Bongo Fury

Booked the bongo to go in for it's mot tomorrow morning .
Did a quick level check & general inspection, glad I did, top hose by the inlet manifold has the minutest pinprick leak starting So I've just emailed Flippa, I knew I should have ordered the hoses last week when I had a really strong urge to get my set ordered as I put Flippa's email link up for Bernie . Have to get on to Manflex first thing for the hoseclips too, this forum is brill isn't it, you know what the problems are & how to sort them before they happen
Thought I'd better check the droplinks & antirollbar bushes as it sounded like one of the rears had worked loose or something, got my tyre & exhaust fitter friend to let me use the ramps after work as my back is agony at the mo - the "or something" was a broken anti roll bar bush bracket
He spent the next 2 hours removing the old bits - siezed nuts & fabricating a new bracket - what a star, jobs a good un, better than the originals. Will be ordering a new pair of brackets though asap - moral of the story - when you replace the bushes - do the brackets at the same time even if they look ok
I'm hoping after that frantic couple of hours that it'll fly through the mot

FINGERS CROSSED FOR YOU

Good luck with MOT tomorrow.
Brian

Good luck Kirsty - I reckon she'll fly through. Then on to the hoses. It never ends. But I've always felt antiroll bar bushes went in synch. with rear droplinks so interesting to see a case of it actually happening!

I did change the bushes with the droplinks - just didn't do the brackets
Hopefully if the brackets & hoses get here in time (Flippa reckons hoses'll be here by friday ) I'll get it done on sunday, must get some antifreeze (again) already booked my friendly fitter to give me a hand

All the best for tomorrow.

good luck for tomorrow kirsty

btw give that horn a honk.....a mate of mine failed his mot recently on the horn .......someone had removed it

IT PASSED just the hose (or hoses, depending on my enthusiasm & back pain ) to do on sunday.

WELL DONE I'm delighted for you, but dont' forget to let us know how you get on with the hoses.....Best of luck with them.

When you replace the brackets take the rubbers off the antiroll bar, clean up the bar with fine emery cloth and rebuild with rubber grease - the bushes will last much longer.

...congrats on the pass kirsty.... ......the hoses are on there way

Cheers Flippa, Manflex reckon the clips should be here tomorrow too, wish I could say I was looking forward to it

Its a worring time waiting for parts to arrive.


All the best

Well done with the mot kirsty I know that mobility is an issue, so have another for good measure...

Manflex seem to be well up to speed with bongo's now kirsty,let's hope you get sorted soon...

Cheers Ste, I'm actually thinking I may have to get the guys at Dunnings to do the hoses, I hate to admit defeat, but I'm not sure my back is up to it at the moment.
Don't want to screw my back up & not be able to go to the Rest of the West minimeet Either that, or I may just do the 1 hose that is about to go for now, I suppose we could have a silicone hose fitting workshop at the Minimeet