Bongo Fury

I am looking at a bongo to buy and the seller has warned me to be careful with the back door. 'dont slam' etc as they've had problems with the catch. Is this a common problem, has anyone heard of it? Can it be fixed. Seems pretty serious to me, back door opening while driving etc!

Not heard of any problems before ? The TinTop doesn't have an internal handle I believe as standard but people have retro-fitted them as the muntings points etc are all there.

I've never heard of that either.

Wonder if he's trying to shift a motor with problems.

you can adjust the bit latch catches on

I wonder if he's referring to the electric soft-close on the sliding door - i've heard they don't like being slammed though not heard any direct experience of it. When mechanism does play up (usually after battery disconnection) its usually proved to be inexpensive (if a bit fiddly) to fix.

No it was definitely the back/boot door

Frankie wrote:No it was definitely the back/boot door

Sounds like someone's talking bollox then

If it is a dodgy catch on the back door
That's not a serious problem
Quick cheap repair / replace

These are 20 year old vehicles
They do get small problems every now and then

It might be worthwhile removing the trim and checking out the rear floor section for corrosion/rust, also the inner bottom of the tailgate.

It might also be worthwhile checking that the spare wheel mechanism is not overtightened as this can upset the catch/door adjustment.

Interesting . It is log converted, I wonder if putting the tank in the spare wheel cavity affected the door mechanism?

Log = lpg blooming spell check!

Frankie wrote:Log = lpg blooming spell check!

Nothing wrong with a log burner.