maxheadroom wrote:mine cracked in cylinder no. 2

http://www.igmaynard.co.uk/bongo/forum/ ... head+gloom

I like stories with Happy endings.

Hello After overheating last week and getting the head pressure tested and shimmed the poor bongo spat all its coolent out andf overheated Has anyone else had a Cracked Cylinder in the engine & a cracked Head ? did your story turn out well ? I have been advised the engine can be taken out and te...

mr and mrs pips wrote:Is there room for another small one

Pop in Sunday (am)

regards mr and mrs Pips

EEER no

We've just overheated.......

AA home........

Sorry.

Hi did they refit the old head or a new head? Cheers.[/quote] Might of been lucky but 9 times outa 10 the heads crack was it pressure tested ? i sure as hell hope so I took my head to be machined and they do a pressure test first as they know the WL engine heads high fail rate Keep a good eye on tho...

Is there room for another small one

Pop in Sunday (am)

regards mr and mrs Pips

I don't like the titchy screens of built in ones, so I just use a 19" TV/DVD from Aldi/Sainsburys etc (similar to this http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/logik-l19dvdb20-19-hd-ready-lcd-tv-with-built-in-dvd-player-06867371-pdt.html ) - obviously it's not built in :lol: After enjoying franks TV We go...

Hi

Sorry guy had "MAN FLU"

Regrads Mr P

Cheers dave

I have had another sniff under the bonnet the coolents where I filled it back up too.

They said to keep an eye on things and bring it back in a few days and they will throw it on the ramp and have a look under to see if all is well.

regards Mr P

I'm fully braced for something like this to jump out of the woodwork and bite my pocket. In over 4 years of ownership my Bongo has been outstanding. If it threw a big bill now I wouldn't regard it as having been any naughtier than a lot of cars. And its been a helluva lot more fun. The main thing i...

jeeeez id say new head belts pump supply and fit service and coolant ? and there MORE.... Gosh erm Radiator , thermostat possibly pump seals whilst they were at it maybee valves cam shaft and cherry on top they mot'd it :) sounds like youve got a pukker bongo now tho :) Still MORE. :shock: infact t...

Dave. wrote:jeeeez id say new head belts pump supply and fit service and coolant ?

and there MORE....

Dave

I hate to Say £1488.66.......

Well OK is back and working.

12 Days in the garage...........

do you wanna know what went on ?

I use Cartel because i know them, They seem to do a proper job and if not bongo friendly if armed with the correct info would use it. I`m going in there on Thursday with the Ford again I can ask if they know what a bongo is may help you make an informed decision. It is Cartel we are using, they are...

lazyb5 wrote:Hi,
thats bad news, which garage are you using?

Hopefully a Bongo Friendly One.... or it will be if it does not cause me to loose and arm and a leg.