Any takers.??
IOM3 will probably have somthing to say


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I'd also like to hear what IOM3 has to say about the stress fractures my MOD pal suggests...and if he/she thinks that this is/could be a future issue....haydn callow wrote: IOM3 will probably have somthing to say![]()
I tend to agree. Fit an LCA and worry about a cracked tank if/when it happens is my personal preference. An affordable source for spare ones would be handy though, for our ageing Bongo population.daveblueozzie wrote:The only problem i can see with the alloy one is ,you cant see whats inside, i know the Mazda tanks are cloudy and not easily visible from the outside, but you can see the level if needed with or without the cap taken off.
That's my twopenny worth, i will shut up now because i don't really know what I'm on about![]()
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Exactly........... hence the future need for some kind of "spares club", where you pay a fee on a scale..... say £5/£10/£15 etc per year..... that cash is then converted into a %....so 5/10/15% etc....discount off of any parts you buy/have made and the collected cash from spares club members is put to buy/re-manufacture parts.... should there be any profits then these could be banked and put towards another component and it goes on from there..dobby wrote:Isn't the reality of this thread fantastic, Helen's post above sums up really well the state of Bongo ownership now. Rewind the clock to when we were first buying bongo's they were less than 10 years old. Move forward and we are effectively restoring future classics.
I suggested a spares club section last year but it kind of got side tracked......dobby wrote:I agree, I suspect that the laws of supply and demand are coping at the moment but forward a few years and will Mazda still supply new header tanks etc.
I wonder if Ian or anyone else is mulling this one over at the moment? Similar examples exist with the MG owners etc. as per the group buy thread elsewhere.
Hover bongo, the mind boggles.bigdaddycain wrote:.
Feel free to catch me at a show in 30 odd years time when the majority of now forum members are flying around in there hover campers!