Bongo Fury

Hi all,

If you have the above this may assist.

I had been thinking engine mount / engine mount rubber etc...

This is a clunking related to the engine and not going over bumps which would normally be droplinks or anti-roll bar bushes.

Anyways.... I found the cause to be a worn rubber bush from the bracket connecting the large metal coolant pipe to the subframe (just before it goes into rubber hosing). It had worn through and was clunking mainly on start up and shut down.

This bracket is best found lying on your back on the ground under the front left of the vehicle. It is the only braket of its kind and bolts to the subframe next to one of the belly pan bolts.

Hope this makes some kind of sense... let me know if more info required!

Happy bongoing!

Lloydy

Well done ...you've been after that one a while now.

Hi Haydn,

Yeah... Couldnt let it beat me!!

Just hope my improvised bush holds... The old one was good for nothing.

PS. Alarm all fitted and seems to be working as it should. Thanks again!

Lloydy

Good tip, thanks.

I'll try to remember that one...good man Lloydy...

Very+++ useful tip Lloydy. I'm at home Bongo fettling today so will take a peek. The annoying thing about these tips is you have to hope you can remember them for when your turn comes, or else hope a Search on BF turns them up. Hey ho, ageing brains etc.

Hi
Lloydy; Very useful
Mike : I have what is known as a "forgettory", these days, and LITERALLY, as the days progress, it's getting worse, and I have thought for a while , that a Glossary of Problems might be a good idea....maybe listing under :
1/. Engine
2/. Chassis
3/.Bodywork
4/. Suspension
A list could be compiled of common noises, common rust spots, electrical problems....and so on. If a newcomer, (or a daft old hap'orth with a bad memory like myself), hears or observes a "Bongo Annoyance", then they could merely look up the problem, and sort it out in an instant, as many problems seem repetative. Maybe, after a time as a "sticky' capable of being added to, it could be incorporated as a Fact Sheet. Such a listing would certainly be a help for the start of the "repair season"
Cheers
Yours forgetfully (what was I talking about?)
Helen

http://www.bongoogle.co.uk/

was posted on the forums somewhere, might help.