Thanks everyone, I've noticed this morning that the lower slider bracket has some scope for adjustment - there's a pair of bolts connecting door to bracket that I think are mounted in oval slots so I'll see if I can get some leeway out of those...

Cheers,

Ben

Hi Jaylee, There isn't really any resistance to speak of, other than the 'soft latch'(?) that holds the door back when fully opened. The photo below shows the rust problem (and a very filthy van) that's being generated. The door just catches the body work on closure... https://lh3.googleusercontent....

My diesel N Reg was being problematic starting too - the problem after investigating glow plug resistance levels (they were fine) was the glow plug relay (under bonnet drivers side) - it had corroded contacts, preventing current reaching the plugs. I opened it up and filed the contacts with a nail f...

Hi, I posted earlier on the wanted forum for some replacement rollers, but thought I'd check in here to see if anyone knows of an alternative... When the sliding door shuts, the trailing edge of the door is clipping the bodywork just as it completes the closure and is being guided in to the door ape...

I happily carried two boards for 4 weeks in August, and I manage 1 board without issue. One tip I would offer is to tie a loop into the strap before threading the tail through the eye, then lead the tail back through the loop to give a 2:1 purchase on the strap. Give it some beans and tie it off wit...

As my man said, it's the last line of defence. What if you inadvertently send some crud down the line during the filter change? The crud would then have an un-interrupted journey into the heart of your fuel pump. Using that argument, why is there not a filter after the oil filter then? When I remov...

James, Your symptoms sound identical to mine. You may find the stuttering is after high speed rather than a long run. Your leak is most likely on the intake (mine was the sealing washers on the banjo assembly), since the pump will be pulling air through the leak but may be able to 'process' a small ...

I say each to their own, but why would you not have it fitted TGP? As my man said, it's the last line of defence. What if you inadvertently send some crud down the line during the filter change? The crud would then have an un-interrupted journey into the heart of your fuel pump. When I removed my fu...

As owner of that pic, I can confirm that indeed the foam stuff was properly degraded and a bit crumbly. I would go for a self adhesive draft excluder strip to replace it. However, due to my antics in other areas of Bongo maintenance, my wife has now banned me from taking on any more jobs before the ...

Now she's properly fixed!! 8) Turns out that the sealing washers in place around the banjo bolt were leaking. Don't know how they sussed it, but I'm well pleased they did! I would be most cautious against pulling out the fuel strainer in future. The engineers at the diesel specialists (Richard Bros ...

Fitted (another) new filter - noticable improvement in pick up, but still not right. She's now with the specialists for an hour of diagnosis - fingers crossed it's something easy that I've missed. I can't believe the fuel pump has decided to keel over at the same time as a fuel filter change. She's ...

Yup, Remove scoop at front, remove ducting that it's attached to (unclip recirculation control on lhs), then remove fan housing, all pretty simple. The time consuming bit is cleaning, the access doesn't take too long to achieve. Easily do-able in an hour, your back will start aching before then anyw...

Thanks for the support. Found 2 local suppliers that I may be able to get new filters from. Mill Auto stocks Blueprint, so I may have some luck there. Opie Oils stocks Mahle, and their website produced an equivalent Mahle filter code based on the Blueprint reference (adk82312 for info). I can get on...

Spoke to Phil at JAL, very helpful once again... First thing he said was that there was no need to change the filter - doh!! He asked a mechanic to phone me which he did -'Dave' a mobile mechanic in Worcester, who talked me through things to check, and basically he thinks either the existing filter ...