A new cylinder head for maizy

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A new cylinder head for maizy

Post by blue bongo man » Tue Apr 20, 2010 10:18 pm

hi all, a question for those mechanic types. I am fitting a new cylinder head which came as a bare head, theres a pipe fitting which needs 'sweating in' which came with the head. (its the water pipe with a 90 degree bend) but it only has one spigot off the elbow where the old pipe has two, one of which is the bleed pipe spigot. is it possible to get the old one out and reuse it. and how? any ideas
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Re: A new cylinder head for maizy

Post by missfixit70 » Tue Apr 20, 2010 10:25 pm

Sounds like you mean the cross docking stock & you've got the ford ranger one rather than the bongo one - http://www.igmaynard.co.uk/bongo/forum/ ... king+stock should be able to reuse the old one it it's ok.
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Re: A new cylinder head for maizy

Post by Simon Jones » Tue Apr 20, 2010 10:25 pm

Sounds like you've got a Ranger head rather than a Bongo one. I believe it is compatible though. See here for more info: http://www.igmaynard.co.uk/bongo/forum/ ... anger+pipe
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Re: A new cylinder head for maizy

Post by Simon Jones » Tue Apr 20, 2010 10:26 pm

missfixit70 wrote:Sounds like you mean the cross docking stock & you've got the ford ranger one rather than the bongo one - http://www.igmaynard.co.uk/bongo/forum/ ... king+stock should be able to reuse the old one it it's ok.
Great minds... :lol:
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Re: A new cylinder head for maizy

Post by missfixit70 » Tue Apr 20, 2010 10:28 pm

Gotta be quicker than that Simon :wink:
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Re: A new cylinder head for maizy

Post by oldgit » Wed Apr 21, 2010 6:46 am

I managed to remove the pipe from the old head and re-used it 2 years ago, and it's been fine ever since
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Re: A new cylinder head for maizy

Post by blue bongo man » Wed Apr 21, 2010 6:53 am

CHEERS to you all for your answers after checking out the new spare one from bongo bits thought it was a bit pricey! so first job is to try and get old one out, time to get the gas torch out i think.
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