How long to fit coolant alarm?

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How long to fit coolant alarm?

Post by Annandale » Mon Jun 21, 2010 6:21 pm

Hiya. At last our Bongo is on the horizon, we pick it up on Saturday. It is a new import. How long do you reckon it should take a garage to fit a coolant alarm and imobiliser? We only have a few days before we want to drive south in it. Cheers
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Re: How long to fit coolant alarm?

Post by Pablobongo » Mon Jun 21, 2010 6:24 pm

For the LCA, do it yourself, very simple and the instructions are spot-on............takes about 1 hour comfortably 8), don't know about the immobilizer though
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Re: How long to fit coolant alarm?

Post by TechnoTurkey » Mon Jun 21, 2010 6:44 pm

Coolant alarm is under an hour if you have a moderate level of ability, I would have thought that most immobilisers would be installable within an hour.
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Re: How long to fit coolant alarm?

Post by haydn callow » Mon Jun 21, 2010 6:59 pm

whereabouts are you and if you pass this way I will do it for you (the LCA only)
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Re: How long to fit coolant alarm?

Post by Annandale » Mon Jun 21, 2010 7:01 pm

Afraid I don't have a smidgen of ability. But thanks a garage should be able to do it quickly then.
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Re: How long to fit coolant alarm?

Post by Annandale » Mon Jun 21, 2010 7:02 pm

Hayden, what a kind offer, but I'm in Edinburgh.
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Re: How long to fit coolant alarm?

Post by haydn callow » Mon Jun 21, 2010 7:03 pm

You are "heading south"
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Re: How long to fit coolant alarm?

Post by You've Been Bongod » Mon Jun 21, 2010 7:06 pm

cat 1 alarm and immobilizer should take no more than 3 hours to fit
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Re: How long to fit coolant alarm?

Post by Scott » Mon Jun 21, 2010 9:12 pm

Took me a couple of hours to fit my coolant alarm, I must be rubbish :lol:
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Re: How long to fit coolant alarm?

Post by widdowson2008 » Mon Jun 21, 2010 9:22 pm

csmcqueen wrote:Took me a couple of hours to fit my coolant alarm, I must be rubbish :lol:
Couple of hours? :shock: (bloody showoff) :lol: Took me all day.
But then again, I'm probably at the same level of competence as Annandale :oops: :wink: and even then it took 2 phone calls to Haydn to get it right :shock:
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Re: How long to fit coolant alarm?

Post by Scott » Mon Jun 21, 2010 9:26 pm

widdowson2008 wrote:
csmcqueen wrote:Took me a couple of hours to fit my coolant alarm, I must be rubbish :lol:
Couple of hours? :shock: (bloody showoff) :lol: Took me all day.
But then again, I'm probably at the same level of competence as Annandale :oops: :wink: and even then it took 2 phone calls to Haydn to get it right :shock:
The major part of that was deciding where to put the led, didnt want to put it in a switch so came up with this

http://www.igmaynard.co.uk/bongo/forum/ ... 44&t=41697

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Re: How long to fit coolant alarm?

Post by mikexgough » Mon Jun 21, 2010 9:27 pm

Annandale wrote: How long do you reckon it should take a garage to fit a coolant alarm and imobiliser?
depends on the make of them both....some are easier than others.... :wink:
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Re: How long to fit coolant alarm?

Post by Darkstar » Mon Jun 21, 2010 9:59 pm

took me two days,
got rained of half way through, two days later connected the power leads, spent the next hour trying to figure out why the low water alarm was going off, until i saw this black wire hanging next to the footrest, :roll: :roll: :roll:
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Re: How long to fit coolant alarm?

Post by mikeonb4c » Mon Jun 21, 2010 11:11 pm

I'm with the slow coaches. I do the job quicker (and better) if I don't rush. But still, not a long job, and I too opted for a good location on the instrument panel, at the H end of the temp gauge:

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Re: How long to fit coolant alarm?

Post by Wicker Man » Mon Jun 21, 2010 11:17 pm

You've Been Bongod wrote:cat 1 alarm and immobilizer should take no more than 3 hours to fit
Had a mobile fitter round to do mine, and like you say, it took around 3.5 hours.
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