Well, I sold the bongo.

Not by choice, but by economic reasons.

Tried to ignore the thought of it and was fairly successful until I saw the joy of the next owner. I'm depressed now.

I blame David Cameron and drafting a letter right now.

Just saw this. I'm in the process of selling the bongo and the diaphragm is still in the drawer. PM me your address and I'll post it to you for heehaw. Please post the results as I was looking forward to seeing the results but just havent had time. cheers

Fassi wrote:

Northern Bongolow wrote:in theory it should sharpen the response so it maybe a good cheap little tweek. keep me posted please.

Will do

Still waiting on the part. Will call today and see what the score is.

alant54 wrote:

Fassi wrote:the two belts drive the propellors for take off hehe. sorry couldn't resist.

You beat me to this point..... ...I was going to recommend contacting Mikeonb4c who is our expert on Bongo flights........

Yes, really Mikeonb4c should have been piloting this thread.

Quincy MD wrote:Thanks that is really useful advice. I have found an old multimeter. If I take out the fuse and test with the resistor setting, would no reading mean faulty fuse?

yes

the two belts drive the propellors for take off hehe. sorry couldn't resist.

Thanks Geoff, yes all those have failed. I'm not very technical, so does that mean the fuse on the top right of the bank of fuses below the steering column needs replacing? It needs looking at or its equivalent if you have a LB fitted, the chances are that yes its been blown by someone working on t...

The black fuel leads were connected to the red and black leads of the cut off leads by male and female connectors. I reconnected the black fuel pump leads. I haven't connected the red and black cut off leads as I thought I wouldn't need to. Do you think I should? no just leave it as is. the black a...

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the 2 sideways adjusters you are talking about are for mounting the pump. There is another 2 below making 4 in total. Just leave them as is

No. There is a tensioner pulley that needs a 17mm bolt unslackened at the front, then a 10mm bolt that you wind in clockwise to tighten. Starting at the top of the pump follow the belt towards the engine. There is a small pulley about 10cm in diameter about 30 cm along towards the engine from the pu...

You disconnected a switch for the disabler as you say. Did you have to connect two wires together after that? The mind boggles....

I hadn't realised (remembered!) that Ian had used my "how to change the water pump" in a factsheet. It seems that the instructions are in the wrong sheet. Ignore all the references to waterpump and its pulley! DA I started off trying to loosen the bolts to the pump and was failing miserab...

You need one that is rated at 1.1 bar. So as long as it fits. Check the ledge just below and behind of the nearside headlight. I found mine there before

Just checked the factsheet and it's clearly wrong. There's definitely no need to remove the pump or pulley, just slacken the respective tensioners and refit the belts. Just in from doing it and realised the factsheet was wrong. Cheers. Nice wee job that. Had to give the ignition a wee flick to get ...

Just started the process of changing the 3 belts on my diesel bongo then remembered the fact sheet.

The factsheet instructions say to remove the water pump towards the end of the instructions. Is this needed and if so why? Thanks in advance. Fassi