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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: Alternator Problem??

« on: 07 August 2021, 14:02:44 »

All sorted now. Charging to about 14.8V so I'm OK with that. Even with a 2030mm belt it was a struggle to get on, but there's still movement in the tensioner so it's not 'over-tight'.

As always - thanks to all who helped me out with advice and suggestions.

Cheers

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: Alternator Problem??

« on: 06 August 2021, 16:04:51 »

I’m using an old torque wrench on a socket, so plenty of leverage. Good info about the drilling. I’ll check that out as it will save my wife pushing the bar while I struggle with the belt!

As always, thanks for your help.
Cheers.

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: Alternator Problem??

« on: 06 August 2021, 13:28:25 »

Yeah, pulley's the same size, belt routed correctly. And I'm routing over the pump pulley last - or trying to - the belt's just too short.

Just thinking the pulley is offset from the mounting holes by a few mm more - increasing the path length. Measuring with wire with the tensioner released gives me more like 2030, rather than 2020. Going to have to give it a try - holiday's supposed to start tomorrow !!

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: Alternator Problem??

« on: 06 August 2021, 12:13:30 »

Well the new alternator is in now - but i cannot for the life of me get the belt back on - it looks too short for the new alternator. It's fitted with a 6PK2020. Do I need a slightly longer one - if that exists??

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: Alternator Problem??

« on: 05 August 2021, 09:19:50 »

Thanks for the suggestions - and yes I have a meter to do those tests. I've ordered a new alternator to be on the safe side as time isn't on my side, but I'll do the checks you suggest as wel.

Thanks again guys...

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Alternator Problem??

« on: 05 August 2021, 08:12:10 »

Hi,, just setting off on first leg of our holiday - Alternator/Charging light blinked then stayed on. Dashcam switched off a few mins later (low voltage) then engine management light came on. So I got off the motorway and back home asap. Pedal Error code is giving me 0571, which I'm assuming is because of low voltage rather than being the actual fault (0571 is Cruise control/brake switch 'A' circuit malfunction).

Battery is at 11 volts, just enough to start, but no increase when engine is running. Does this sound like alternator, or are there other things I can check first?

Cheers,
Dave

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Omega General Help / Re: 2.6 V6 front engine noise

« on: 15 April 2015, 07:44:40 »

Sorry for the delay replying Taxi Al, work happened.
Cambelt was changed only 15k ago, and I needed to get back on the road asap, so just changed the pump.
Struggled a bit because there's no maintenance guide for it, and the cambelt DVD is sold out - but I tried to remember what Mark DTM did when he changed the cambelt last. Seems to have gone on OK, but I had to do it through the front cambelt cover hole.
Just got to refill this morning then hopefully good to go. Thanks again.
Cheers

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Omega General Help / Re: 2.6 V6 front engine noise

« on: 11 April 2015, 12:13:02 »

Ha! It's the water pump pulley. Seems slightly wobbly and rough, but no water leakage though.

Runs sweet with the belt off.
I'll check for a maintenance guide.

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Omega General Help / Re: 2.6 V6 front engine noise

« on: 11 April 2015, 11:37:39 »

Not a bad idea. Thanks

I'll do that first and if I get a positive(ish) location then I'll take the belt off to get closer to it.
Hoping it's around here and not cam belt related...

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Omega General Help / 2.6 V6 front engine noise

« on: 11 April 2015, 11:25:56 »

Hi all,
I'm getting an odd noise which is difficult to pin down - coming from the front of the engine definitely but can't make out where. Sounds like a mix of chafing and rattling at the same time as if something's loose or wobbly.

I was thinking of removing the aux belt then running the engine again to double-check that something along this belt path is the culprit.

Would this be the right way to proceed, do you reckon?

Cheers,

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General Discussion Area / Re: MOT time - thanks for your help!

« on: 03 October 2011, 13:24:57 »

I'll see if I can find an old pic. It was KTV 200E. Blue.
Steering wheel about 2 feet across.

In the end it had a Transit carb, radial tyres, and an alternator from something at the scrappie - can't remember what. Loved it!

Sold it to a garage who used it in a demolition derby, so it was smashed to bits. Amazing that if even ONE wire fell off it, there was a problem, but these guys absolutely destroyed it and it kept on going. Sad day, that.

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General Discussion Area / Re: MOT time - thanks for your help!

« on: 03 October 2011, 10:51:40 »

Good point about the Local Authority test centres. 
Must remember that - there's actually one quite close to me.

Cheers,

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General Discussion Area / MOT time - thanks for your help!

« on: 03 October 2011, 07:39:36 »

I need to thank the guys on here who've helped me out over the last 12 months (again). Just sailed through the MOT at 41k miles/9 years with no advisories and a "perfect, mate!".

I always get twitchy about MOTs - must be a historical thing from when my car (a 1967 Victor 101) failed every year with increasingly expensive consequences. That was when they used a screwdriver to test the soundness of your sills and floor!

I've started using a local MOTMax - they claim to have no vested interest in finding trivial faults in order to sell you parts you don't need. Mind you, I do check out all that I can first.

Thanks again - it really means a lot.

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: Alarm troubles

« on: 12 April 2009, 08:35:25 »

Thanks, and I think I agree with you about disconnecting and leaving it off.
There was no leakage at all and everything looked spot on inside the sounder.

Car's been locked as normal now for two days and had no problems with it so I'll go with the consensus and leave the sounder off.

Cheers Guys.

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Alarm troubles

« on: 10 April 2009, 15:17:07 »

Having read many posts about alarm problems and how to resolve them, I was confident that this morning I would replace the batteries in my power sounder and all my problems would go away.

Hmmm...

I'd had the usual symptoms like the sounder going off on its own when I started the car, a full alarm 15 minutes after I parked following a long run - then again an hour later etc. etc. I'd also tried the usual suggestions - ultrasonics, bonnet switch etc. But to no avail. I'd ended up reaching in the back door to lock the car.

So this morning armed with two new NiMH batteries from CPC I disconnected the sounder and waited for ... not a peep. It didn't make a sound, which I thought ominous. Still, I cut open the unit and checked the batteries. Fully charged AND able to stand a 500mA load for a couple of minutes.

I'm stuck. I haven't replaced the unit in the car but I've left the horn in place that was next to it.

Does anyone have any more suggestions? Maybe the sounder itself is just bust? Is it OK to leave it off the car permanently?

Cheers.