Hi all

I have a lovely converted M plate bongo by Westwood, so I am assuming that the cam belt was changed by them on import at about 60,000 miles I believe

I am up to 100,000 miles (160000km) and was wondering if any of you kind peeps can tell me when another change is due, as I found it ...

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Being a total pratt, I knew I needed to top up my coolant, and as always tomorrow springs to mind, when I got stuck in a traffic jam and overheated.......my radiator is now like Niagara falls and am replacing it with one being delivered tomorrow.

Two questions please, fellow Bongonauts

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Hadrian are contactable on 01373 865684, and the part numbers are:

30 53 508 - right hand arch
30 53 509 - left hand arch

They cost me £90.89 delivered

The guy who did mine is Richard at Akeley Bodyworks, Thornton, Buckingham, tel 01280 814566 or www.akeleybodyworks.com at £250 each

I am ...

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Many thanks for all of the advice given on replacing the rusty wheel arches on my beloved Bongo

I purchased off and nearside Mk6 transit wheel arches from Hadrian on Ian's advice, and had them fitted and sprayed at a body shop near Milton Keynes for the princely sum of £250 for each side ...

Hi Chaps

Have booked the Bongo in for new rear wheel arches next week....many thanks for all of the advice about transit wheel arches from Hadrian....will report in on how they look when finished

At this year's MOT, the inspector pointed out 2 holes in the subframe at the front wheel jacking ...

Chaps

Many, many thanks.....to me it looks like having too low pressure in the tyres plus the added weight of the conversion is causing this......am off to pump up the tyres and see what happens, seems pretty obvious to me....why didn't I think of this....but I am very nice but dim

Thanks again ...

Hi John

Thanks for the reply, the tyres I use are 205/55's on TSR alloys and I tend to put 32 llbs both front and rear, hope I am getting this right

Thanks again

Serge

Hi all

I have an M reg 2 wheel drive Bongo with a full conversion on which I changed all tyres a year ago. After 8,000 miles I have found that the first inch of the outside on the front tyre has gone completely bald, and about half an inch on the rear is starting to go. I had all of the tyres re ...

Peeps

Many thanks for all of your kind replies, I put my thinking cap on on reading some of the posts and found that the inside door handle was held on by a cir-clip, and came off easily, after that the job was easy ...thanks again

For your info, I got a handle from www.centralmotors/london.com ...

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Like an idiot, I forced my door handle and it came off in my hand, and thought it would be easy to replace having bought a new one.

Any tips on how to do this, I started to remove the internal panel on the door, but cannot get any further as I do not want to force the inside door handle ...

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I am a plank, was trying to open the sliding door on Sunday, I thought it had frozen, gave it a sharp pull and the handle came off in my hand, anyone know where I can get a new one and how do I replace it?

I live in Northamptonshire, does anyone know of anyone in this area who fixes these ...

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The rear wheel arches on my Bongo have started to blister, I had a cheap job done last year and they are bubbling again, my fault, you get what you pay for. I have decided to get the job done properly and to get the sills done at the same time.

Any suggestions on the best course, ie do I ...

Ho Ho Ho

Many thanks for all of the posts, hope Mike reads this seems he is a bit of an ace on this

Am just off for my tea now, all this talk of lubrication and my failure to get things to rise has made me check my birth certificate, and yes, it must be my age!!!

Will try the lubrication and ...

Good advice coming in here, many, many thanks

Would you recommend removing the tent before starting to grease up, I can be clumsy!!!

People in the room are getting to know, I haven't always had this raising problem, must be the age

Thanks again

Serge

Hi Chaps

Been having little sticking issues on my bongo recently, and thank everyone for the info with regard to contacts, handbrakes etc on previous posts

Basically, the roof rises and comes down fine, but recently I have been having problems getting the roof to fully rise and the alarm to stop ...