Coolant Flush

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Re: Coolant Flush

Post by Jim the Box » Thu Nov 15, 2012 11:56 pm

Mike,
Fuel pump seals for sale in small ad's £14 p&p.
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Re: Coolant Flush

Post by teenmal » Fri Nov 16, 2012 12:44 pm

Jim the Box wrote:Mike,
Fuel pump seals for sale in small ad's £14 p&p.
Hi had a look at that advert,I think its a wind up,you can buy the uprated (green)seals for about £5.00 for the pair.
Have a look at the VAT on the invoice.
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Re: Coolant Flush

Post by Simon Jones » Fri Nov 16, 2012 2:48 pm

Club shop sells Bosch seals for £6 which sounds like great value & you'll get an invoice with the right numbers on ;). Anyway, how did we get from coolant flush in Scotland to fuel pump seals? :)
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Re: Coolant Flush

Post by Driver+Passengers » Fri Nov 16, 2012 2:50 pm

I'm sure we can squeeze in a fuel pump seal change tomorrow afternoon, if absolutely necessary... :shock: :shock: :lol: [-X
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Re: Coolant Flush

Post by Jim the Box » Fri Nov 16, 2012 6:23 pm

Simon Jones wrote:Anyway, how did we get from coolant flush in Scotland to fuel pump seals? :)
Sorry Simon,
Mike (the guy who needs the coolant flush) had mentioned he also has a slight diesel leak on his fuel pump and I had suggested he gets himself a seal kit, sorry for the confusion.

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Re: Coolant Flush

Post by MikeBongo » Fri Nov 16, 2012 8:32 pm

The seals are basically ok ... there is a very slight mist round the pump .. Bill mentioned in June I'd need to do them at some point. Not urgent at all. I had the van up on a lift a couple of weeks ago and it hasn't got any worse.
Loking forawrd to the fun (?) tomorrow!!

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Simon Jones wrote:Anyway, how did we get from coolant flush in Scotland to fuel pump seals? :)
Sorry Simon,
Mike (the guy who needs the coolant flush) had mentioned he also has a slight diesel leak on his fuel pump and I had suggested he gets himself a seal kit, sorry for the confusion.

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Re: Coolant Flush

Post by Driver+Passengers » Fri Nov 16, 2012 8:37 pm

MikeBongo wrote:Looking forward to the fun (?) tomorrow!!
You will get to bleed your own Bongo for the first time, what could be more fun?
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Re: Coolant Flush

Post by MikeBongo » Sun Nov 18, 2012 10:36 am

The great Haddington coolant flush was a huge success ... supported by a constant flow of hot tea and goodies courtesy of Elaine.
Thanks to Matt, Tony and Jim.

Learned lots and a bit more confident about tackling more maintenance jobs now. Thankfully nothing is too urgent as it is getting pretty chilly round here now.

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Re: Coolant Flush

Post by Driver+Passengers » Sun Nov 18, 2012 12:17 pm

MikeBongo wrote:The great Haddington coolant flush was a huge success ... supported by a constant flow of hot tea and goodies courtesy of Elaine.
Thanks to Matt, Tony and Jim.

Learned lots and a bit more confident about tackling more maintenance jobs now. Thankfully nothing is too urgent as it is getting pretty chilly round here now.

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Re: Coolant Flush

Post by Jim the Box » Sun Nov 18, 2012 2:39 pm

I'm a bit of a novice when it comes to doing work on Bongo's, but I am keen to learn, so anyone is doing work on their bongo and needs a pair of extra hands, send me a pm, if I am free, I will pop along to assist. I'm sure there are other guys like myself out there who would love to do some "work in progress" training. Thanks to Matt for coolant flush/Bleed coolant training. =D>

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Re: Coolant Flush

Post by peterrc » Sun Nov 18, 2012 2:42 pm

I have had some '"work in progress" training' from Matt and he does a nice bacon butty as well.
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Re: Coolant Flush

Post by MountainGoat » Sun Nov 18, 2012 3:16 pm

Too true Matt. Ady would have got it right first time. [-X To think that you are his star pupil. :lol: :lol: :lol:

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Re: Coolant Flush

Post by stuc » Sun Nov 18, 2012 10:00 pm

Sounds like you had fun, will try and come up next time. This sounds like a great idea, using mechanical issues as a meet which gets a job done and teaches in the process.
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Re: Coolant Flush

Post by Driver+Passengers » Wed Nov 21, 2012 12:35 am

I really, really hope that no news is good news, Mike... otherwise I can offer to deck your block for you. :D
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Re: Coolant Flush

Post by Jim the Box » Wed Nov 21, 2012 10:04 am

Driver+Passengers wrote:I really, really hope that no news is good news, Mike... otherwise I can offer to deck your block for you. :D
Matt,
Jumped in the car after the bleed, the air temp was only 4'c, as we were soaked and freezing it's no wonder you have a cold.
Don't know if Mike uses his bongo it all the time, so may be several days before you get confirmation. Textbook job what could possibly go wrong :roll: :roll: the weather forecast for Saturday was dry, :oops: that's why we used the driveway as Mike does not have power or water at his shed, feel bad you've ended up under the weather. Anytime you need an extra pair of hands give me a call, you can get your revenge.

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