Bongo Fury

Hi All, i am in need of some help please! i have a 1995(n) 2wd flattop bongo and the brake caliper, piston, pipe disc pads have all gone wrong kwik fit said this will cost me £650 to repair i just cannot afford to do this as my mondeo has needed several hundred pounds spent on it there must be a cheaper way to fix this has anyone got any ideas they can throw my way please thanks

Easy - don't go to Kwik-Rip

Any Bongo friendly garage nearby?

Not sure if there is such a thing in this area! i don't like doing my own vehicle brakes as it is probably the most vital part and I'm not willing to put my family at risk which is why it went to kwik-fit the so called profesional but i wasn't expecting a price like that , my father-in-law said he can repair it with used parts but tracking down a bongo in the scrap yard he has been repairing cars even before i was born so i know i can trust him i was sad recovering Monty from kwik-fit on the back of my work lorry tho the only assistance i got when i recovered him was i will see you reverse off the main road into the car park(im in a 9 metre rigid lorry) no assistance with the 5 metre steel ramps or guidance lining monty up to drive up the ramps

That would involve multi-tasking by the Kwik Fit boys,ie:Walking and Looking

Dolly1 wrote:That would involve multi-tasking by the Kwik Fit boys,ie:Walking and Looking

LMAO

There are at least 2 recommended places shown on the database in the Member's Area.
Quite frankly, I'd be amazed if the caliper, piston, brake pipe and pads had all gone at the same time. What did Kwik-Fit actually say?

francophile1947 wrote:There are at least 2 recommended places shown on the database in the Member's Area.
Quite frankly, I'd be amazed if the caliper, piston, brake pipe and pads had all gone at the same time. What did Kwik-Fit actually say?

Suck hard through teeth "The caliper, piston, brake pipe and pads all need replaced - you don't want to be risking your family now do you Sir?".....................................................

That is what they said the whole braking mechanism everything even the brake fluid is all over my wheel arch

madmanwayne wrote:That is what they said the whole braking mechanism everything even the brake fluid is all over my wheel arch

Nuff said...........Kwik Fit...........wasters .............the Halfords of the garage(?) world

Depending on where you are in Hampshire, Discount Trucks in Newbury might not be far away.


PS I'm still trying to puzzle out the use of "professional" and "Kwikfit" in the same sentence.

Sort of like "military" and "intelligence" - no known connection.

Sounds to me like the usual case of ones pants being pulled down

there are several people breaking bongos on ebay and offering

second hand calipers

I got new rear pads and 2 new rear disks

the other day for less than 60 quid

and they are the easiest brakes ive ever worked on

thanks guys i will be looking on ebay tonight, cant find any bongos in junk yard tho so they must be good

scanner wrote:Depending on where you are in Hampshire, Discount Trucks in Newbury might not be far away.


PS I'm still trying to puzzle out the use of "professional" and "Kwikfit" in the same sentence.

Sort of like "military" and "intelligence" - no known connection.

Scanner think of 'us' Military next time you go fly on holiday to the nice comfy resort in your nice comfy hotel, when the so called Mil int is looking after your ass in the sky, land and sea. Myself I am an Air traffic controller, working in the busiest skies in the world, a little appreiciation doesnt go amiss!

francofontain wrote:

scanner wrote:Depending on where you are in Hampshire, Discount Trucks in Newbury might not be far away.


PS I'm still trying to puzzle out the use of "professional" and "Kwikfit" in the same sentence.

Sort of like "military" and "intelligence" - no known connection.

Scanner think of 'us' Military next time you go fly on holiday to the nice comfy resort in your nice comfy hotel, when the so called Mil int is looking after your ass in the sky, land and sea. Myself I am an Air traffic controller, working in the busiest skies in the world, a little appreiciation doesnt go amiss!

I used to work in the MOD and my comment stands - not necessarily for individuals, but for the corporate mindset.

The world would be a lot safer place if your lords and masters didn't keep going round kicking wasp nests and stirring up bogey men to scare us with, so that they can ensure their nice comfortable gravy train continues.

If they can't continually scare the sh!t out of us we begin to realise how little we would need them if they didn't exist.
An unsafe world is the only thing that keeps them (and their opposite numbers) in a job.

MI isn't looking and never has ever looked after "my ass" - people like me are expendable if we should ever get in the way of "vested interests".