Hi and Welcome.

MOT failures are a fact of life, a three year old car could fail on the lights, brakes, CV Boot fault or the tyre issue you have.

Your main issue is something that every Bongo or vintage car/Camper owner has to constantly deal with, corrosion.

Please keep the faith, don't give up ...

Hi All,

Spotted an identical White and Grey Bongo at Town Farm Bedfordshire this weekend - Didn't manage to say hello as I was busy doing camping stuff.

Looked very tidy and being identical outside to mine they must have great taste in Bongo exteriors .

If I see it again I'll try and say Hi..

Hi Bongolian,

No it's the big one that sits in under the bonnet.

It's expertly placed to fill with water and rust up, I think that may have been what damaged some of the other electrical elements of the solution.

While replacing this I took the advice to open up the drain hole to aid it purging ...

I Managed to get my climate control fans to finally work this weekend.

The system was totally shot, I replaced the Fan as it was totally rusted out, one relay, a useless earth connection and the transistor that sits inside the little module on top of the intakes.

I can't imagine how much this ...

Hi All,

Quick update:

New tent fitted and while the opportunity was there gas struts replaced and runners cleaned and re-lubed.

Thanks to everyone who provided solid advice, I now have a roof tent that doesn't look like a string vest.

Looking forward to getting about in the Bongo as soon as the ...

Hi and welcome

Recently bought a Bongo and insured through A Plan - now known as Howdens.

The on boarding was very good and I have both social and commuting on my policy.

They have a dedicated camper van team who should be able to offer you something,

Given them a try and see how you get on ...

Hi Geoff,

Massive thank you for the additional info

I hear you ref the JIS bits and I've just ordered a full set to make sure that I don't destroy the screws.

I'll let you know how I get on.

Regards,
Rich.

Hi Geoff,

Thanks for the quick reply, much appreciated.

The tent is fixed firmly to both the upper and lower - the canvas has an 8 inch rip in it where the normal operation of the pop top put it under tension and caused it to tear.

The canvas looks like original and as far as I can see in pretty ...

Hi All,

Recently joined after the purchase of my Bongo.

Plenty of work carried out so far on the electrical system and general maintenance on my Diesel 1998 model with a pop top.

Today I had a bit of back luck, it started off well by getting the roof to raise a close properly, the mech was packed ...

Hi,

Try E-bay - vendor Campalot.

The item description is - Mazda Bongo Ford Freda Circuit Swap With switch for stereo

eBay item number:116165802843

This may be what you are looking for.

Regards,
Ric.

Hi All,

Just bought a Bongo and I'm going through the electrics and gas before starting on the battle against rust on the underbody.

Loving the Bongo, what an awesome camper.

The forum helps massively answering all the newbie questions and also giving me some ideas about what I can do to the van ...