How I Fixed The Gong - by Ian Nicholson

[EonPeon]

How many posts have you made regarding that darn gong...who buys things like that from a dealer! all that effort and posts regarding how to fix it when one from a junk jard would be like $5 u probably paid that getting a speaker with postage

Actually, I have a Jaycar nearby. The speaker cost me AU$1.95. (US$ 1??!).

I eventually found a junk yard that had one, and they wanted AU$33. Sydney BMW quoted AU$225!!

The gong does appear to be a part that suffers some inherent unreliability. The actual speaker had blown in mine and being of 50cm in diameter was actually much harder to find than you might think.

My $2 speaker is actually quite high quality, although had to be trimmed with tinsnips to get it into the case. Even then, it was a few millimeters taller than the original and so I put some duct tape on top to insulate it from the circuit board. Since the case would not close properly, I taped the top back on as well. It's all quite secure since it's mounted from the bottom where it plugs into the panel.

I had already ordered the $33 dollar spare because the wrecker had it in stock, and at the time I hadn't gotten around to repairing the gong (and wasn't sure if the speaker was the only problem).

And yes, I apologise for the multiple posts, but people who said had gongs for sale didn't come back to me and I WANTED A BLOODY GONG!

So there you have it. All done now! I'm as happy as a pig in sh*t.

Best regards,



Ian

[Scott C]

Actually, I have a Jaycar nearby. The speaker cost me AU$1.95. (US$ 1??!).

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Ian

I thorougly enjoyed your writeup! Glad you have BLING?
Scott

[shapetoshoot]

Entertaining write up, look forward to your description of a microfilter replacement.

ukm5, although born under an angry star, does have a point. But then again we all seem to use these cars as hobbies not just transport.

I personally would have gladly done the reverse of this repair when my car still had the brake,lic,dip warning fault!!

The company car I drive bings/bongs/beeps insecently if I dont do this or that at the right time, on the more stressfull days I have to tell it theres a fine line between transport device and a bunch of easily recyclable parts. I suspect it may be hit with something hard very soon.

[Gayle]

Glad and grateful you got your gong going great again.

Your alliteration rocks.

Would you consider penning an Poet's Version of the Bentley Manual?