Thanks mikeonb4c, your right a pleasure to deal with, I've just spoken with Adrian (at length) and he's going to get back to me with further details.

Haydn, very much appreciated

Ta haydn,
I know wheelquick in wigan, but who are the bongo specialists in bury which is closer to where I live?

My local mechanic has just found the fault which caused my mazda bongo not to start.

I can't believe I've been so unlucky in that the fault that he found was a snapped/sheared camshaft, right in the centre, more or less under the centre camshaft cap. It failed while the engine was ticking over on ...