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General Car Chat / Re: Condition of forum members Front Shockers.

« on: 11 January 2011, 17:29:54 »

Both of my two Omegas front shockers have seen better days, however whilst it is easy enough to replace the rears (which have also seen better days!), I am put off from doing the fronts as there is no way I could get the car "WIM'ed" here in Spain ANd I can live with it..

I wonder how many other forum members soldier on with less than perfect front ends because of the difficulty factors of a) doing the job and b) setting it up if need be afterwards.?

front struts are easy mate, and getting them back onto the exact settings you had before is pretty easy to, did mine today!!! you are not disturbing tracking or anything else except the camber angle and thats easy to measure with a spirit level and a ruler,  if you need a hand give me a shout

surely if the complete suspension leg with hub is removed from the vehicle the camber settings remain unaffected as its only the bottom balljoint that gets undone

If just changing springs then yes, think you right.

Yes it would work for springs only,shame the shocks aren't replaceable inserts

Streering knuckle/bottom ball joint can be pita to fit though  :-/

so can finding someone down here who can set it up again properly

7952

General Car Chat / Re: Condition of forum members Front Shockers.

« on: 11 January 2011, 16:28:47 »

Both of my two Omegas front shockers have seen better days, however whilst it is easy enough to replace the rears (which have also seen better days!), I am put off from doing the fronts as there is no way I could get the car "WIM'ed" here in Spain ANd I can live with it..

I wonder how many other forum members soldier on with less than perfect front ends because of the difficulty factors of a) doing the job and b) setting it up if need be afterwards.?

front struts are easy mate, and getting them back onto the exact settings you had before is pretty easy to, did mine today!!! you are not disturbing tracking or anything else except the camber angle and thats easy to measure with a spirit level and a ruler,  if you need a hand give me a shout

surely if the complete suspension leg with hub is removed from the vehicle the camber settings remain unaffected as its only the bottom balljoint that gets undone

If just changing springs then yes, think you right.

Yes it would work for springs only,shame the shocks aren't replaceable inserts

7953

General Car Chat / Re: Condition of forum members Front Shockers.

« on: 11 January 2011, 10:38:27 »

Both of my two Omegas front shockers have seen better days, however whilst it is easy enough to replace the rears (which have also seen better days!), I am put off from doing the fronts as there is no way I could get the car "WIM'ed" here in Spain ANd I can live with it..

I wonder how many other forum members soldier on with less than perfect front ends because of the difficulty factors of a) doing the job and b) setting it up if need be afterwards.?

front struts are easy mate, and getting them back onto the exact settings you had before is pretty easy to, did mine today!!! you are not disturbing tracking or anything else except the camber angle and thats easy to measure with a spirit level and a ruler,  if you need a hand give me a shout

surely if the complete suspension leg with hub is removed from the vehicle the camber settings remain unaffected as its only the bottom balljoint that gets undone

7954

General Car Chat / Re: Well it's in the Garage Again!

« on: 12 January 2011, 11:51:55 »

Tell 'em that you could buy 6 starters for the Omega for the price of 1 starter for a Mitsi. 

Maybe, but it would not have needed on in the first place...
swmbo has not forgiven me for getting rid of our V6 Gallant, would have been crap in this poor weather though......
Mind, they are faster than an MX5......

my galant went like hell too and didn't go wrong,I truly miss that car

7955

General Car Chat / Re: MoT Passed

« on: 11 January 2011, 11:04:12 »

they are not allowed to remove a fitted child seat as far as I know,good result

7956

General Car Chat / Re: Mondeo again!!!!

« on: 11 January 2011, 11:07:48 »

mondeo self adjusting handbrake levers are a pain,I believe ford do a kit to convert it back to manual adjustment

7957

General Car Chat / Re: you will give me how much as part exchange?

« on: 10 January 2011, 18:24:47 »

Look into the costs a little deeper.

Work out what your Omega is going to cost in extra fuel per year compared to the new car (£200??)
How much are you going to spend on the new car? what is the loss of interest on that money (or the cost of borrowing it) Add that into the equation.
Add in the depreciation per year of the new car. (£1000+ /yr? )

The Omega doesnt look expensive anymore and is more comfortable, better equipped, handles better, drives the correct wheels etc.

I completely agree ... apart from the £200 
My Omega costs me twice as much (in fuel) to go to work & back. It's a round trip of 45 miles which is approx 2 gallons in the Omega but only a gallon in the diseasal Astra. Due to shifts I go to work 204 times/days a year so I save 204-ish gallons a year 

those sums work pretty well for me as well Andy,locally my mig does 22-23 mpg and my 406 does 46-47mpg,what I've saved already has paid for the pug even taking into account road tax(insurance doesn't figure as its traders)

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General Car Chat / Re: you will give me how much as part exchange?

« on: 08 January 2011, 13:44:27 »

The real irony is that is actually LESS than the scrap value.

Also, beware Lagunas of this age - the smart card thingy is very fragile and expensive if it goes wrong.

I agree,I wouldn't touch one with a barge pole,lots of issues both electrical and mechanical

7959

General Car Chat / Re: I wouldn't want my airbags going off!

« on: 10 January 2011, 15:37:58 »

most of the car's I have seen that have deployed the passenger airbag have taken the windscreen out as well

7960

General Car Chat / Re: Cheap diesel run around

« on: 05 January 2011, 09:18:59 »

Rover diesel engines (400, 25, 45)  etc, are Peugeot engines. Omega's 2.5 diesel engines are BMW 525 Td from the nineties.   

only peugeot engines were in early 90's cars,later ones are perkins di I believe

7961

General Car Chat / Re: Good first car?

« on: 07 January 2011, 17:28:20 »

Kevin's right,I reckon the insurance will be an issue

7962

General Car Chat / Re: Fuel consumption

« on: 05 January 2011, 20:48:12 »

The only towing of the van that I have done with the mig is from west Cornwall into Devon and back so not much good hill free running to be had, hopefully this year may go a bit further afield

7963

General Car Chat / Re: Fuel consumption

« on: 05 January 2011, 15:12:25 »

I get roughly 26-28mpg around town driving and approx 35mpg on a run. Towing the van behind, car fully laden with gear & family and I still get 22mpg, so not too bad   

mine only does around 17mpg towing the pikey palace,is your's a manual?

7964

General Car Chat / Re: Fuel consumption

« on: 03 January 2011, 19:00:11 »

I have just done a 914 mile round trip from cornwall to folkestone and back with a little driving around while there and used just 18 gallons of fuel ,sadly it was'nt in the mig,I was feeling skint so took my old 406 hdi instead,it averaged 52mpg which is pretty good at a steady 80 or so on the motorways .God knows how much the mig would have used as I have never seen better than 28mpg on the display,oh and the 406 has done 183000 miles

7965

General Car Chat / Re: 1.2 fiesta 1999

« on: 04 January 2011, 11:36:08 »

rear inner wheel arches tend to corrode badly as well around where the rear flexy hose bracket is attached,not easy to see with the splash guard covering it