Well, just over a year since my last roof crisis ( http://igmaynard.co.uk/bongo/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=61581 ) I have a new one. Sad 'cause I tried very hard to give it regular "exercise" over the winter.

The initial problems were the same as before. With roof closed there is beeping but no ...

Roof went up again OK this morning, but still one motor was very noisy.

I removed the noisy motor by removing the big plastic shell and then removing the three allen bolts. I oiled all the exposed parts and tried it. Motor ran quite nicely from a 12V power supply but squeeled when held in some ...

I finally got around to looking at this again today.

My thought was "in for a penny, in for a pound" so I made a wiring harness to connect a battery directly to the "4 way plug". I included a 30A fuse so things were as safe as reasonably possible.

Disconnected the starter battery.

Connected the ...

Thanks John - I might try the "jiggling" direction approach. When it comes to removing the rails then I think I would call the pros.

Yes - these are both good points.

Reving the engine is an easy and low-risk one to try.

I agree that if connecting the battery directly then I should use a fuse. Not sure I can be bothered to build the harness needed to do this.

Well the winter hasn't been kind to my roof. Took the Bongo camping this weekend and the roof wouldn't budge. Control system bleeps but no sound of motors running and no movement.

Been doing some fault-finding at home today. Story so far:

Handbrake switch is working
Control system is bleeping ...

Looks the same as mine

so I would say it's right. His colours are probably more useful than my red/blue which is too simplistic.

Would I be correct in thinking the following:
When the engine starts, the flow of coolant is:

THERMOSTAT CLOSED
engine/radiator/expansion tank/thermostat/engine (via thermostat bypass) – not sure where the turbocharger fits into this.

During this time, the radiator fans occasionally start ...

I name it "Bill".










Sorry....I'll get my coat.

dandywarhol wrote:Where did you get the new bushes from cheffy??

They breed them in Texas <shudder>

Trouble at t'Mill wrote: Now, there's a funny little blue thing under the driver's side panel of the centre console...

Lost Viagra tablet?

Folks,

I've got an inverter that I want to fit ready for the summer. I was thinking on doing it like DandyW - above the metal bar near the glove box like this:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/dandyworhol/underdash3.jpg

A couple of questions though:
1) What's the best way to route the ...

I unbolted the filter housing and - gnnnuh, ggrrrrhuh, aaarrrgghhh - the filter still wouldn't budge. So I disconnected the inlet and outlet pipes from the housing too - very simple: use snub-nosed pliers to squeeze the clip sticky-out bits together to expand the clip (ok, obvious when you look at ...

I used my Pela pump for the first time yesterday.

If you push the tube all the way in then it does seem to be possible to get the end to curl round the bottom of the sump and even to push up above the oil level again. I also managed to get a slight "catch" when pulling the tube out after doing this ...

Seems to be a common problem.

The part that's normally bust is the one called the "NE Sensor".