TO ALL THAT PARTICIPATED IN AND SUPPORTED THIS FANTASTIC EFFORT.
WE OWE YOU ALL A VERY SINCERE THANK YOU
– I feel humbled to be the recipient of such an amazing support and team effort.
I know it was lucky that Ian was on his way out to join us and that Keith caught him just before he left but to have developed a fault 1000 miles from home, have it diagnosed within ½ hour by the combined efforts of the ‘on site Bongo ‘A’ team’ (just like a formula 1 pit stop team); confirmed at the same time by the Bongo Towers backup team and then to have a replacement delivered, fitted and tested within 20 hours is really unbelievable.
But it did happen and Bongo Joanie, Valerie and I are truly grateful.
A bit of extra info on top of what Keith posted –
Thanks to Simon, for donating the plug from his soldering iron and another meter, I was able to monitor the battery voltage through out the ‘dash’ to the camp site. My own sensors and indicators allowed me to keep check on cooling system.
We drove, as far as possible, at a steady 55 mph and the weather conditions allowed Bongo to run cool without the fans coming on at all. As Keith said we ran with only the side lights on and I did my best to avoid using the brakes.
After the diagnosis the battery voltage was reading 12.2 volts. During the dash the reading dropped, at worst, to 11.7 and on arrival at the camp site was reading 11.9. The following day before I fitted the replacement alternator I checked it again and it was back to 12.2.
Not bad eh!
So we ran for about 1.5 hours without really affecting the battery.
Once again
THANK YOU ALL.
Many regards Grahame & Valerie
