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by Edinbongo
Tue Mar 31, 2015 12:54 pm
Forum: Techie Stuff
Topic: New wheel for Bongo - very confused
Replies: 20
Views: 4425

Re: New wheel for Bongo - very confused

wheel trims not trips :oops:
by Edinbongo
Tue Mar 31, 2015 12:52 pm
Forum: Techie Stuff
Topic: New wheel for Bongo - very confused
Replies: 20
Views: 4425

Re: New wheel for Bongo - very confused

Update, Mike from Wigan's Wheel Quick is fab and is sending me up four steels, wheels trips and the right nuts (I think). So hopefully my wheel problems are at an end..

Would have been lost without this forum so thanks again
by Edinbongo
Fri Mar 27, 2015 1:44 pm
Forum: Techie Stuff
Topic: New wheel for Bongo - very confused
Replies: 20
Views: 4425

Re: New wheel for Bongo - very confused

Ok update - Wigan Wheels guy says he might have one! but won't know till he goes to yard on Monday. Failing that he has 4 steels that would fit. Question - how do steels differ; are they better worse etc. I Just need wheels so am not fussy but would like to know....
by Edinbongo
Fri Mar 27, 2015 9:44 am
Forum: Techie Stuff
Topic: New wheel for Bongo - very confused
Replies: 20
Views: 4425

Re: New wheel for Bongo - very confused

thanks will follow up these suggestions. Do you have to take wheel off to see number?
by Edinbongo
Thu Mar 26, 2015 5:16 pm
Forum: Techie Stuff
Topic: New wheel for Bongo - very confused
Replies: 20
Views: 4425

Re: New wheel for Bongo - very confused

http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn29/holostherapies50/d0ac2ea8-5be6-4e19-8caf-a9ef8d710071_zpstoh27nb8.jpg [/URL]

Here is the wheel (I hope)
Tried George at Bongo Breakers? and he had a good look but came up with nothing. Garage very unhelpful. Where next???

Thanks again for any suggestions ...
by Edinbongo
Thu Mar 26, 2015 10:54 am
Forum: Techie Stuff
Topic: New wheel for Bongo - very confused
Replies: 20
Views: 4425

Re: New wheel for Bongo - very confused

AHA....R205/65/R15C. So that is 15inch -yes?
by Edinbongo
Thu Mar 26, 2015 10:18 am
Forum: Techie Stuff
Topic: New wheel for Bongo - very confused
Replies: 20
Views: 4425

Re: New wheel for Bongo - very confused

Not exactly sure how to measure them but from rim to rim diameter (with tyre on) is 16 and a half inches.
by Edinbongo
Wed Mar 25, 2015 8:50 pm
Forum: Techie Stuff
Topic: New wheel for Bongo - very confused
Replies: 20
Views: 4425

Re: New wheel for Bongo - very confused

Thank you for your advice - will follow it up.

Does that mean tho that I can't use just 1 wheel from a set if it is different from the other 3 wheels?

Also does this mean I have to use Bongo wheels or is it just cheaper/more authentic to do so?

Tyres are all fine I think but guess they will ...
by Edinbongo
Wed Mar 25, 2015 5:11 pm
Forum: Techie Stuff
Topic: New wheel for Bongo - very confused
Replies: 20
Views: 4425

New wheel for Bongo - very confused

Hi I have looked through various threads for my problem and am even more confused so would really welcome straightforward advice.

I have a 97 Diesel 2wd Bongo which has had a dodgy front wheel for a while as in it keeps deflating much more quickly than it should. Various garages have not been able ...
by Edinbongo
Sun Jul 20, 2014 9:13 pm
Forum: Techie Stuff
Topic: overheated radiator replaced seems fine now - is it?
Replies: 5
Views: 1568

Re: overheated radiator replaced seems fine now - is it?

Thanks for the reassurance on the coolant level Simon glad you had a great trip -and thanks for the other words of wisdom on my coolant paranoia! Seems to be a common theme!
by Edinbongo
Sun Jul 20, 2014 4:44 pm
Forum: Techie Stuff
Topic: overheated radiator replaced seems fine now - is it?
Replies: 5
Views: 1568

overheated radiator replaced seems fine now - is it?

Hi this is a follow on to my previous ? about overheating incident a couple of weeks ago.

I drove the 60 miles home very nervously after overheating required recovery and radiator replacement. It seemed fine but is it fine? What should I be on the look out for regarding possible problems as a ...
by Edinbongo
Fri Jul 11, 2014 8:20 pm
Forum: Techie Stuff
Topic: full service, 3 days later overheated badly on Motorway
Replies: 11
Views: 2519

Re: full service, 3 days later overheated badly on Motorway

Ok lovely Bongo people,

i now have my van back in Edinburgh having survived the 60 miles drive from Berwick with no problems - phew! Could not take my eyes off the temp guage and had to stop and check coolant under bonnet 3 times on way home. The garage in Berwick, Greenwoods, were fantastic, Bongo ...
by Edinbongo
Thu Jul 10, 2014 7:55 pm
Forum: Techie Stuff
Topic: full service, 3 days later overheated badly on Motorway
Replies: 11
Views: 2519

Re: full service, 3 days later overheated badly on Motorway

Thank you for all your thoughts and moral support.

I am going to pick up the van with its new radiator tomorrow and drive it back to Edinburgh from Berwick, about 60 miles. A bit nervous about that to say the least The garage who recovered and fixed say it was a split radiator caused by old age (I ...
by Edinbongo
Mon Jul 07, 2014 7:28 pm
Forum: Techie Stuff
Topic: full service, 3 days later overheated badly on Motorway
Replies: 11
Views: 2519

full service, 3 days later overheated badly on Motorway

and now needs new radiator....

What I am wondering is there a connection - could the garage (found on Bongo friendly garage list here) have mucked things up to the point where the overheating caused a sudden huge leak in radiator 2 days later?

Have had to leave Bongo (Diesel 2.5 1977 bought from ...

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