Bongo Fury

my bongo been very needy we spent all morning in a scrap yard, ok i was only after a tin y 15 amp fuse but you never know what your gonna find do you....and i was also after a 15" rim to replace my spacesaver....ok so i found and emptied said fuse box and a few door pulls and interior lights and a digital clock and another alternator tensioner (that doesnt fit) and iam sure those two front seats out of that saab would fit my bongo but something told me NO thats enough
on the way out i spotted a spare but twas 14"(mine 15") but it was a five stud legalish tyre and was orf a mazda, geezer said gis a tenna , so i had a measure and offered said wheel up and yes i was sure it would fit, so i lowered the winch ting and wound it up again ....and bugger summat went bang wound it down again and up again and it kept reaching a point where it would not go any further (5mins turns into 30mins) so now ive taken the whole winch thing orf and the steel rope has kinda got a little stuck i had ta leave the wheel .....anyt one know where i can get hold of one of those winch tingies

I'd have thought this was one of the less sought after items on Bongos being broken so should be eas to source. Waycar8 is breaking his Bongo at present, and there are one or two on ebay. Others advertise on BF etc.

That's a bit of bad news Flippa I bet you wish you'd chanced the saab seats instead now eh?

I've never really checked out the winch mechanism thingy...is it in a little box?(guessing) Is it removeable?

No steel wire windy-uppie things in the scrap yard then? There's several Bongos being broken on eBay right now, as well as one in the For Sale section. Also try one of the garages that advertise on the forum - they're bound to have one.

i know big d it seems when you go at something ....summat else pops up .....the winch tingy is removable and i have it orf at the mo although the steel rope will take some shifting there may be some in the scrappie i will have to revisit...but this time i will have to get down and real dirty ....the saab seats were nice too

I'd be very wary about swaping the seats as they are an integral part of the vehicles safety system. The seatbelt sockets are fitted to the frame of the Bongo seat & the whole lot slides in the runners. Fitting Saab seats is a popular mod for owners of VW type 2 vans, but they have a nice big flat floor pan to bolt to, whereas the mounting points on the Bongo are at funny angles. Even if they did fit, you would need to see if they would fold over enough to allow easy access to the engine.

...with my luck around nuts and bolts .....i'd end up sitting on a bucket ...thats why i walked away ....and just so iam not tempted have decided the scrapyard is out of bounds for the foreseeable cos iam ending up with aload of bits and bobs and my bongo seems to throw a sickie whenever he's there