I thought BDC might want to use it for the main battery, Mr W. See his comment about using it to keep the battery topped up as it depletes its charge with alarm/immobiliser armed . I used to find with my previous van that if it was left a couple of weeks the battery would be flat and the alarm was t...

correct me if I'm wrong (or preferably confirm that I am correct) - I would assume that if the cigarette lighters are rewired to work off the leisure battery when switched on the charger would charge the leisure battery. What would be needed is a rewire to work off the main battery but bypassing the...

sorry, guys, I already investigated this myself and saved it up from last week for today

It was a lucozade bottle on the shelf in the fridge - it gave me quite a scare at first

thanks for putting your brains to work for me

Happy first of April

does anyone have any idea about the grating sound I hear from behind the driver's seat when I brake (sometimes also when I accelerate but mostly under hard braking)?

sorry, Mr tard, I live on the right side of the border but my kit is usually good only for my primary transport, and that has far fewer wheels than my Bongo(about two thirds less if you count the spare and the one that tells the vehicle which direction to go!!). The bongo goes to my friendly local m...

Ian wrote:Interesting poll! Hope you don't mind, but I've added "Didn't Bother" as another option.

How about "Thinking about it"?

trevd01 wrote: Get a Range Rover and tow the Bongo!

Or a caravan

check some of these postings

http://www.igmaynard.co.uk/bongo/forum/ ... hp?t=19208

The only time i use my fog lamps is to remind other drivers that they have theres on during mild weather conditions me too, Mr H. The usual reaction is that they just wave back :roll: fog lamps are really no use unless it is so foggy you can only travel at less than 35MPH - any faster and you shoul...

I think I need to get round to this

would this also account for an idle speed that seems a little on the high side? My Creep mode is rather more of a Brisk Walk

I posted something similar last week, Panman and got some very helpful advice

see it here

http://www.igmaynard.co.uk/bongo/forum/ ... hp?t=18338

and welcome to the forum, by the way

I also use an MP3 player but have had no problem with distortion. Often it depends on the bitrate your MP3 files have been encoded to. 320kb/s is very good but go much below 200 and you are already losing quality. Get down to 100kb/s and it does not matter one single bit how good your speakers are y...

Well done for making it to two months

I managed it in two hours

Playing with the roof and other electrics with the engine off did it for me

looks like there may be some tinkering to do on Saturday

thank you folks

I must admit to being lazy asking rather than tinkering :oops: but here goes anyway My main interior light is slow to come on and dim when it does - is that normal, have I a weak battery or a worn out tube? I'll do something about it at the weekend but any clues would be welcome if they would save m...

The Bongo turbo diesel engine should have the oil and filter replaced every 3000 miles according to Mazda. It's up to you whether you want to extend that period. Short though this interval is I would expect it will pay you back to be able to demonstrate that you have serviced according to Mazda spe...