Technical questions and answers about the Mazda Bongo
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by maxheadroom » Thu Feb 11, 2010 8:36 pm
Cheers Ian head arrived today

just hope I can get some of it done the weekend, in between decorating and a friends daughters first birthday

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by mikeonb4c » Thu Feb 11, 2010 11:00 pm
maxheadroom wrote:Cheers Ian head arrived today

just hope I can get some of it done the weekend, in between decorating and a friends daughters first birthday

Good luck. If only I was younger and fitter, this sounds like quite an exciting challenge in its own way, especially with the reassurance of a complete kit from our Ian - a nice touch, as its the running around getting parts that always does my head in

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by Bob » Thu Feb 11, 2010 11:06 pm
Good luck, hope all goes well for you.

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by mister munkey » Thu Feb 11, 2010 11:17 pm
The one nasty thing I found when my head was replaced was the difference in shinyness between the block & the head.
I've spent over two years now trying to get them to match, poking holes in the rocker cover gasket seems to work alright.

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by dandywarhol » Thu Feb 11, 2010 11:20 pm
Make sure there's moulded recesses in the cam cover bolt holes - otherwise you end up with oil leaks by overtightening it
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by mikeonb4c » Fri Feb 12, 2010 12:33 am
dandywarhol wrote:Make sure there's moulded recesses in the cam cover bolt holes - otherwise you end up with oil leaks by overtightening it
Good point - there's on old thread on here somewhere about that (rocker cover, if you can still call them that) isn't there?
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by helen&tony » Fri Feb 12, 2010 6:28 am
Hi
Yes...Best of Luck....I hope it doesn't take you too long!
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by Doone » Fri Feb 12, 2010 5:22 pm
dandywarhol wrote:
Make sure there's moulded recesses in the cam cover bolt holes - otherwise you end up with oil leaks by overtightening it
Good point - there's on old thread on here somewhere about that (rocker cover, if you can still call them that) isn't there?
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by dandywarhol » Fri Feb 12, 2010 6:50 pm
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by maxheadroom » Sat Feb 13, 2010 8:41 am
cheers chaps notes taken

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by maxheadroom » Sun Mar 21, 2010 6:38 pm
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by mister munkey » Sun Mar 21, 2010 6:43 pm
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by maxheadroom » Sun Mar 21, 2010 6:44 pm
mister munkey wrote: You need to get some of those missing miles under your belt now!!!
Oh yes

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by francophile1947 » Sun Mar 21, 2010 7:41 pm
mister munkey wrote:I wish I had one of those firework emoticon wotsits.

Like this

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by mikeonb4c » Sun Mar 21, 2010 7:42 pm