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Messages - Nick W

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General Car Chat / Re: Challenge for tunnie!
« on: 10 April 2017, 22:37:55 »
Rolls Royce is owned by Bmw, and all they do is hand make some posh bling which gets added to the lego 7 Series... The shells of which come over from Germany ready for paint... Can't see VWs approach to Bentley being much different ::)


That's only true of the 'small' Rolls Royce. The big ones still use a development of the long established RR V8.


Bentleys use a lot of VAG parts and platforms, with a lot of extra finishing where you can see it. Which is no different to Audi's business model.

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Omega General Help / Re: who the devil sells distilled water ?
« on: 10 April 2017, 21:22:12 »
But I understood that they were NOT the same at all?

So de ionized water is ok for coolant is it.

 :)


Since Dad retired and lost the use of the school still, I've never had a problem using tap water. The water here is really hard, and quickly furs up kettles.

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General Car Chat / Re: Low Mileage Black Elite
« on: 09 April 2017, 21:38:57 »
Nothing at all to do with me, black late Elite with only 54k and same owner since 2004. Nice to see them holding their value:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Omega-Elite-V6-Auto-Black-Full-Leather-Heated-seats-front-rear-/152501798713?hash=item2381d0c739:g:-34AAOSwA29Y58Jm


It hasn't sold for that yet.

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General Car Chat / Re: Mysterious coolant loss.
« on: 09 April 2017, 21:37:55 »
Modern aluminium radiators with plastic tanks are consumables. When a new one is about £60, is it really worth trying to patch one up?

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Omega General Help / Re: Rear arb size
« on: 09 April 2017, 21:29:27 »
not to achieve anything other than poly lasts longer simple...

so as I'm going through whole car replacing all bushes and joints.. if there something I can fit polyurethene to (that doesn't have adverse affects)  then I will hence asking has anyone fitted them..

all bushes wear.. with age so to say they don't suffer from wear is silly.. rubber deteriorates and thats a fact.. car is 14 years old now they will be perished and less sturdy than new..

if poly don't fit I'll fit nice brand new rubber ones..


I replaced the 14 year old front ARB bushes on my car with polys when I did the wishbones. They were still tight to the bar and the clamp with no visible deterioration. This has been the case with every other car I've seen, hence my suggestion not to bother. If I felt the need to change them just for the sake of it, I would use the much cheaper(and quicker to get!) stock rubber ones. You could probably make a case for building stiffer droplinks which might  vary the effectiveness of the anti-rollbar.


Having spent a fair amount of time under the back of various Omegas(mostly changing wheel bearings), I think your time and money would be far better spent with brand new springs, then refurbing the diff mounts, and maybe replacing the trailing arm bushes(and I bet they're still OK) than the ARB bushes.


Here's the repair to my broken diff mount curing:





This did make a noticeable difference to the back of the car.




The front end is a slightly different matter; replace EVERYTHING that wears, in one go. That's shocks, springs, top mounts, bearings, bump stops, wishbones, track rods and droplinks. This is mainly because it's so sensitive to setup that you only want to be paying for that once.


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Omega General Help / Re: Rear arb size
« on: 09 April 2017, 19:36:11 »
What are you hoping to achieve with them? Neither ARB on an Omega locates the suspension, nor do they suffer from wear. I have poly front ARB bushes on mine, and wouldn't bother with them again.
Unlike on a Capri or Granada/Sierra, where they're essential

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General Discussion Area / Re: for the older OOF'er
« on: 09 April 2017, 18:09:55 »
Our lord opti, has a lady to attend to his cleansing's requirements,after using the privvy

Doesn't everyone? ;) :D

Does she still use fivers, or has he moved on to tenners !


I give a full-breasted 19 year old scullery maid a nice crisp fifty for services rendered.  :y

This works out at far more than minimum wage. :)


Too right, it's about £600 an hour ;D

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Omega General Help / Re: Omega 2.6 radiator 2003 Auto
« on: 09 April 2017, 11:15:42 »
I'm getting a new rad soon too... I'd forgotten about the confessor... May replace it too :-\
Not sure we need one of those round here. All sorts of things will come to light. :o

 ;)


it is Easter....

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Omega General Help / Re: Polybushing
« on: 08 April 2017, 19:40:29 »
Powerflex black sierra tca ones... physically an exact fit.


But as you found out, they're intended to rotate around the axis like the Omega front bush does. So you transfer the flexing action that is normally accommodated by the ball and socket in the correct bush, into a part of the wishbone that isn't designed for it. Failure is then just a matter of time.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Another truck incident...
« on: 07 April 2017, 18:24:59 »
Carnage makes headlines in a fear campaign. Knocking out some electrickery less so :-\


The same actions could leave large areas totally without power for weeks. You don't find that much more terrifying??

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General Discussion Area / Re: Another truck incident...
« on: 07 April 2017, 17:21:51 »
It won't be long before they stop just killing a few people, and do some real damage with trucks.
Consider the damage that could be done by driving trucks into a couple of carefully chosen grid substations for example.

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Car Parts, bits For Sale & Wanted / Re: WTD: Windscreen
« on: 07 April 2017, 17:14:26 »
Considering the hassle in removing a bonded in screen, cleaning it up, and then refitting it can't be worth buying a used screen. One of the things that surprised me when I had a new one fitted a month ago was just how clear the new one is compared to the original

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Omega General Help / Re: Noise from rear. Diff? CV joints?
« on: 07 April 2017, 00:07:55 »
Check the diff oil level. I found topping mine up with almost a litre( :o ) made it much quieter.


It might be a knackered wheel bearing. Jack it up and investigate, but even a bad one won't have much play.

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General Car Chat / Re: Whats worth stripping...
« on: 07 April 2017, 00:02:28 »
Lights, bumpers, mirrors, interior, springs and shocks (if any good), calipers, exhaust if recent, plumbing, engine ancilliaries plus aircon gubbins, ecu/keys/chipset, looms, and diff mounts :y

There's nothing on the list that will prevent wheels being fitted should the disposal company insist :y


it would be easier to keep the car and just remove the parts if they're ever required. Probably be tidier and take up less space.


Unless you have a high tolerance for festering crap, the only bits worth removing are the ones that you have a use for now, or that somebody will give you money for. In advance.

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General Car Chat / Re: Breakdown Services
« on: 06 April 2017, 10:45:37 »
Imo, the household name breakdown companies are a complete rip off. I don't really see what they provide that's worth paying more than the £40 I already pay.


Simple, you phone them up and they provide the service you paid for.


The cheaper ones sometimes do that. I've spent too many hours waiting for them to authorise even short recoveries to recommend them.

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