Only trip I have planned so far is the first outing which will be to woodhall spa.

It's only 30 miles away which is close enough to home if my daughter decides she doesn't like sleeping in it but at the same time has enough there to be worth the trip (lido, decent kids playground and kinema in the ...

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Enter the new bongo, she's got a few marks but given the age I'm fine with that.

I plan to remove the broken engine and box in ...

Hi all,

Long time lurker, rare poster here. In March I'm about to embark on a new bongo project which I thought I'd document here (not sure if this is the best section, feel free to move.)

https://igmaynard.co.uk/bongo/forum/viewtopic.php?t=78632

Thats a link to my original introduction thread ...

Hello all,

So i think it'd be good to start with a reintroduction as it's been a long time since I posted and things didn't quite go according to plan.

Nearly 3 years has gone by in a haze of building extensions, work redundancies, other vehicles and life and my 3 year daughter is now 6 and I didn ...

Hi all,

My 2.5 v6 petrol has leaking transmission cooler pipes, I'm happy enough to replace them and given the old girl has done 160k I'm going to change the gearbox fluid whilst I'm at it, I've a pela pump which will allow me to get enough fluid out the Dipstick tube to allow what should be a ...

Hi all,

I fitted the microswitch I found on ebay yesterday along with a new CR2025 battery and the fob now works.

Thanks for the advice
Chris

nth wrote: Wed Feb 15, 2023 10:40 am I had the same fob on mines till i changed it to an aftermarket alarm but just opened it & it has a CR2025 in it.

Dont suppose you still need the fob do you? And out of interest what aftermarket alarm did you go to?

Thanks
Chris

Hi all,

My Bongo has come with the following remote key fob which seems to be factory issue.

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The lock button felt stuck so I took it apart last night and found a, there's no battery in it and b, the microswitch for the lock button is missing.

First does anyone know what ...

Hi Chris, welcome to the forum :D

Not sure what the bleeding procedure is on the V6 but couldn't imagine doing on the diesel by myself 😅


I think it's pretty much the same, funnel in the bleed pipe on top of engine, fill radiator then expansion tank, raise funnel up and down to burp air out of ...

Hi All,

My names Chris, recently bought a bongo 2.5 v6 petrol on a bit of a whim, I've no doubt l'll need some advice so I thought I'd sign up here and introduce myself.

I'm 39, a maintenance engineer from Nottinghamshire, I've a life long history of fiddling with cars and bikes, the bongo is the ...