Bongo Fury

Hi All,

It appears that iezura (the ebay store) have a counter pretty much on the way to my parents house (where I am supposed to be spending next week), and so I'm currently planning on heading round the M25 tomorrow via them to pick up a new system, before heading into Kent and finding a friendly mechanic to fit it for me, thus returning the Bongo to normal, quiet, service.

Tempted to pick up a full system for 150 quid to be on the safe side (was under there today and all a little rusty, though couldn't find any holes barring the big one where the back box used to be)

Reading old posts, it appears a number of you have used their exhausts in the past and found them satisfactory.

My question then is, do they supply gaskets with their systems? it doesn't mention it on their ebay pages, or if not, have you bought gaskets from them in the past?

If no to both, then, is this a big deal? or are the old gaskets likely to be usable? are the gaskets fairly standard fare and likely to be available to an exhaust place? or, finally, is something like gun-gum a suitable alternative?

Cheers!

Gav.

Recently bought middle and back box, next day delivery, good quality . No gaskets though
A friend fitted mine in his exhaust centre and used Gun gum , said he didnt need gaskets

When I replaced my full system I took the old gaskets to my local exhaust wholesaler who measured them up and supplied me with new ones - the turbo to front pipe gasket is a smaller diameter than the others - the total cost was just over £6 all in.

When a local place fitted mine from Iezura they just used a mixture of the old gaskets and GunGum.

I don't think I would bother fitting a new rear box if I were doing it now - unless Iezura are better built than original ones - as it is a very poor design with all the weight of the huge, heavy, back box carried by the joint where the pipe enters it.

Mine (when it goes again) will be replaced by a lightweight back box and with a strengthened joint.

OK, great, thanks all, so the place I take it to ought to be able to manage with their own stock and/or gun gum. perfect.

I'd probably get a lighter weight rear box and stainless system to be honest, but need the car on the road ASAP at this time of year so the quick method wins for me at the moment.

GICarey wrote: I'd probably get a lighter weight rear box and stainless system to be honest, but need the car on the road ASAP at this time of year so the quick method wins for me at the moment.

Just find somewhere that will whack a length of pipe into the broken end of the exhaust for now then and sort it out in the spring.

Put the £150 towards the SS system.

I did exactly as suggested by scanner and ran without a back box for ages I recently fitted a stainless system with a lighter ,smaller back box and added an additional support bracket on the chasis point where I had previously supported the broken exhaust (at the point just behind where the old box broke off - -)

Thanks all,I couldn't convince myself that the lack of back box wasn't hugely noisy, so i now have one again, and will stick with it until i eventually change to a stainless part!

Cheers,

Gav.

The suggested addition of fitting a length of new pipe from an exhaust centre ( often for free) or a bit of flexipipe to divert the exhaust to the rear of the van seems to quieten it down a fair bit

vanvliet wrote:The suggested addition of fitting a length of new pipe from an exhaust centre ( often for free) or a bit of flexipipe to divert the exhaust to the rear of the van seems to quieten it down a fair bit

That's because the sound is then off, out the back and away, instead of echoing around in the hollow area under the rear floor.

Probably true - anyway, for 45 for the rear box, plus 3 quid for a gasket from bongobits, and 20 mins grubbing around underneath to remove half a pipe and reattach the rear box, i'm happy enough.

G.

GICarey wrote:Probably true - anyway, for 45 for the rear box, plus 3 quid for a gasket from bongobits, and 20 mins grubbing around underneath to remove half a pipe and reattach the rear box, i'm happy enough.

G.

Absolutely. Hardly a major expense and its a straightforward swap. Well done