I just followed the advice of experienced old Jack at Chassis Clean who insisted it was not a good idea (even though he had fully injected the chassis with waxoyl etc.) to leave those holes open to ingress of water and salt etc from the road. He noticed I hadnt taken his advice when I went back for ...

Ah yes, grommets. I did mine a couple of weeks back. Didnt make a big deal of it, just bought 4 packs of assorted size (blanking) grommets from my local motor factors and got 2 grommets of the right size out of each pack (each pack cost 85p). I did measure the size of the holes in the chassis - cant...

Excellent & thanks Peter. Plenty to think about, with Dandys (sensible) cautions. I knew there was a reason I'd have to take the thermostat out to really flush the block, just couldnt make the mental connection that was lurking just below the surface. Old age I fear. Now, where did I put me span...

Other thoughts: If I backflush the block, any danger of crud messing up the thermostat so tha tit plays up after I've refilled the sustem and started using hte Bongo again. Also, if I do get the thermostat off OK (and I have to admit I may chicken out along the lines advised by Dandy), should I use ...

I know you are right . I've only got deep 6pt sockets and they dont fit in tight spaces - I'll have to get some shallow ones if the 6pts wont fit. But in principle then, with 6pt and moderate tapping, it might be OK to see if the nuts will loosen without risk of shearing the bolts? It's funny, but d...

Thanks Dandy - invaluable advice. Your mention of seized bolts is spot on. I had forgotten that my garage had had exactly this happen on our old Nissan Sunny. Only they have the tools to dig themselves out of the hole - I dont. I'd bought a new thermostat to put in but can keep it as spare. Is it wo...

Neil - I've got a collection of stuff I put together from past threads and put into a Word doc. Would that help? PM me your email address if so and I'll send it - just saves trawling through BF. I've also sent the doc to Ozric for Bongoogle though whether hte poor bloke has found a moment to put it ...

V. sorry to be re-visiting this. I'm at work and dont have my password for the Members Area. Nor can I find the advise Peter Humphrey (Ithink) gave earlier. My questions are: Given basic facilities (garden hose, Bongo on the drive), what is the exact procedure for backflushing the coolant system (to...

What a good man Allans is. You might even be able to use a sewing machine then, if you've got a beefy one.

Dabs - BEHAVE

Use your guarantee while you have it clogger - unless I've musunderstood, you've already said you havent been using the aircon. When I was inspecting Bongos, I noticed some had crunchy pipes and some didnt. I went for the latter. Can anyone advise what might cause one Bongo of a certain age to have ...

Oh and I'll try out the motor factors too - v useful & thanks.

Mike

No probs Lewy. the rears were pretty simple apart from the mystery of sorting out why the replacements appeared to have shims riveted to them and the old ones had locating lugs for the shims, which were separate. I had the workshop manual, which clearly showed shims. I wondered whether anything was ...

clogger - you've just bought your Bongo. Whats the dealer guarantee - did they give one?

Oh and ChrisEm, thanks for that. I'll check out Halfords

Oh my wife drives - but not in the evening cos she's watching Desperate Housewives after her long day. Now I've got the Bongo (which she doesnt look likely to drive), I'm up for taxi driving the kids