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Re: Frank the Ramshackle Omega
« Reply #15 on: 13 March 2010, 10:25:39 »
So, my donated foglight switch arrived this morning (thanks Chris - Mutantcav) so I got a few jobs done...

First I switched the front fog light blank over from the faulty switch to the good one as the new one had provision for front fogs too which ours didn't then slotted it in..



Fogs on



Fogs off



Then onto the washer problem

Off with the grill



out with the pump



out with the filter - look at the state of it!



cleaned up and back together



We now have nice powerful washers! Just need a good run to sort the emissions and a tyre and we should have that MOT!

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Re: Frank the Ramshackle Omega
« Reply #16 on: 15 March 2010, 14:00:24 »
It's looking good :y
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Re: Frank the Ramshackle Omega
« Reply #17 on: 15 March 2010, 15:20:09 »
Thaks mate. It's gone back in for it's retest today so i'm keeping my fingers crossed!
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Re: Frank the Ramshackle Omega
« Reply #18 on: 15 March 2010, 17:15:08 »
MOT passed  8-)

Incase anyone wants to follow Frank on Facebook, here's a link...

http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Frank-the-Ramshackle-Omega/212135322162?ref=ts

Obviously will keep the updates on here too!

and I thought I would celebrate with some mildy immature badgework...



And a wash..



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Re: Frank the Ramshackle Omega
« Reply #19 on: 15 March 2010, 19:56:05 »
Looks too smart to be called "Ramshackle" ....  ;) ;) ;) ;)
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Re: Frank the Ramshackle Omega
« Reply #20 on: 15 March 2010, 20:03:57 »
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Looks too smart to be called "Ramshackle" ....  ;) ;) ;) ;)

It does in the pics mate. When I bought it I said if it looks as good in the metal as it does in the pics there's no way we can use it for the rally.

It is however really rough when you see it.. poor filler work and overspray EVERYWHERE. It's solid where it counts though.  ;)
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Re: Frank the Ramshackle Omega
« Reply #21 on: 24 March 2010, 21:49:33 »
Good to see the parts come to good use, other bits on there way to you tomorrow mate :y

My current car almost falls into the ramshackle category at £200...but I reckon they would tell me to break off when I turned up in a V reg 3.0 elite

Good luck to you all and anything you need just let me know...happy to help the good cause :y
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Re: Frank the Ramshackle Omega
« Reply #22 on: 25 March 2010, 22:07:54 »
Thanks mate. The parts have done the trick niceley so far.

The rally we do is £150 max (although you can spend out on the car, we are aiming for £250 all in) and must be older than a '95... Planning a major update for the bank holiday weekend, cambelt, waterpump, tensioners, aux belt, oil and filter, new cam sensor and new AICV. All of which cost us about £20... Result! Looking forward to getting stuck in!
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Re: Frank the Ramshackle Omega
« Reply #23 on: 29 March 2010, 14:54:01 »
Nice result today. Opie oils have offered to donate the oil and a filter for Frank  :y

www.opieoils.co.uk I'll certainly be using them from now on for my other cars.
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Re: Frank the Ramshackle Omega
« Reply #24 on: 04 April 2010, 13:20:20 »
So, got quite a bit sorted out today.

The team arrive...



Marked up the aux belt, note the cambelt cover is loose as it's broken in the middle



Off with the old and on with the new...





We replaced the rollers, tensioner, waterpump and of course cambelt.

We didn't want to have anything getting into the cambelt cover and not wanting to spend out on bits we improvised..

Take one scrap 205 door from my pug project and cut a plate...



Drill and bolt up



Sorted!

We also flushed the cooling system and filled it with nice clean antifreeze mix. It was when running it up to temperature we moved the loom a little bit to get it all back where it should be and it died. I bit of investigation later we found a real bodge to the cam sensor wiring...



We sorted that and it's running well again!

Next job was to whip the doorcards off so we can sort the central locking next time. We also found there are no rear speakers, one standard front speaker and one sony speaker just resting in the door with the wires just wrapped around it so we'll sort that too...




Mollie approves





And that was about it for the day! Off goes Frank back to where he is stored...

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Re: Frank the Ramshackle Omega
« Reply #25 on: 04 April 2010, 13:37:46 »
What a fantastic thread Matt, really interesting, for a good cause and full of fun

Best of luck with the rally, shes looking good, and I have joined the fans of Frank on Facebook....!!

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Re: Frank the Ramshackle Omega
« Reply #26 on: 04 April 2010, 13:45:48 »
Looking good mate, I had a 3 series M Sport too, in Grey  :y
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Re: Frank the Ramshackle Omega
« Reply #27 on: 04 April 2010, 13:47:09 »
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What a fantastic thread Matt, really interesting, for a good cause and full of fun

Best of luck with the rally, shes looking good, and I have joined the fans of Frank on Facebook....!!

 :y

Thanks mate! It is all good fun, we're really pleased with the Omega so far. We're finding loads of bodges but it's satisfying to gradually get them all sorted. Looking forward to getting started on the decoration soon!  :y
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Re: Frank the Ramshackle Omega
« Reply #28 on: 04 April 2010, 13:48:44 »
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Looking good mate, I had a 3 series M Sport too, in Grey  :y

Thanks mate, yeah I really like mine... Like the look of your 5 too :y
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Re: Frank the Ramshackle Omega
« Reply #29 on: 04 April 2010, 13:56:44 »
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Looking good mate, I had a 3 series M Sport too, in Grey  :y

Thanks mate, yeah I really like mine... Like the look of your 5 too :y
Ta  :y
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