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General Car Chat / Re: Did this belong to anyone on here?
« on: Yesterday at 17:56:37 »
That's very strong money. Very indeed
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General Car Chat / Re: Another thank you for Mark and the DVD crew
« on: 04 July 2025, 21:56:19 »Just had a look, I joined 19 years ago this month.
Will there be a virtual party?
Crikey! 18 years for me this year.
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Car Parts, bits For Sale & Wanted / Wtd - 3.2 / 3.0 FL bits
« on: 04 July 2025, 13:45:32 »
Currently in need of -
Pair of usable oil cooler pipes (local hose specialist thought I'd landed from Mars when I asked them)
Pair of front hubs
Full set of brake calipers
3.2 exhaust manifolds if anyone has some spare
IDK if the following bits are the same pre and post FL?
Decent handbrake frame and gaiter
Gearshift gaiter and frame possibly (mine has apparently gone walkies)
Pair of usable oil cooler pipes (local hose specialist thought I'd landed from Mars when I asked them)
Pair of front hubs
Full set of brake calipers
3.2 exhaust manifolds if anyone has some spare
IDK if the following bits are the same pre and post FL?
Decent handbrake frame and gaiter
Gearshift gaiter and frame possibly (mine has apparently gone walkies)
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Omega General Help / Re: Plugging SAI manifold holes
« on: 04 July 2025, 09:42:51 »
Cheers both.
On further investigation, both the current and new manifolds appear to be solid and blank off the holes where I expected the SAI jets to enter the manifold area. Am I being really dozy? I can't see any diversion of the hole other than straight through to the gasket, but then my attention to detail is lacking.
On further investigation, both the current and new manifolds appear to be solid and blank off the holes where I expected the SAI jets to enter the manifold area. Am I being really dozy? I can't see any diversion of the hole other than straight through to the gasket, but then my attention to detail is lacking.
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General Car Chat / Another thank you for Mark and the DVD crew
« on: 03 July 2025, 20:48:26 »
New belt and kaboodle on the project engine. After roughly half an hour of turfing out drawers I found the safe place I'd left my DVD. It really is invaluable so thank you again. Must be the tenth I've done with it at least.
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Omega General Help / Re: Plugging SAI manifold holes
« on: 03 July 2025, 16:54:11 »Use 3.2 manifolds.
The pump/wiring can potentially be relocated either out of sight or cut right back with a suitable resistor
That's my last option but I'm trying not to spend any more than I need to!
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Omega General Help / Plugging SAI manifold holes
« on: 03 July 2025, 13:29:58 »
Stripped the 3.0 for the project.
Currently mid work and removing SAI system. Rather than using a plumbing fitting on the pipe, can the holes be plugged into the manifold?
Haven't looked closely how it's all attached but just trying to neaten everything up so getting rid of unnecessary bits would be ideal.
Currently mid work and removing SAI system. Rather than using a plumbing fitting on the pipe, can the holes be plugged into the manifold?
Haven't looked closely how it's all attached but just trying to neaten everything up so getting rid of unnecessary bits would be ideal.
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General Car Chat / Re: Jaguar
« on: 03 July 2025, 07:20:50 »Not defending them, but they stopped building cars, so of course new car sales are going to fall off a cliff
Well, you can prove anything with facts these days...
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Omega General Help / Oil cooler pipe replacement
« on: 02 July 2025, 22:28:21 »
Started stripping the engine for the purple project.
Oil cooler pipe is rusted through, and in removing it I discovered the fixing was also shot, having become one with the pipe. Gently trimmed it with the watchmaker's grinder to remove it.
Obviously no longer available, option 1 is to find a good used set but failing that... I'm assuming Pirtek or similar will be able to make me a replacement? It's only a pipe with a flare each end, right?
Oil cooler pipe is rusted through, and in removing it I discovered the fixing was also shot, having become one with the pipe. Gently trimmed it with the watchmaker's grinder to remove it.
Obviously no longer available, option 1 is to find a good used set but failing that... I'm assuming Pirtek or similar will be able to make me a replacement? It's only a pipe with a flare each end, right?
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General Car Chat / Broken silver Elite estate, A688, one of ours?
« on: 28 June 2025, 17:10:33 »
Stopped with a broken Elite estate near the entertainingly named Cockfield in Co Durham earlier, chap said he had the AA en route and was happy to wait, just wondered if it was an OOFer?
Was gone by the time we came back two hours later so either the AA had been or the owner had pushed it into a field and walked home...
Was gone by the time we came back two hours later so either the AA had been or the owner had pushed it into a field and walked home...
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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« on: 26 June 2025, 10:59:32 »Took a Yeti full of rubbish from my unit to the skips, lots of cardboard from new parts for the Austin. I can now open the other door without a landslide! Front wheels in car as well to get balanced when I pick up the rear wheels with new boots on today. Not long now before shakedown runs, bleed the brakes again with only some minute bubbles from front caliper and suspect that was being sucked in around nipple threads. Brake solid but goes quite soft with servo, normal for Omega?
In fact https://www.omegaowners.com/forum/index.php?topic=90442.0
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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« on: 26 June 2025, 10:58:07 »
Yeah, very normal. There is an adjuster under the normal brake pedal that can take some of the slack out but it's the way they're designed.
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Omega General Help / Re: Rear track rod bolt size?
« on: 25 June 2025, 08:00:29 »
Answered my own question with a bit of Googlefu under the alternative part number 423945.
Turns out it is also known as a "Bolt til spissing stag bakaksel" which could also be a lovely offensive phrase.
M12x70 is the size and for reference this is the aite I found https://klassisk-opel.no/sv/omega/omega-b/omega-b-gruppe-4-bakaksel/bolt-til-spissing-stag-bakaksel
Turns out it is also known as a "Bolt til spissing stag bakaksel" which could also be a lovely offensive phrase.
M12x70 is the size and for reference this is the aite I found https://klassisk-opel.no/sv/omega/omega-b/omega-b-gruppe-4-bakaksel/bolt-til-spissing-stag-bakaksel
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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« on: 22 June 2025, 18:26:09 »
Teailing arms on. Subframe on. Diff on. Backplates straightened and painted. Cooling on gas!
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Omega General Help / Rear track rod bolt size?
« on: 22 June 2025, 15:55:49 »
Currently on the missing list are the two 90468842 bolts that bolt the rear track rods on. Anyone know what size they are so I can get some spangly high tensile replacements?
