Check the gearbox fluid level with a warm box ... Move the lever through the full range several times ... hand brake on ... lever in park then check the fluid level with the engine running .. On my Toyota the rear oil leaked from the gearbox / prop shaft seal... but that left a cherry red oil residu...

Thinking of getting a V6 automatic Bongo .. so still lurking ..reading ..sussing out info. on the Forum

As I have never been in a Bongo ... am I right in thinking they do not have a switchable overdrive similar the Toyota Estimas autos..??

My observations where more to do with running problems than it being a 'super performance chip' ..

As well as from crappy auto fluid .. 'Temperamental' gearbox changes have been attributed to having a speedo converter chip for the MPH / Mileometer on some Japanese motors

Strange ... I would have thought even the Bongo Diesels auto box would have an electronic control unit / sensors that takes pulses from the cars speedo ..

Very interesting and informative ...

Dunno about the Bongo leckies .. but chipping the speedo on The Toyota Estima range throws the ECU out of sync. for the gearbox..

A new one @ £120 is a very good price...

Even the dealers sell reconditioned (remanufactured) ones for that and more ..

http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from= ... Categories

I also think LPG is better phycologically ... To visit my daughter is a 400 mile+ round trip .... I would find it financially and mentally difficult to be putting 60 litres of £80 of petrol in at a time... Where as I have now absorbed the LPG conversions costs ... I find it better in my mind and wal...

I have joined the Bongo Fury Forum to get info on me 'maybe' getting a Bongo ... my main criteria (along with price) it as to be a V6.. At the moment I have a 2.4 four cylinder DOHC 16v Toyota Emina running petrol / LPG and would not contemplate another diesel vehicle.. I still have a (unused for 6 ...

OOppps sorry ...

I can assure you I am not sexist..

The original poster mentioned that he used a 10mm socket in a cordless driver (which are usually 1/4" square drive) ..

.... "Dropped the sump (10mm head in a cordless driver" ........

There are new rules (Or another Government cash cow) regarding Tax / Insurance / Sorn maybe it won't affect you as long as you cash in any tax before you go ..

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/Ow ... /DG_186696

MY 1999 Toyota is a 'lean burn' engine that I assumed would not need upper cylinder lubricant (Flash lube) but I did some research / Googling and the general opinion seemed to be that Toyota and several more manufactures did .. So I asked to have it fitted as part of my conversions 'all in price' .....

I have had my 1999 'T' reg Toyota Estima for over six years know I had converted to LPG over three years ago ... my only regret is that i did not have her converted from the first day I bought her ..!! She was converted by a local Autogas company .. http://www.nationwidelpg.com/ ... who I recommend ...