Bongo Fury

Hi there, hope someone can help! While out last night, my dashboard lights, rearlights and sidelights gave up the ghost. Have changed fuse number 10 in the drivers fusebox and fuse number 8 in the front to no avail. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks.

If after checking the relevant fuse showed no result. (15 amp fuse in the front box marked tail).
I would see if one of the white block connections has come adrift at the back of the dial pod...?

Relay fault? as seen here....

http://www.igmaynard.co.uk/bongo/forum/ ... 1a#p181517

easy fix if so.

Ok thanks for your suggestions. Now please don't be disgusted with me when I ask you what the relay is and where I might find it! Just been into my local car parts shop and he looked at me as though I were a raving lunatic when I asked for one..

The relay is situated inside the wing just beside/below the water tank as seen below. The relay will pull down off the bar it's attached to and the rubber cover will slide off the top. There are several relays (on mine anyway) and I might be wiorth trying swapping them to see if that clears your problem. I managed to get a relay from USA for £5 something, delivered (on Ebay) If it is the relay thats at fault, then are are a few bongos being broken on ebay at anyone time.


Three relays under their rubber covers on a bar bolted to the inner wing, you can make out the cables going into them.



One removed from the bar, and cover off.


writing on relay is H270.


Does my coolant look a bit low? I have topped up. strange but, it never drops below that level, setting the alarm off.

Just goes to show how different these Bongos are!
I don't have any relays there just the one at the position at the front.

... or even that bundle of loom to the right of the screen wash filler.

Yes so true! My relays were not in the same place either but I found them finally! Fiddled around with them a bit and also looked behind the steering wheel where the little white connection box is behind the plastic. (Not very technical description I'm afraid.) This had come loose so there was my problem. And in fiddling with the relays, I now have fog lights that work that never have since owning it. Thanks guys fof your help.

Double result!!

Just out of interest.. If you unplug the two pin block at the very bottom of the ignition barrel it stops the beeping when you have the keys in the ignition with the door open.

... everything else still beeps.

Ok thats worth knowing - (cos that isn't annoying at all is it, that lovely bleeping...)

BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP



No beep.

That's the one Brorabongo.
It's tricky to unclasp.
I like to be warned if i leave me lights on, but the key warning is overkill!!

Just sussed; if you unplug the key beep it also stops the beep that lets you know yer in reverse.
However when the lights are on, it beeps when in reverse anyway!

There are two types of 'beep relay / timer' - that I have come across. One did the same as Jaylee describes and the other didn't - one's blue and the other green. I think they perform the same function when connected as original but differ in actual circuit design inside.

I found this out by obtaining a spare from a scrap yard to work out the circuit so that I could disconnect the 'key in' and reverse beep and use the reverse beep circuit to alarm on my coolant level float switch. When I wired it up as per the theory it worked fine until I turned my lights on - then my coolant alarm can on
After several hours trying to find the non-existant error in my derived circuit diagram - exchanged my original unit for the scarp yard version and it worked fine.

Regards Grahame

jaylee wrote:Just sussed; if you unplug the key beep it also stops the beep that lets you know yer in reverse.
However when the lights are on, it beeps when in reverse anyway!

Being a manual box, ours never had a reversing beep in the first place.

The beeping in reverse is handy, i wouldn't want to head in the wrong direction with regards to maneuvering. (this being the first automatic i have ever owned.. or indeed driven).
It's the "you left yer key in the ignition" beep that's a nag..