Bongo Fury

114 !!!!!!!! where have you placed the sensor?? highest mines been is 95
You must really flog along. We tow a caravan. Our sensor is under the rocker cover front. drivers side (inlet) bolt.

passenger side about 2 threaded bolt holes down the cylinder head
there directly sort of

Never mind about all these alarms - what about my new set of gnashers!!

Mike

Just to get off thread - I fitted the Mason alarm yesterday - seems funny to see the gauge actually doing something - but unfortunately there aren't any decent hill to test it on here, on the Somerset Levels!!

Mason Alarm- first thoughts after fitting.

The needle is quite active and sits at 1 oclock position and moves slightly about that point.

To calibrate the warning level I wound in down to 3 and as I drove I cranked it up very, very slowly until the warning stopped.

Next time it beeped I upped it a bit more until I have a no warning in normal use. Thats at 4 on the unit.

I havent slowly climbed a long hard hill yet but what I have noticed is that the max setting for a warning (ie the highest temp) occurs AFTER climbing a hill and then taking my foot off the accelerator and braking down hill. This produces an engine speed between idle and 1200 rpm with a slowish forward speed. Probably the water pump just idling with a poor cooling effect from the low forward speed. Accelerating the engine cancels the warning (high engine speed?).

Will report further.

Bonza

thanks for that bit of info have set mine at 4 after the alarm went off at 3 as the needle got to just the 1 oclock position,will see how it goes friday on the way to silverdale.

I fitted mine tonight (quick service Dave ) Easy peasy to fit and ran around town tonight in L hold to get the engine hot.
Nothing sounded at 4 but as soon as I stopped and the temperature rose a little it alarmed. Now set a smigin' under 5.

Well, big trip to Scotland next week, 360 miles non stop. So for peace of mind went down to see Haydn and now have a coolant level alarm fitted. It's money well spend and could help you save a small fortune. Sure there are other alarms to consider, but I think this one is a good place to start.

As reported by me in http://www.igmaynard.co.uk/bongo/forum/ ... hp?t=13259 I have fitted the Mason alarm and am happy with it but I have also fitted a level switch in the header tank as a coolant loss alarm. It's not wired yet as although my first attempt worked OK and alarmed under test conditons I wired it into the key in/door open buzzer (which I had previously disconnected) and I didn't check it out during the dark hours - the alarm came on as soon as I turned my lights on
A little modification to the buzzer unit should sort that - when I get time.

Anyway - I think the more instrumentation the better but I still check the coolant level every journey.

Regards Grahame