Technical questions and answers about the Mazda Bongo
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Dr Fingers
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by Dr Fingers » Mon Jul 02, 2012 2:59 pm
Can anyone enlighten me? What size 'O' rings are used on the two condenser units? Apparently there are upto 40 + possible sizes that they might be
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by g8dhe » Mon Jul 02, 2012 3:46 pm
There appear to be 3 sizes used in all;
http://lushprojects.com/bongopartsmk2/c ... no=.html#1
if you use a google search on the part number (first column in the table) you sometimes get lucky and get sizes!
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by Dr Fingers » Mon Jul 02, 2012 7:29 pm
Thank you so much!
Now to try and find some..
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by Ian » Mon Jul 02, 2012 7:53 pm
They are easily obtainable. I have a couple in stock and can get hold of the others. The ones I have in stock are 61-J1XA & 76-754E. These are the most commonly requested ones and can be found on this page:
http://www.lushprojects.com/bongopartsm ... no=.html#5
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by g8dhe » Mon Jul 02, 2012 7:56 pm
Another solution is
http://cpc.farnell.com/rolson-tools/612 ... lson+61225 which at £6.55+P&P (wait for a free weekend P&P offer!) and you have a good range of possible sizes at low cost!
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by Dr Fingers » Mon Jul 02, 2012 8:16 pm
Ian wrote:They are easily obtainable. I have a couple in stock and can get hold of the others. The ones I have in stock are 61-J1XA & 76-754E. These are the most commonly requested ones and can be found on this page:
http://www.lushprojects.com/bongopartsm ... no=.html#5
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by Dr Fingers » Mon Jul 02, 2012 8:20 pm
Ian wrote:They are easily obtainable. I have a couple in stock and can get hold of the others. The ones I have in stock are 61-J1XA & 76-754E. These are the most commonly requested ones and can be found on this page:
http://www.lushprojects.com/bongopartsm ... no=.html#5
Sorry Ian, can't see a link to PM you..(?)
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by francophile1947 » Mon Jul 02, 2012 8:51 pm
Dr Fingers wrote:
Sorry Ian, can't see a link to PM you..(?)
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Send him an email
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by Simon Jones » Mon Jul 02, 2012 9:15 pm
When I changed mine, the aircon specialist I saw said you had to use special ones designed to withstand the pressure and the chemical reaction with the refrigerant, so it may be that these would not be suitable.
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by g8dhe » Mon Jul 02, 2012 11:00 pm
Simon Jones wrote:
When I changed mine, the aircon specialist I saw said you had to use special ones designed to withstand the pressure and the chemical reaction with the refrigerant, so it may be that these would not be suitable.
MRD applies
If you like them with green-felt tip around the edges then not a dissimilar price here
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/R134A-AIR-CON ... 0689925232
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by helen&tony » Tue Jul 03, 2012 7:23 am
Hi
Coo....ask the man who has everything!...I'll be in contact, Ian...I have to strip the rear heater box and put a new matrix in, so I have to get some of those seals
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by teenmal » Tue Jul 03, 2012 10:31 am
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by Dr Fingers » Tue Jul 03, 2012 12:14 pm
Thanks, but it's the sizes that I'm trying to find out. Tried a couple of sites, but get messages back saying part numbers not recognised..
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by steveyd » Wed Jul 04, 2012 11:40 am
Hi,
Got exactly this problem right now on the rear unit - I kept the old o-rings and placed them nice and safe on the window sill for reference when ordering new ones - but they've dissappeared. I have pushed some blue-tac onto the pipes to get an idea of size (dont have it with me for measuring) but after some extensive googling found this site:
http://www.altecweb.co.uk/home.asp?rf=ggl&cat=RangeB05 which is a bit cheaper than this:
http://www.autoairparts.co.uk/mazda-o-r ... 7097-p.asp
.. one thing I'm not sure of is whether they are nitrile or not.. they do/did look sort of shiny like the nitrile ones in the pictures (not green).
I did try and pull the o-rings out of the connections for the funny valve thing on the old aircon rear matrix but they were different sizes. I'm going to order some from one of the sites above - if I get a selection I will hopefully hit the jackpot.. and report back here! (this has come up a few times!)
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by Simon Jones » Wed Jul 04, 2012 10:42 pm
On mine, I removed the original black ones and replaced with the green ones. Somewhere, in a envelope in a really safe place, I do have the ones I removed, but I'm damned if I can find it right now. Will try to have a rummage tomorrow if time allows.