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General Car Chat / Re: The engineering that went into this......

« on: 28 August 2023, 18:37:02 »

I fell asleep and only saw the beginning and the end, which was enough to get the gist of it all. 

I did enjoy the following youtube vid though which was an episode of Harry's Garage and he took his 16 year old L322 Range Rover to visit a neighbouring farmer who happened to have an almost identical Range Rover. It was Jeremy Clarkson. 

Two old blokes chatting about Range Rovers was surprisingly entertaining and I managed to stay awake!   

I enjoyed that too 

I wouldn't mind Harry's XJC V12 ...... 

Converted to a 5 speed manual if memory serves.

Yes .... He spent some serious money on it though. IIRC he paid something like £5k or £6k on it in the first place but spent about £70k in total ... and then a bit more on the fuel injection.

But Jags should be auto's 

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Omega General Help / Re: Horn not working - 1999 MV6

« on: 27 August 2023, 21:56:02 »

Test the horns directly & go from there .....

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General Car Chat / Re: The engineering that went into this......

« on: 26 August 2023, 22:25:53 »

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Join the queue. 

 

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General Car Chat / Re: The engineering that went into this......

« on: 26 August 2023, 19:27:50 »

I fell asleep and only saw the beginning and the end, which was enough to get the gist of it all. 

I did enjoy the following youtube vid though which was an episode of Harry's Garage and he took his 16 year old L322 Range Rover to visit a neighbouring farmer who happened to have an almost identical Range Rover. It was Jeremy Clarkson. 

Two old blokes chatting about Range Rovers was surprisingly entertaining and I managed to stay awake!   

I enjoyed that too 

I wouldn't mind Harry's XJC V12 ...... 

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Omega General Help / Re: Horn not working - 1999 MV6

« on: 26 August 2023, 19:26:03 »

Do the easy bit first & check that the horns actually work by giving them a direct feed before you dismantle the steering wheel/etc.

The convoluted conduit wore through the wiring to one of the horns of my Omega

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General Car Chat / Re: The engineering that went into this......

« on: 24 August 2023, 17:20:39 »

Nice car ..... 

but who thought that interior looked good in tan? 

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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?

« on: 21 August 2023, 21:18:33 »

Received a little girlie motor yesterday for the daughter, who starts driving in October.  .....

Jesus! She was a little girl when I last saw her! 

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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?

« on: 20 August 2023, 19:21:10 »

The wheel is fine It's the tyre bead that has failed.

I could see that .... my point was, that if a speed pillow could crack an alloy, then buggering up a tyre would be no problem 

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General Car Chat / Re: Insignia Cdti,

« on: 20 August 2023, 19:03:34 »

I've had my ML now for over 4 years & other than yearly servicing & tyres, I've not had to spend a penny on it .... 

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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?

« on: 17 August 2023, 22:15:12 »

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Jacked up, the odd flint in the tread, and a bulge the size of an apple in the inner side wall...

https://youtube.com/shorts/duNp8KR9HTk?feature=share   .....

I wonder if that's due to straddling speed bumps/pillows?  It's suggested that's the cause of large/wide rims cracking on the inside edge 

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Omega General Help / Re: Valve stem seals

« on: 17 August 2023, 20:13:27 »

With a compressor and a spark plug adapter it should be doable.  .....

I used a length of string down the bore when I did my Dad's MKII Granada .. but it had simple tappets that easily unbolted to access the valves' springs

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General Car Chat / Re: Zafira Tourer engine choices

« on: 16 August 2023, 15:07:51 »

My Dad has had a Grand Voyager for a good few years now .... used to ferry the dead from mortuary to Chapel of rest etc  lol .... He's never had any problems with his other than a failed ABS sensor.

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General Car Chat / Re: Zafira Tourer engine choices

« on: 16 August 2023, 10:05:27 »

I saw an R63 for sale not that long ago. What a mental vehicle 

That said, the 320 CDI didn't ought to be too bad reliability wise. Were they all airmatic or can you get them on proper springs too?

I would imagine that Airmatic was one of a very long list of options .... certainly was on my R Class & ML

My R Class only had the rear, non adjustable Airmatic as per the W211/212 estate. Which freed up the option of reverting to rear springs when the rear airbags went south.

The R63 had a minimum of full Airmatic with adaptive shocks. Have to check the brochure, but ABC may have been an option 

Certainly, the standard car handled pretty robustly on springs.

I believe ALL R Class had air at the back irrespective of Airmatic ..... 6 or 7 people in a barge are heavy 
No idea about ABC 

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General Car Chat / Re: Zafira Tourer engine choices

« on: 16 August 2023, 08:14:47 »

I didn't realise you'd had both Andy. How did the two compare?

Very similar to drive though both are BIG cars .... can be a bugger to park at times.The ML350 is slightly faster 0 to 60, better on fuel & cheaper road tax due to having Adblue. Fingers crossed that it behaves as you fo hear of problems that cost a lot to sort out. I had problems with the turbo actuator on the R320 which seems to  a common Merc problem but haven't had need to do a thing to the ML .... yet.

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Omega General Help / Re: Valve stem seals

« on: 15 August 2023, 23:41:48 »

Valve stem seals  can be changed without head removal on some engines .... no idea of the inline 4s or V6s