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General Car Chat / Re: 6 Crashes in 1 Minute

« on: 13 November 2020, 16:42:45 »

I bet he's insured at my place!

I deal with them quite often.

Elderly.... Auto.... Give it time!! 

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Omega General Help / Re: Omega Colours.

« on: 11 April 2020, 16:22:17 »

Yep top one is petrol blue (same as mine) and it comes out quite different dependent on lighting.

I would attach an image but I can't figure out how to do it.

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: Omega 2.5 TD Alternator Removal

« on: 16 March 2020, 19:54:40 »

I remember doing mine many years ago on my first Omega, it was an absolute pain!

In the end I bent the air-con pipes out of the way.....it never did work properly anyway.

It gave me just enough room to get the alternator out.

But yep taking the inlet manifold off is easy if you want to go that way.

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Omega General Help / Re: p m sent

« on: 31 January 2020, 19:25:37 »

Thanks bud.

Very much appreciated on the bits.

All the very best

Magwheels

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General Car Chat / Re: 2.2 DTI owners

« on: 27 January 2020, 19:09:18 »

I would love it but York is a bit of a run from the sunny Sussex.

Your right it does seem a bit of a waste and you must be like me as I hate throwing away perfectly usable stuff!

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Omega General Help / Re: Door locking solenoids.

« on: 24 December 2019, 16:33:56 »

hello Magwheels Is that the correct part no. The switch looks different to ones I have had in the past..

Which ones have you used?

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Omega General Help / Re: Door locking solenoids.

« on: 24 December 2019, 16:29:33 »

Yep. They are the one's I have always used. Direct replacement for the originals but without the pegs and as mentioned they are not needed anyway. I haven't found any higher ampage ones that will fit or else I would have tried one of those for better reliability.

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Omega General Help / Re: Door locking solenoids.

« on: 23 December 2019, 20:16:44 »

Microswitches are £3 something at RS with free delivery at the moment. Just had mine delivered as one getting temperamental and worth getting two if free delivery as its not always free. Takes about half an hour to do if not done it before and that is start to finish including taking the door lock motor out.

SPDT-NO/NC Button Microswitch, 10.1 A @ 250 V ac
Stock no.:290-0463

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: Time and Date Wrong

« on: 17 August 2019, 17:46:44 »

I take it the permanent live is working? Can you turn the radio on without turning on the ignition?

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Omega General Help / Re: Crank pulley - where to buy? - primeline parts?

« on: 15 August 2019, 22:31:02 »

Got mine from SC Motor factors in Tunbridge Wells but as its been on there for some time I can't remember the brand. About 70 quid I think.

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General Car Chat / Re: Omega Ownership Costs

« on: 30 June 2019, 10:53:39 »

Of course they are, it's a modern classic!

Which translates as an old car that I'm deluding myself might be worth something before I die

  

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Omega General Help / Re: Rear subframe rear bushings

« on: 30 March 2019, 17:46:45 »

Thanks for that, sounds good I will give it a go! 

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Omega General Help / Re: Rear subframe rear bushings

« on: 30 March 2019, 17:26:18 »

Or you could repair your own


The old parts in a homemade jig:





Filled with about £3 of urethane:





And the finished part before I bolted it back on the car:





The jig was made out of scrap, but bolts together to allow the repair of two mounts simultaneously. I would add some black pigment to the material, and blast the metal components if I cared about appearances

How are these lasting?

Mine have seen better days and am thinking of refurbing using the polyurethane.  If still good what type of urethane did you use as you can get different hardness ratings and don't fancy any thing to hard as it will affect the ride. I would rather waft than race!!

The main thing of course is have they stood the test of time?

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Omega General Help / Re: Drivers lock saga

« on: 02 March 2019, 11:25:05 »

Mine only seem to last a couple of years, easy enough to change but a nuisance none the less.

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Omega General Help / Re: Drivers lock saga

« on: 27 February 2019, 20:43:01 »

Has anybody found an uprated micro switch for these that fit or are more reliable?