How old is you van.

the parts that you are probably looking for are

Shaft pn B61115932
Collar pn N3A115933A

If you pop along to your friendly engineering shop they will probably be able to make parts,providing you have the old bits.

It might be worthwhile checking the brake light switch.

Is the Glowplug light coming on with the ignition ?
If its not then that might be hiding a fault code as if it flashes it indicates that there is a diagnostic code stored ready to be read out ...


No lights glow plug light on for a few seconds and goes out ! I tried to flick the starter to ...

Check the timing .

What breather ?

What vehicle (roof ) ??

DrumBongo wrote: Sat Jun 10, 2023 10:37 am Hi folks, do you recommend this alarm and do you carry replacement coolant with you when travelling? I’m a newbie and keen to avoid any mishaps.
Many thanks for any assistance.

Definitely , as Bob has said it saved his day, re coolant, water is ok in an emergency.

Have been with Motoring Assist now for10+ years, only used them on 3 occasions twice with the Bongo and once with my car, always had top excellent service plus a free quarterly motoring magazine.


Hi, thank you for your reply, is that the same Company as Motoring Assistance.

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Has anybody used Motoring Assistance breakdown cover.

Have you cleaned the thimble type filter on top of the pump on the inlet , they call it the banjo filter, also check all vacuum pipes are connected.

Check the passengers window switch on the drivers door control panel.

If its getting power and is well earthed it will be the bulb holder that is at fault .Try cleaning the contacts .

g8dhe wrote: Fri May 05, 2023 2:34 pm Agreed that the 029 fitting is reversed terminals but it shouldn't be possible to reverse the terminals as the connectors are different sizes!

Ha ha, stranger things have happened.

Looks like you might have fitted the wrong battery, check the terminal connections to make sure that they are fitted the correct way round.


I bought a S4 029 Bosch Car Battery 12V 95Ah Type 250 S4029 which I found recommended on one of the bongo forums. Is this not appropriate?


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