There are quite a few devices that will shut of the power at low voltages to protect your battery, a good plan would be to get a suitcase solar panel to benefit from all the sun you get at festivals etc. Are these expensive? Where do I get one from and are they easy to connect? No, many auto access...

There are quite a few devices that will shut of the power at low voltages to protect your battery, a good plan would be to get a suitcase solar panel to benefit from all the sun you get at festivals etc.

If the engine was seized I would expect there to be some sound from the starter itself, trying to turn. You could monitor the battery voltage as you try as although the starter solenoid works on the bench with no load it may well fail under high currents required to turn the engine. You could try sh...

I'm taking note of all comments, and there's a long way to go in the upgrade! But one question for maxi_77; if you can't log in to the Forum, how come you managed to post something on this thread? 8-[ Not really sure but each time I tried to log in I got a message that either username or password w...

With a ladder on the back door we just used an extending clothes prop with a caravan rubber sucker on the end as a prop

It's different, so different that I can no longer log in t the site, my user name, e-mail and password are not recognised

You can reposition the speedo needle on its spindle to get it closer to the real speed. It can be fiddly because the needle is held against the bottom stop by a spring which makes guessing the 0MPH position difficult but with practice you can get it almost spot on at one speed at least. Note this ha...

Has any one used a Pela type vacuum pump to extract the old oil from an auto gearbox?

Nose weight is much more to do with the tow vehicle, too much and you will find steering both light and imprecise, very dangerous, and too little and the van can pitch and lift your tail again dangerous. In most cases the minimum nose weight is 50 Kgs and some vehicles cant take much more than that....

Looks like the one I bought, the chap who does my welding had no problems

http://www.nasamarine.com/proddetail.ph ... BM1Compact

Something like this would do the job but is perhaps overkill for a Bongo

Yes I tend to agree. regarding 11.9v being discharged. On the internet 11.9v seems to be accepted as 80% discharged and the lower end. With 10.9 being flat. However go outside - declined to accept the battery was faulty. Also when you look into the warranty it is some-what limited for example the b...

http://www.igmaynard.co.uk/bongo/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=52170&hilit=continental+headlights&start=15 On this page you will find pictures of how old Astra headlights were fiited to my Bongo in Portugal. I did this to pass the local MOT and the units were LHD ones. When we brought the Bo...

As hinted in posts above, whilst many have done fine with jubilee clips, many have had to resort to re-tightening after a period of settling. In the meantime, they may suffer a (hidden) leak, and the consequences of that. And, if the clip is in an awkward place, sorting the issue can be time consum...

Why are normal jubilee clips frowned upon, they are widely used especially on boats on critical parts like sea water inlets.