views: 28972

Re: Alternative Cat Flap. ACF. DO NOT DELETE

It looks the same just rotated by 180 degrees
by Purple Pixie
Mon Jul 09, 2018 11:49 pm
Forum: Campervan Conversions in Bongos
Topic: Alternative Cat Flap. ACF. DO NOT DELETE
Replies: 44
Views: 28972

Re: Alternative Cat Flap. ACF. DO NOT DELETE

https://www.flickr.com/photos/johnbulla ... 7588048502

Dorty photos?

Happy to do another conversion if someone wants a weekday day in southampton

Dr B
by Purple Pixie
Mon Jul 09, 2018 11:41 pm
Forum: Campervan Conversions in Bongos
Topic: Alternative Cat Flap. ACF. DO NOT DELETE
Replies: 44
Views: 28972

Re: Alternative Cat Flap. ACF. DO NOT DELETE

I made both flaps hinge from the other ends. Easy to do if you are ok with a drill a tape measure and a metric tap. I have photos on my flickr album. Google johnbullas flickr bongo catflap as a starter!
by Purple Pixie
Fri May 19, 2017 12:28 pm
Forum: Techie Stuff
Topic: Key numbers from VIN numbers and key numbers on the door lock mechanisms
Replies: 16
Views: 7966

Re: Key numbers from VIN numbers and key numbers on the door lock mechanisms

Think about getting a Disklok for that added security assuming it has an alarm and an immobiliser

http://www.disklokuk.co.uk/?gclid=CjwKE ... oCcPzw_wcB

20 mins of hammering or a disc-cutter! https://youtu.be/KlBYDB2OA28
by Purple Pixie
Sat Jul 30, 2016 12:21 pm
Forum: Campervan Conversions in Bongos
Topic: Alternative Cat Flap. ACF. DO NOT DELETE
Replies: 44
Views: 28972

Re: Alternative Cat Flap. ACF. DO NOT DELETE

I have the cutting equipment (Dremel through to rip-saw) if you are local, MetalSupermarket is your best bet for the section if you need it Best bet for gas struts would be a pair of struts from a scrap Bongo as they would come with the brackets, you would have to remove the headlining or use captiv...
by Purple Pixie
Sat Jul 30, 2016 2:41 am
Forum: Campervan Conversions in Bongos
Topic: Alternative Cat Flap. ACF. DO NOT DELETE
Replies: 44
Views: 28972

Re: Alternative Cat Flap. ACF. DO NOT DELETE

I did the job for the second time last weekend for a fellow Bongonaut first time was here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/johnbullas/albums/72157657588048502 later photos are from last weekend https://c3.staticflickr.com/6/5791/20816318602_c04d0aaffd_m.jpg All relatively plain sailing, spring washers...
by Purple Pixie
Fri Jul 22, 2016 6:09 pm
Forum: Yorkshire & North East
Topic: Pop top alteration
Replies: 12
Views: 7081

Re: Pop top alteration [update 07/2016]

Ok, I have just spent this morning [22/07/2016] modifying a fellow Bongo Fury members roof floor panel and catflap This consisted of 1) Refitting the hinges on to the other edge of the roof floor panel (basically drilling 2 holes and fiddling with two nuts in place of the captive nuts on the existin...
by Purple Pixie
Mon Jul 11, 2016 7:41 pm
Forum: Campervan Conversions in Bongos
Topic: Alternative Cat Flap. ACF. DO NOT DELETE
Replies: 44
Views: 28972

Re: Alternative Cat Flap. ACF. DO NOT DELETE

come to southampton and Ill do it

Dr B
by Purple Pixie
Fri May 20, 2016 8:08 am
Forum: Techie Stuff
Topic: Key numbers from VIN numbers and key numbers on the door lock mechanisms
Replies: 16
Views: 7966

Re: Key numbers from VIN numbers and key numbers on the door lock mechanisms

teenmal wrote:I don't think you will be able to read the code without taking the lock out and then removing the barrel , this should give you an idea of what is involved.

http://www.triple-c.com/How_to_find_you ... y_code.cfm
http://www.miata.net/garage/lock_core.html likewise? will check

JB
by Purple Pixie
Thu May 19, 2016 6:40 pm
Forum: Techie Stuff
Topic: Key numbers from VIN numbers and key numbers on the door lock mechanisms
Replies: 16
Views: 7966

Re: Key numbers from VIN numbers and key numbers on the door lock mechanisms

I am going to stick an endoscope into the door space once I can find out where the number is marked on.....! :?:
by Purple Pixie
Thu May 19, 2016 8:08 am
Forum: Techie Stuff
Topic: Key numbers from VIN numbers and key numbers on the door lock mechanisms
Replies: 16
Views: 7966

Re: Key numbers from VIN numbers and key numbers on the door lock mechanisms

Can the stamped number be seen on the lock by looking inside the door somehow?
by Purple Pixie
Wed May 18, 2016 1:45 pm
Forum: Techie Stuff
Topic: Key numbers from VIN numbers and key numbers on the door lock mechanisms
Replies: 16
Views: 7966

Key numbers from VIN numbers and key numbers on the door lock mechanisms

Hi #1 any way to order a replacement key (non-transponder) from the chassis number alone? #2 I believe the key number is on the lock mechanism, where? I have access to an endoscope used to access cavities in houses, what am I looking for and where, if I get access to inside the door by pulling away ...

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