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Omega General Help / Re: Cambelt tomorrow
« on: 19 November 2006, 15:58:45 »
Do like a good sucess story, and the alcohol seems so much better after a good days work 
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Omega General Help / Re: Cambelt tomorrow
« on: 18 November 2006, 19:17:45 »
Can't agree with you more, when I did mine I refered to it quite a few times. Absolutely invaluable
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Omega General Help / Re: Should my traction button illuminate at night?
« on: 18 November 2006, 08:03:27 »
Ok to swap the wiring over first you need to remove the centre dash and unclip the wiring blocks from the back of the console, they just slide downwards. Then make a note of wire colours and which position in the block they are in. For the TC button there is a brown wire a red/brown wire and a yellow/grey wire. I tested the original switch with a multi meter to determine how the switch operates. The red/brown and brown wires appear to be for switching the TC and the yellow/grey is for illumination at night.
Once you have worked out the wiring you need swap the wiring to the new switch position, you could cut and splice the wires but I found it neater to move the wires with connectors to their new switch position.
First remove the grey plastic clip in the connector to allow you remove the wires
A screwdriver under the edge and twist
Then pullout with pliers
Then using a small screwdriver or something slim, I used a dart. There is a small clip part on the connector itself push the clip in and pull the wire and it should slide out of the holder. This si a little awkward and may take a few attempts until you get the hang of it
Here is a picture of the connector so you can hopefully see the clip part.
Then all you have to do is put the wires into the wiring block in the switches new position.
On the small TC switch the two connectors together were the TC switching on the one I got and the one offset was the illumination connection.
Hope this is helps. Let me know if you need anymore help or if I've got anything wrong.
Wiring as found on my car looking from the front of the connector block (wires at the back)
Once you have worked out the wiring you need swap the wiring to the new switch position, you could cut and splice the wires but I found it neater to move the wires with connectors to their new switch position.
First remove the grey plastic clip in the connector to allow you remove the wires
A screwdriver under the edge and twist
Then pullout with pliers
Then using a small screwdriver or something slim, I used a dart. There is a small clip part on the connector itself push the clip in and pull the wire and it should slide out of the holder. This si a little awkward and may take a few attempts until you get the hang of it
Here is a picture of the connector so you can hopefully see the clip part.
Then all you have to do is put the wires into the wiring block in the switches new position.
On the small TC switch the two connectors together were the TC switching on the one I got and the one offset was the illumination connection.
Hope this is helps. Let me know if you need anymore help or if I've got anything wrong.
Wiring as found on my car looking from the front of the connector block (wires at the back)
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Omega General Help / Re: Should my traction button illuminate at night?
« on: 07 November 2006, 13:23:36 »Quote
Cheers for that Salty - much appreciated. I noted that the switches have the same number of connections (three) but am not sure if they are the same electrically.
Can you clarify if the wiring is the same i.e. the same wires connect to the same terminals on the new switch it is a simple swap
I just think that the small TC button looks so much better.
Will do, I wrote all the wire colours down when I did the job. Not home for another week yet though so it will have to wait until then.
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Omega General Help / Re: Should my traction button illuminate at night?
« on: 07 November 2006, 11:39:16 »Quote
QuoteI think it should. I have changed mine for the smaller type button and that illuminates using the wiring for the larger button, so there is power from the lights to the switch to illuminate it.
How did you do this? This is a mod that I am very keen to do I have sourced the switch but this is as far as I have got. Any advice would be appreciated!
Like others, I can confirm that the TC button should illuminate which the other dash switches.
I did it by moving the wiring from block for the large button to the upper block where I had a blank switch. I got the wires out of the block with their connectors by pushing the retaining clip on the connector up with a jewellers screw driver and carefully pulling the wire. I've got some spare connectors at home so I will take some photos to clarify next week when I'm at home.
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Omega General Help / Re: Should my traction button illuminate at night?
« on: 07 November 2006, 09:35:59 »
I think it should. I have changed mine for the smaller type button and that illuminates using the wiring for the larger button, so there is power from the lights to the switch to illuminate it.
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Omega General Help / Re: Oh Shit - The End!
« on: 09 November 2006, 19:58:38 »
Sorry to hear that its happened again, really unlucky.
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Omega General Help / Re: At last the annoying noise is fixed
« on: 13 November 2006, 16:17:36 »Quote
I got the same problems, but I know where it is coming from, the gear knob when I go above 85, never used to only since changed it to irmscher, so I have to keep slightly turning it, till it loosens again, the trun it again, was driving me up the wall till I realised what it was
Put a bit of thread lock on it, should stop it unscrewing
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Omega General Help / Re: oil change.
« on: 13 November 2006, 20:56:57 »
I use the Vx stuff, just can't beat it with the trade club discount.
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Omega General Help / Re: xenon headlights
« on: 13 November 2006, 21:01:01 »
Has anybody tried the Xenon kits that replace the halogen bulbs? Just wondering if they could be an alternative?
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Omega General Help / Re: Alloy wheel stuck!! Help?
« on: 03 November 2006, 07:23:15 »
Give the hub and the back of the wheel a good clean. If the wheel feels tight when byour putting it back on it probably isn't clean enough and you will have the same problem next time you take it off.
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Omega General Help / Re: Alloy wheel stuck!! Help?
« on: 01 November 2006, 17:56:56 »
When I've had this problem I found loosening the nuts on the wheel, and with the car on an axle stand to allow rotation of the a series of blows with a rubber mallet to the back face of the rim of the wheel has done the trick. Rotate the wheel so you gave hit the rim at various points around its circumference, and give it a good clean before you put it back on.
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Omega General Help / Re: Adjustable Steering Column.
« on: 09 November 2006, 17:41:46 »
Thought about the adjustable column, (just wonder why it wasn't standard from the beginning?)
Decided I can't be bothered changing it though.
Decided I can't be bothered changing it though.
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Omega General Help / Re: Possible Battery Issue
« on: 07 November 2006, 11:44:43 »
I agree, get a multimeter well worth the outlay.
Another thing to check, if you have the sunvisors with lights next to vanity mirrors in them check that these lights are going off. Had a cavalier a few years ago that battery went flat on every few days, eventually traced to the sunvisor light not going off. You should see the light on these go off before the flap covering the mirror is fully closed.
Another thing to check, if you have the sunvisors with lights next to vanity mirrors in them check that these lights are going off. Had a cavalier a few years ago that battery went flat on every few days, eventually traced to the sunvisor light not going off. You should see the light on these go off before the flap covering the mirror is fully closed.
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Omega General Help / Re: Changing Cats
« on: 07 November 2006, 15:10:26 »
As a matter of interest where did you get your quote from? not priced this myself yet but that seems a reasonable price.