I bought a "P" reg Bongo in 2005. It was a full rear conversion from 123Away. I bought it through Ebay and at that time there were less than a page of listings for Bongos-I'd only just heard about them. I kept it for 8 years putting about 10,000 miles a year on it, spending 6 months of the...

Once you get into Spain you could do worse than this campsite: http://www.grancampingzarautz.com/index_en.html For the last few years we have spent a few days in the Bongo at Zarautz, just along the coast from San Sebastian. Big campsite, good facilities and decent sized "pitches". Big san...

I have owned my 1996 diesel bongo since 2005 and have added 110,000 kms to the 60,000 on the clock when I bought it. It has been super reliable, always starting first time whatever the weather until earlier this year. Now, twice this year (once this morning) it has refused to start, turning over hea...

I finally located the parts I was looking for ( or more accurately ADS garage of Bristol did). The more heavy duty caps for which I was searching are available from Ford. They are fairly a obscure part: blanking caps from a Ford Sierra water pump.

Thanks for the replies. It looks as though replacement heavy duty caps are going to be hard to find. I think I will work out what's needed in terms of a rubber pipe with a built in bend and see whether the people suggested by Rita can provide one.

Earlier this year I detected a slow coolant leak from the rubber hose leading to the rear heater on my 1996 321Away converted Bongo. The leak was easily and cheaply sorted by decommissioning the rear heater which is never used as its ouput is now inside a locker. Decommissioning the rear heater mean...

I've just done the seventeenth oil change on mine.(I've had my diesel Bongo since 2006) Why have you done seventeen oil changes in less than 6 years? Do you do exceptionally high mileage? Modern oils can take quite a hammering without breaking down so once a year is enough unless you do really high...

I've just done the seventeenth oil change on mine.(I've had my diesel Bongo since 2006) I'm still using the same copper sump washer, not just because I'm tight but because I never remember to buy a new one when I get the filter and oil. Based on my experience, I reckon you should be ok reusing the w...

I've had my Bongo since 2005 and fitted a coolant alarm not long after Haydyn started to offer them for sale. After some time I experienced similar symptoms to those described in the original post-continual beeping for some minutes after starting from cold. Coincidentally (I now know) the problem st...

I thought it might be a good idea to raise the roof this morning to give the roof tent fabric an airing. The roof raised slowly and, as usual didn't quite make it to the top (it often requires a gentle push to raise fully even with the engine running). Today, though I could not persuade it to lock i...

If you are going to push the roof up, make sure that you push on the aluminium edges which have the screw in connectors rather than the roof itself. If you push too hard on the roof there is a danger of popping out the screws which hold the roof to the aluminium edges.

Re. my previous post, I mixed up my Landrovers- it's the early Discovery bars that fit.

Like these ones: Ebay item 160457815732

If you want gutter mounted ones for an AFT model, the Thule bars for an early Landrover Defender will fit (I transport my hang glider on them). They are often available on Ebay. There is a set on Ebay at the moment which say Landrover Defender but I'm not sure they are the Thule ones as they are a d...

Sorry, I forgot to paste the name-"Irwin Bolt Grip Nut Remover Expansion Set"

I bought these to remove a seized sump plug on a Saab 900. Where every thing else failed these glided it off.Not cheap at around £20.00 but alot less than paying garage labour charges. I haven't actually used them on droplink bolts but I imagine they would work equally well on them. I got my set at ...