Right thanks for the advice so far, the blower once stripped down was rusty and the brushes and springs knackered, so replaced them thats now running but a bit noisy maybe the bearing?
The fuel tank i ran a jump lead from tank to chassis and hey presto it worked, so new earth required, next job ...

Just purchased it, and came with faults, 1997 2.5 td auto, no history, no welding, no conversions etc

Hi everyone my for freda has some electrical issues, we have no front heater blower! No fuel guage! And no central locking! All fuses are fine, please help??

Yes unbolted and removed with the box then bolted torque converter back up and then slotted gearbox back on

I did check the fluid levels and were spot on, have not changed transmission ecu's did not realise you had to, just wondering if there is a special way of fitting a torque converter to one of these, eg do you have to pre fill the converter? Does it just slot in?

The clutches in my old gearbox burnt out, so I purchased a known good one with 6 months warranty from a Japanese breaker, I installed it with my torque converter, cleaned filter and replaced fluid with new, but I got no drive what so ever, have I done something wrong wondering if it's something to ...

There are no fuel problems, all filters are new, starts well, goes from 1st too 2nd gear and thats it, reverse works as it should too, banjo filter is clear etc etc

The solenoids seem to be expensive, i can source another box with 6 month warranty but just want to see if it was ab electrical issue first

my bongo 2.5 td auto will not change out of 2nd gear, ive flushed out the gearbox fluid twice now and cleaned the filter as per instructions, the fluid is cherry red and at the correct level, ive checked the throttle position sensor and the voltage is spot on both open and closed! checked all ...