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- Sat Dec 03, 2016 11:26 am
- Forum: Off Message
- Topic: Is this a record?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3202
Re: Is this a record?
Still visits Walsall and the Beechdale estate where he came from ..
- Sat Dec 03, 2016 11:24 am
- Forum: Bongo Chat
- Topic: New arrival Awning
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2563
- Fri Nov 25, 2016 6:38 pm
- Forum: Techie Stuff
- Topic: V6 Starting Issues after Rain/Fog
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3357
Re: V6 Starting Issues after Rain/Fog
There is a large 'O' ring between the baker light cap and the metal body dizzy .. I put a smear of Vaseline around mine to help seal out the moister .. http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o115/bridleman/CIMG2345.jpg The contacts inside the cap can also get eaten away with HT spark erosion .. also the...
- Thu Nov 24, 2016 12:19 pm
- Forum: Techie Stuff
- Topic: V6 Starting Issues after Rain/Fog
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3357
Re: V6 Starting Issues after Rain/Fog
Maybe as said .. the Indication of the ignition system not being 100% .. As a stop gap solution spray the dizzy cap / plug leads with some Water Dispersal fluid (WD40) .. New spark plugs are an easy DIY job and usually less than £12 a set of six off eBay .. Dizzy cap / rotor / plug leads can be 'awk...
- Thu Nov 17, 2016 5:00 pm
- Forum: Techie Stuff
- Topic: brake pipes
- Replies: 65
- Views: 20407
Re: brake pipes
Just ordered one as my sons Smart car rear (drum brake) wheel cylinders are seeping and rather than re rubbering them we have bought two new complete ones to replace them... http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o115/bridleman/IMG_1090.jpg http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o115/bridleman/14939581_1021...
- Thu Nov 17, 2016 4:40 pm
- Forum: Techie Stuff
- Topic: brake pipes
- Replies: 65
- Views: 20407
- Thu Nov 17, 2016 4:20 pm
- Forum: Techie Stuff
- Topic: brake pipes
- Replies: 65
- Views: 20407
Re: brake pipes
I have always used normal 'C' ended brake spanners .. or mole grips on other peoples knackered pipes ..
But this looks good value ..
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SEALEY-VS0342 ... SwHMJYIgMl
But this looks good value ..
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SEALEY-VS0342 ... SwHMJYIgMl
- Wed Nov 09, 2016 2:46 pm
- Forum: Techie Stuff
- Topic: Tiny Jump-Starter Pack
- Replies: 26
- Views: 11896
Re: Tiny Jump-Starter Pack
I've had one for a couple of years .. holds it's charge very well and while still using my Bongo my V6 Alphard was left unused on the drive and the battery 'self discharged' several times .. started the 3.0 V6 without any hassle .. They are an very light / handy /will fit in your pocket charge phone...
- Wed Nov 09, 2016 2:26 pm
- Forum: Techie Stuff
- Topic: Draining gearbox
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3907
Re: Draining gearbox
My son as a Smart car (with not so smart engine sump without a drain plug) .. We used a lecky pump similar to this to do oil changes ..(Similar ones are some times for sale at Lidle / Aldi) http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VOCHE-60W-PORTABLE-12V-ELECTRIC-FLUID-EXTRACTOR-OIL-DIESEL-TRANSFER-SYPHON-PUMP-/381...
- Tue Nov 08, 2016 10:36 pm
- Forum: Techie Stuff
- Topic: Draining gearbox
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3907
Re: Draining gearbox
Good point on chocking the wheels as well as being in 'P'ark and the hand brake hard on ..!!
- Tue Nov 08, 2016 6:21 pm
- Forum: Techie Stuff
- Topic: Draining gearbox
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3907
Re: Draining gearbox
Have you checked if you have a sump plug .. some do ..?? The more efficient way to flush out the gearbox .. and .. the toque converter is to dis connect an oil cooler pipe at the bottom of the radiator .. with the HAND BRAKE HARD ON and box in 'P'ark .. Place a measured container under the open end ...
- Wed Oct 19, 2016 9:35 pm
- Forum: Bongo Chat
- Topic: JAL LPG V6 Written off ..
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2522
Re: JAL LPG V6 Written off ..
Ben as not taken up there offer .. I have 'advised' him to hold out for more cash .. or take the offer .. and .. the Salvage .. I have not seen any pics of the damage .. he says it's the O/S wish bone ... I changed all the ball joints last year, I know the wishbones are relatively in expensive .. so...
- Wed Oct 19, 2016 8:58 pm
- Forum: Bongo Chat
- Topic: JAL LPG V6 Written off ..
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2522
JAL LPG V6 Written off ..
Some may remember that I gifted my Bongo camper to a grandson a few months ago .. Unfortunately a woman as run into the front / side of the Bongo damaging the front / chassis / suspension and the insurance have written it off .. It's a 1998 JAL V6 LPG one previous (Bongo Fury local) owner in good ru...
- Tue Oct 18, 2016 3:32 pm
- Forum: Techie Stuff
- Topic: ABS Warning Light and Diagnostics
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1327
Re: ABS Warning Light and Diagnostics
I never had any luck trying to use the diagnostic plug so I checked the four wheel sensors with a muli meter .. The leads from the sensors can be uplugged to test .. the reading should be around 1600 / 1640 Ohms .. Search .. for old ABS posts like ... http://igmaynard.co.uk/bongo/forum/viewtopic.php...
- Tue Oct 18, 2016 1:39 pm
- Forum: Techie Stuff
- Topic: 1999 petrol auto 2.0 discs and drums replacement.. easy DIY?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 6216
Re: 1999 petrol auto 2.0 discs and drums replacement.. easy DIY?
Normally the hand brake shoes in the drum needs backing off with a screw driver blade in the adjusting ratchet via the hole (at the bottom) in the face of the drum .. But some times the friction material for the hand brake can come on bonded from the steel shoe .. getting jammed and may need a three...