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by Bongoplotter
Wed Feb 18, 2026 1:03 pm
Forum: Techie Stuff
Topic: Not starting
Replies: 2
Views: 468

Not starting

Van not starting today, getting the glow plug light, on then off but then little or no response from turning the ignition. Just a few coughs.
No battery light or other warning lights.
Any ideas please?
Thanks
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-Ptt6_ ... drive_link
by Bongoplotter
Tue Aug 19, 2025 12:04 pm
Forum: Techie Stuff
Topic: Hold Light Flashing
Replies: 2
Views: 1492

Re: Hold Light Flashing

Thanks Geoff
by Bongoplotter
Mon Aug 18, 2025 7:51 pm
Forum: Techie Stuff
Topic: Hold Light Flashing
Replies: 2
Views: 1492

Hold Light Flashing

Picked up my 1996 diesel from service & MOT and it drove home like a dream. Took it out again later in the evening and the hold light started continually flashing as soon as it was in drive. Speedo and rev counter are still working fine but the gear changes are now jerky, especially 1-2 and 2-1. it ...
by Bongoplotter
Fri Sep 13, 2024 3:54 pm
Forum: Techie Stuff
Topic: Rattle from underneath
Replies: 3
Views: 998

Re: Rattle from underneath

Thanks Geoff
Will have a look around
by Bongoplotter
Fri Sep 13, 2024 9:42 am
Forum: Techie Stuff
Topic: Rattle from underneath
Replies: 3
Views: 998

Re: Rattle from underneath

Sounds like it's coming from the indicated area here on photoImage
by Bongoplotter
Fri Sep 13, 2024 9:40 am
Forum: Techie Stuff
Topic: Rattle from underneath
Replies: 3
Views: 998

Rattle from underneath

My van has just started to make a metallic rattle from underneath, which disappears with revs. Sounds like coins in a blender.
Link attached.
Any ideas please?
Thankshttps://drive.google.com/file/d/15YYh-B ... sp=sharing
by Bongoplotter
Fri Jan 26, 2024 6:34 pm
Forum: Techie Stuff
Topic: Power Steering
Replies: 3
Views: 1504

Re: Power Steering

Geoff, you were right. Best to get a garage to check it out. And not just the local "Bongo - friendly (not)" garage who assured me the power steering pump needed to be replaced.
Took the van to Simon in Harbury today who found a split in the high pressure power fluid steering hose within 60 seconds ...
by Bongoplotter
Wed Jan 24, 2024 11:47 am
Forum: Techie Stuff
Topic: Power Steering
Replies: 3
Views: 1504

Power Steering

Many thanks to Geoff for replying to my post about this earlier in the week. I've taken a video to try to illustrate the noise made in both park or drive, but for some reason I can't upload it here. A local garage changed the power steering fluid and flushed the pipes a couple of weeks ago as the ...
by Bongoplotter
Mon Jan 22, 2024 2:50 pm
Forum: Techie Stuff
Topic: Power Steering fluid/noise
Replies: 3
Views: 1311

Re: Power Steering fluid/noise

Unlike the garage, who claim not to be able to hear the noise πŸ™„
Some mechanics just don’t know what to do with Bongos πŸ™„
by Bongoplotter
Wed Jan 17, 2024 6:27 pm
Forum: Techie Stuff
Topic: Power Steering fluid/noise
Replies: 3
Views: 1311

Re: Power Steering fluid/noise

Thanks Geoff, that's really helpful
by Bongoplotter
Wed Jan 17, 2024 4:59 pm
Forum: Techie Stuff
Topic: Power Steering fluid/noise
Replies: 3
Views: 1311

Power Steering fluid/noise

Power steering fluid and oil were changed by a garage last week as the steering had begun to feel like that of dodgem. Really stiff at times, really loose at others but there was no regular pattern to it. Drove home beautifully from the garage but from the following morning the van's been making a ...
by Bongoplotter
Thu Mar 30, 2023 8:46 pm
Forum: Techie Stuff
Topic: Random Screws
Replies: 5
Views: 7418

Re: Random Screws

Thanks very much both
by Bongoplotter
Thu Mar 30, 2023 2:48 pm
Forum: Techie Stuff
Topic: Random Screws
Replies: 5
Views: 7418

Re: Random Screws

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by Bongoplotter
Thu Mar 30, 2023 12:53 pm
Forum: Techie Stuff
Topic: Random Screws
Replies: 5
Views: 7418

Random Screws

A mechanic fitted a new TPS to my van yesterday and was puzzled as to the purpose of the two screws shown in the photos below.
Any ideas please? Thanks
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by Bongoplotter
Wed Mar 29, 2023 5:26 pm
Forum: Techie Stuff
Topic: Gearbox not changing up
Replies: 5
Views: 10073

Re: Gearbox not changing up

Thanks Geoff & Northern Bongolow
TPS sensor is now replaced and the mechanic wondered why there are two screws where you wouldn't expect there to be!
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