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- Tue Sep 07, 2021 10:38 pm
- Forum: Bongo Chat
- Topic: Advice on sprucing up
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3568
Re: Advice on sprucing up
Yes, strange times (in so many ways!) at the moment. Old, lumbering vehicles (especially diesel) are kinda living on borrowed time. Yet affordable campervans have never been in such demand, and that often means old lumbering diesels... Living about 1000yds inside the ULEZ (come October) as we do, a...
- Tue Sep 07, 2021 9:16 pm
- Forum: Bongo Chat
- Topic: Advice on sprucing up
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3568
Re: Advice on sprucing up
Thanks Allan and Oibaf.. Yeah really pleased with the outcome, really feels like we have put our mark on it now.. In Laugharne, Wales at mo after a few days in Ireland, quite a few folks asking what it is, all v shocked when I tell them it's 26 yrs old
- Sat Aug 28, 2021 12:32 am
- Forum: Bongo Chat
- Topic: Advice on sprucing up
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3568
Re: Advice on sprucing up
Keep meaning to post update, the transformation is mostly done bar front seats.. I know it won't be for everyone but I am really pleased with the result. Wheels are from Kia Sportage, 215/70/16, in an ideal world would have lowered but its not practical, so in lieu of that I like the way they fill t...
- Sat Aug 28, 2021 12:14 am
- Forum: Bongo Chat
- Topic: First big successful trip!
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3118
Re: First big successful trip!
It's embarrassing but also amusing and bizarre, so worth telling 😁.. We had not long bought it and to cut a long story short I thought it was 4wd but it wasn't. No one had misled me, somehow I just had it in my head. Anyway, loved the idea of parking on the beach and going for a swim. Found a track ...
- Wed Aug 25, 2021 12:14 am
- Forum: Bongo Chat
- Topic: First big successful trip!
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3118
Re: First big successful trip!
Fantastic pics! And 2000km under your belt is very reassuring... Done parts of the wild Atlantic way a few times in ours.. My profile pic is us getting rescued on Fermoyle Beach just past Dingle.. Was that the ferry to kerry you were on?
- Wed May 26, 2021 12:25 am
- Forum: Bongo Chat
- Topic: Advice on sprucing up
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3568
Re: Advice on sprucing up
Sure will, can't wait to show it to fellow enthusiasts! Went to the bodyshop today to see progress and choose colour. Turns out there was rot on the n/s sill and he has cut out sections of the wheel arches and fabricated in patches where there were rust bubbles etc. Really thorough by the looks of i...
- Mon May 24, 2021 11:37 pm
- Forum: Bongo Chat
- Topic: Advice on sprucing up
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3568
Re: Advice on sprucing up
Made myself chuckle thinking about my 'radical' changes to the interior. Think I may have over cooked that somewhat.. For radical read - adding splashes of orange colour!!
- Mon May 24, 2021 11:29 pm
- Forum: Bongo Chat
- Topic: Advice on sprucing up
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3568
Re: Advice on sprucing up
Yes, strange times (in so many ways!) at the moment. Old, lumbering vehicles (especially diesel) are kinda living on borrowed time. Yet affordable campervans have never been in such demand, and that often means old lumbering diesels... Living about 1000yds inside the ULEZ (come October) as we do, ad...
- Fri Feb 07, 2020 2:44 pm
- Forum: Bongo Chat
- Topic: Tayna Batteries - fantastic service!
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1102
Tayna Batteries - fantastic service!
Used them last year to get a new leisure battery and was v impressed with delivery service and VFM. When the starter motor showed signs of failure recently they were my obvious choice. So chose the battery and made careful note to make sure it was pos on the left and neg on the right, as I remembere...
- Tue Oct 15, 2019 4:44 pm
- Forum: Techie Stuff
- Topic: 1996 2.5td 4x4 - Restoration Project
- Replies: 180
- Views: 118871
Re: 1996 2.5td 4x4 - Restoration Project
sorry, can't help with the tech query but just wanted to congratulate you especially on the boxing in job around the back of the seats - has given me ideas!
- Mon Sep 30, 2019 2:00 pm
- Forum: Techie Stuff
- Topic: Front door speakers
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1703
Re: Front door speakers
Welcome to the forum, I've never looked at the front speakers but i imagine it's a case of unclipping the front door cards and seeing if a wire has come unattached etc. If it turns out the speaker is kaput then simply unscrewing the old one and replacing with new. Sounds silly - but thought I would ...
- Mon Sep 09, 2019 1:33 pm
- Forum: Campervan Conversions in Bongos
- Topic: More useable overhead cupboards
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2396
Re: More useable overhead cupboards
Thirded!
- Fri Aug 09, 2019 12:42 pm
- Forum: Bongo Chat
- Topic: Newish owner (May 19). Scotland
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1729
Re: Newish owner (May 19). Scotland
Welcome Dave
- Wed Jul 03, 2019 1:26 pm
- Forum: Techie Stuff
- Topic: Severe juddering when we get to 50 mph from gearbox area
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1544
Re: Severe juddering when we get to 50 mph from gearbox area
Welcome to the site Jim. The guys at Freelance Mazda in Chatham seem to know their Bongo's, I only used for MOT and general service but I know they get a few Bongo's through and the owner (Mark, I think) filled me with confidence
- Tue Jun 18, 2019 1:29 pm
- Forum: Techie Stuff
- Topic: 1996 2.5td 4x4 - Restoration Project
- Replies: 180
- Views: 118871
Re: 1996 2.5td 4x4 - Restoration Project
Fantastic stuff