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Omega General Help / Re: Steering box leak

« on: 29 May 2024, 18:49:42 »

Got the car back. Welding all done. 

Found the part number (yes, it was easy after wiping the grime away!), it's 8052991124.

Just need to find one on the interwebby thing...

After welding and applying a bottle of Lucas Power Steering Stop Leak (good stuff!), got a new MoT.

Have a replacement secondhand box coming – just in case.

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Omega General Help / Re: Steering box leak

« on: 24 May 2024, 17:30:31 »

Got the car back. Welding all done. 

Found the part number (yes, it was easy after wiping the grime away!), it's 8052991124.

Just need to find one on the interwebby thing...

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Omega General Help / Re: Steering box leak

« on: 24 May 2024, 14:09:21 »

There are at least 8 RHD part numbers. Can't narrow it down without a lot more info, so you really need to get a part number of the current unit.

Does your car have servotronic variable assistance power steering? If it does, there will be an electrical connection on the side and a square box solenoid - like this...
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/326034740558

If it does not, then there isn't an electrical connection, and no square box, like this...
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/363649425920

Thanks guys. The car is stick at the welders as they wanted to do a small bit at the front while they had it. Thus, I can't go and check part number etc.
Should get it back later this afternoon, fingers crossed.

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Omega General Help / Re: Steering box leak

« on: 23 May 2024, 16:01:19 »

Anyone know the GM part number for my 2.6 steering box?

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Omega General Help / Re: Steering box leak

« on: 22 May 2024, 09:56:58 »

And it has to be dripping to fail not just oily.

It is, allegedly.  :'(

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Omega General Help / Steering box leak

« on: 21 May 2024, 15:54:08 »

Just failed an MoT due (aside from a bit of welding to do by OSF jacking point) to steering box leak.

Why would a steering box leak? Are there seals that go? Do i need a new or recon box? Big job?

Not a happy bunny.  :'(

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General Car Chat / Re: Motor Factors?

« on: 14 May 2024, 16:31:40 »

Passed car test Feb. 1978.

Passed mine in 1969.

Yep, almost a fossil. 

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General Discussion Area / Re: Auroras this weekend?

« on: 11 May 2024, 12:12:44 »

Great pics, Jimbob! 

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General Discussion Area / Re: Auroras this weekend?

« on: 11 May 2024, 00:15:50 »

Friends have posted great photos from Oxford and Hatfield. Haven't seen anything myself due to light pollution here in North London. 

Update: Some feint reds and greens seen, despite the light pollution. 

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General Discussion Area / Re: Auroras this weekend?

« on: 10 May 2024, 23:51:24 »

Friends have posted great photos from Oxford and Hatfield. Haven't seen anything myself due to light pollution here in North London. 

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General Discussion Area / Re: Auroras this weekend?

« on: 10 May 2024, 13:05:04 »

Metcheck have just put this out on Facebook:

AURORA ALERT: For the first time since 2005, NOAA have issued a Severe Geomagnetic Storm Watch.  This means an enhanced chance of seeing the aurora (northern lights) tonight and over the weekend.  Of course, the nights are increasingly short now so the best times are between 11pm and 2am if you have clear skies.

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General Discussion Area / Auroras this weekend?

« on: 09 May 2024, 22:17:06 »

SEVERE GEOMAGNETIC STORM WATCH: Giant sunspot AR3664 has now hurled at least four CMEs directly toward Earth. Their combined arrival this weekend could spark severe (G4-class) geomagnetic storms with mid- to low-latitude auroras. Although this is a potentially significant space weather event, it is not going to be the next Carrington Event. If the coming storm were a hurricane, it would be ranked category 4, not category 5.

Sunspot AR3664 has grown so large, it now rivals the great Carrington sunspot of 1859. Carrington's sunspot is famous because in August and Sept. 1859 it emitted a series of intense solar flares and CMEs. The resulting geomagnetic storms set fire to telegraph offices and sparked auroras from Cuba to Hawaii. The "Carrington Event" has since become a touchstone of space weather in pop culture, with recent headlines stoking fears of an "internet apocalypse" if it repeats.

 

See https://spaceweather.com/

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General Discussion Area / Re: What has P*ssed you off today?

« on: 24 April 2024, 14:24:35 »

3 network.

Seems my sim only contract ran out 20/4/24 so rung them for opptions, ,  renewed for a lower price.

but cant get on the app.  Seems they updated it and I have to reregister.

Fun and games have started, put my number in, get to password cant go any furher

Asks foe password?  Trying to register, NEXT

Please register your account,

Ask it for a reset link - keeps going round in circles.

Phone support blameing my email - P***ed off

Had the same problem. Left them for SMARTY. No contract – can cancel at anytime – and uses the 3 network. Kept my old number. All done in a matter of days. 

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General Car Chat / Wet belts

« on: 19 April 2024, 23:06:33 »

Amazing what one can learn by idly watching the latest car-related videos on YouTube.

I had never come across the "wet belt" term before, but apparently it refers to the engine design in which the timing belt (rubber) is part of the internal engine, not on pulleys outside. The belt goes round through the oil in the sump. Consequently, they degrade and trash the engine. Apparently, this feature is common in Fords, Citroens and now Vauxhalls, too.

Unsurprisingly, it costs a grand to have the belt changed in a Transit and the recommended mileage interval has been reduced. Furthermore, you are obliged to use a specific Ford oil. If you don't, or can't prove it, and the belt goes the you have no recourse even if the vehicle is under warranty.

Think I'll stick with my exterior-belted Omega (always changed within the 4-year limit). 

[urlhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nog_0Oe7Z_M][/url]
 

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General Discussion Area / Re: Francis Scott Key Bridge Collapse.

« on: 26 March 2024, 18:57:17 »

I see that the port is expected to close indefinitely, causing huge supply chain issues. Last year more than 847,000 cars and light trucks passed through the port, the 13th consecutive year it has led all other ports for these. Nissan, Toyota, GM, Volvo , JLR and VW use Baltimore for imports and exports (Source: National Times).