Automatic gear box pipes

[bongogreenride]

Set off out today. Gear box oil dripping from pipes under van. Driver side. Can I get pipes. If so from where , or could a garage make them. Have to be lifted by breakdown. Unhappy. Advice please, live up far north Scotland. Not a pleasant experience.

[g8dhe]

In the club shop https://bongoland.co.uk/product/atf-pip ... ol-bongos/

[bongogreenride]

Thank you. Hope this is all I need. Really messy

[bongogreenride]

Getting automatic bongo onto a low loader vehicle, without starting the engine, do I put gear lever in neutral and have to turn on ignition.
Or HOW do I get bongo moved without wrecking something ??????

[mikeonb4c]

My ATF pipes corroded through in the summer and caused me a lot of leaky drama. I topped up, took spare ATF and drove 30 mins to my mechanic Adrian, who said that if the fluid got low i'd know as it would stop changing gear properly (at which point i should stop driving and top up!). Happily i made it without that happening but it suggests to me you should be safe just running it long enough to get it on a low loader as long as there's some ATF in the box. Hopefully a techie can give a more expert view on it.

Incidentally, although i opted for a complete replacement pipe when my rear heater metal coolant pipe corroded through 2 years earlier, with the ATF pipes i opted to have corroded sections cut out and copper pipe spliced in. Adrian has done this on a lot of Bongos and it seems to give a good repair.

[nth]

Getting automatic bongo onto a low loader vehicle, without starting the engine, do I put gear lever in neutral and have to turn on ignition.
Or HOW do I get bongo moved without wrecking something ??????

Most low loaders would pull it on with a winch, gearbox in Neutral of course.

[bongogreenride]

Thank you for reply. The low loader did pull Henry onto vehicle, and he rests alone in a garage, wondering what his fate may be. The pipes have arrived from Ian, so we wait Henry`s surgery.

[Bob]

He won't like the operation, but I'm sure he will be fine once the anesthetic wears off.

He'll be like a spring chicken looking forward to a new season's adventures.

[bongogreenride]

Oh how we hope so, he was towed to a garage we don't usually use, and not worked on bongos much, we hope they know how to refill the gear box from the dipstick..( can't find info about that). Just concerned about him all alone 60 miles away from us, and that the gears work ok, eg no rust in it etc...we hope for his spring chicken revival he is 20 yes old. Bless him.

[Bob]

Filling an auto box through the dip stick hole is pretty standard, and the only real Bongo Specific thing is bleeding the cooling system.

It's possible they may drain the coolant when working on Henry so I'd ask before collecting him. The auto box fluid is cooled in the bottom of the rad.

If you get any kind of vague answer question further before driving him, or do ask on here.

[teenmal]

Filling an auto box through the dip stick hole is pretty standard, and the only real Bongo Specific thing is bleeding the cooling system.

It's possible they may drain the coolant when working on Henry so I'd ask before collecting him. The auto box fluid is cooled in the bottom of the rad.

If you get any kind of vague answer question further before driving him, or do ask on here.

There is no reason to drain the coolant in order to fit new AT pipes/hoses.

Take care

[bongogreenride]

Thank you for information on filling Henry's gear box/ cooling system.. Will ask on collection for sure.

[Bob]

Filling an auto box through the dip stick hole is pretty standard, and the only real Bongo Specific thing is bleeding the cooling system.

It's possible they may drain the coolant when working on Henry so I'd ask before collecting him. The auto box fluid is cooled in the bottom of the rad.

If you get any kind of vague answer question further before driving him, or do ask on here.

There is no reason to drain the coolant in order to fit new AT pipes/hoses.

Take care

That doesn't mean it's never happened.

[mikeonb4c]

One thing I perhaps should have stressed before (although I guess I did at least imply it in an earlier post, and I think Bob had a subconscious feeling about it also in his caution about bleeding the coolant system) is that if the ATF pipes have corroded through then the tee-piece area in the rear heater circuit coolant pipes probably won't be far behind (in my case they got there first by a couple of years!). They are in the same exposed location. So it could be good planned maintenance to replace those now also as it'll be a major inconvenience if they let go when out in the wilderness (or even just on the road!) anywhere. The relevant metal coolant pipe is very long and a bit of a swine to get into position (lifting platform desirable for improved access) so that ups the (labour) cost i fear, plus they then will be draining and refilling the system and will need to follow correct procedure. But i see it in the context of an old vehicle that is bound to need these items done and i remind myself how little i paid for something with a spec superior to a more expensive (and equally old) VW.

[teenmal]

Filling an auto box through the dip stick hole is pretty standard, and the only real Bongo Specific thing is bleeding the cooling system.

It's possible they may drain the coolant when working on Henry so I'd ask before collecting him. The auto box fluid is cooled in the bottom of the rad.

If you get any kind of vague answer question further before driving him, or do ask on here.

There is no reason to drain the coolant in order to fit new AT pipes/hoses.

Take care

That doesn't mean it's never happened.

That is the reason that I have mentioned the fact, peeps might have got the wrong message and thought that the coolant had to be drained in order to change/repair


Take Care