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by Bongoplotter
Fri Jan 26, 2024 6:34 pm
Forum: Techie Stuff
Topic: Power Steering
Replies: 3
Views: 415

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 6...
by Bongoplotter
Wed Jan 24, 2024 11:47 am
Forum: Techie Stuff
Topic: Power Steering
Replies: 3
Views: 415

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 st...
by Bongoplotter
Mon Jan 22, 2024 2:50 pm
Forum: Techie Stuff
Topic: Power Steering fluid/noise
Replies: 3
Views: 470

Re: Power Steering fluid/noise

Unlike the garage, who claim not to be able to hear the noise 🙄
Some mechanics just don’t know what to do with Bongos 🙄
by Bongoplotter
Wed Jan 17, 2024 6:27 pm
Forum: Techie Stuff
Topic: Power Steering fluid/noise
Replies: 3
Views: 470

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: 470

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 r...
by Bongoplotter
Thu Mar 30, 2023 8:46 pm
Forum: Techie Stuff
Topic: Random Screws
Replies: 5
Views: 3444

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: 3444

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: 3444

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: 5052

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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by Bongoplotter
Fri Mar 17, 2023 9:14 pm
Forum: Techie Stuff
Topic: Gearbox not changing up
Replies: 5
Views: 5052

Re: Gearbox not changing up

The guy was asked to fix an engine oil leak and investigate the gearbox problem. He changed the gearbox fluid, changed the brake fluid, added inhibitor for the engine oil and changed the glow plugs.
by Bongoplotter
Fri Mar 17, 2023 7:02 pm
Forum: Techie Stuff
Topic: Gearbox not changing up
Replies: 5
Views: 5052

Gearbox not changing up

1997 Diesel, closing in on 300k miles and really hope this won't be the end! Gearbox working well until the engine warms up and then not changing up until almost 300k revs at times, then when it does change, it's with a real jerk. Topped up the gearbox oil which seemed to help for a few days but the...
by Bongoplotter
Tue Aug 09, 2022 2:09 pm
Forum: Techie Stuff
Topic: Spats from Van-X
Replies: 3
Views: 612

Re: Spats from Van-X

Decided to go ahead and buy some. Front spats were clearly the shorter pair. The two larger ones were different sizes and there’s no way the longer one will fit. Despite sending photos and polite emails to Van-X they insist that this is impossible and couldn’t have happened. Looking like this could ...
by Bongoplotter
Wed May 04, 2022 2:31 pm
Forum: Techie Stuff
Topic: Spats from Van-X
Replies: 3
Views: 612

Spats from Van-X

Has anyone fitted spats from Van-X? Just wondering how easy they are to fit. Thanks
by Bongoplotter
Sat Jul 24, 2021 8:07 am
Forum: Bongo Chat
Topic: Reliable Bongo-friendly garage in Brum!
Replies: 1
Views: 685

Reliable Bongo-friendly garage in Brum!

Really happy with GLA Autos in Kings Heath, Birmingham. Serviced and MOT'd my van for a very reasonable price and the work was completed at exactly the time Vinnie said it would be. Getting through the MOT last year involved being without the van for four weeks as the "Bongo Specialist's" ...
by Bongoplotter
Thu Dec 31, 2020 2:11 pm
Forum: Techie Stuff
Topic: Tailgate/Bumper replacement
Replies: 2
Views: 720

Tailgate/Bumper replacement

Hi Folks Just to round off this superb year for the planet, someone drove into the back of my Bongo on Boxing Day. Insurance Company are not making things particularly easy & I don't want the van written off, so does anyone have a rough idea of the cost of a replacement bumper please? Tailgate d...

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