Bongo Fury

Sorry if this sounds a bit basic but I would be grateful for advice.

1) I have a slow puncture in a rear tyre. The tyre is quite new and the hole must be small. Has anybody ever used the stuff in a can to replace a tyre without removing it. Any advice?

2) I have not changed a tyre on a bongo before. I have found the jack but am not sure where the spare tyre is. I assume it is underneath. I am a bit anxious about crawling underneath and loosening a tyre. Any suggestions for the best / safest place to put the jack?

Any advice appreciated.

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In answer to (2), jacking points are here:

http://www.igmaynard.co.uk/bongo/forum/ ... 850#p56850

The spare wheel is underneath the car below the boot floor and is held in place by steel cable and holding plate. It is lowered using the long bar that is clipped inside the top of the tool compartment in the side sliding door opening. You also need to use the ratchet arm supllied with the jack in order to turn the long bar, after it has been inserted through the 'keyhole' slot in the rear bumper (visible with tailgate door open).

Hope that rambling explanation makes sense!

I'll be interested to read answers others give to (1)

Hi there,

Regarding the tyre sealants, they really are to get you home in an emergency, and many mean the tyre is harder/impossible to repair after their use.

I keep a can of holts tyreweld with me as this can be washed out afterwards.

You are better to take to a good local tyre place and get the puncture fixed, should be no more than £10.

Andy

Yes to answer the first question, I have used and do carry a can of instant repair in all our cars but..it is only a temp repair and the tyre should either be repaired fully or tubed at the earliest chance for safety, it is a good temp repair mind, as for jacking up the bongo as I have posted on another thread I use a Draper air bag jack as I never have trusted a scissors type.

Unfortunately, one of our members seems to have bought the last Draper Air bag in the UK

Many thanks.

For your help



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apole wrote:Hi there,

Regarding the tyre sealants, they really are to get you home in an emergency, and many mean the tyre is harder/impossible to repair after their use.

I keep a can of holts tyreweld with me as this can be washed out afterwards.

You are better to take to a good local tyre place and get the puncture fixed, should be no more than £10.

Andy

Ditto, a GOOD local tyre place should do this for a £10 or less, can based sealants are emergency only. Kwik-fit used to do a free puncture fix, but think they charge now.

Are you sure it's a puncture & not just the valve not seating properly or sealed properly? could even be from when it was fitted if it was quite new - ie the tyre not sealing against the sidewall. Take it back to where it was fitted if possible & you may not have to pay anything if it hasn't sealed properly from new

David Edwards wrote: or tubed

I'm sure I heard somewhere that tubes are now either very frowned upon or actually illegal, unless proper tubed tyres are fitted to cars that need them (i.e. wire wheels etc).

PS I'd take it back as recommended above.

I use ultraseal - it prevents most punctures from letting air escape; stab a tyre containing the stuff with a bradle and the it will seal it immediately. Air loss from big punctures is slowed considerably.

I had a slow puncture for a few weeks, i took it to my local tyre place yesterday. he fixed it for nothing was suppesed to be £6 but because i brought my tyres from him last year he did it for free. he reconised the car the only bongo that he's dealt with.
nice bloke asked loads of ?'s about bongos i told him to look on bongofury. all is explained there!!

I use Ultraseal too - great stuff. (I had a slow on the other car - chucked some US in and havent had to top it up for weeks)

Also you could find the hole and get some StopNGo type string plugs. They work great.