Bongo Fury

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

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.

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?

I'm sure we can squeeze in a fuel pump seal change tomorrow afternoon, if absolutely necessary...

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.

Jim.....

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!!

Mike

Jim the Box wrote:

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.

Jim.....

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?

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.

Mike

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.

Mike

It wasn't how Ady would have done it.

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.

Jim.....

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

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

Tony

Many thanks to Jim & Elaine for the true Scottish hospitality.

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.

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

Driver+Passengers wrote:I really, really hope that no news is good news, Mike... otherwise I can offer to deck your block for you.

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 the weather forecast for Saturday was dry, 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.

Jim....