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Omega General Help / Re: Front Suspension Bushes (Rear Polys?)

« on: 05 August 2011, 18:35:59 »

they are not available off the shelf, but it can be done

 

Does anyone know which powerflex bush was used?

1907

Omega General Help / Re: stud pattern and et help

« on: 06 August 2011, 18:50:40 »

MV6 alloys are ET33 IIRC

Correct, and I`m certain that all other Omegas will be ET35 too, the Steinmetz have a smaller offset so they wont rub the struts with them being 8.5"

1908

Omega General Help / Re: How Many Hours to do a Auto to Manual Conversion??

« on: 03 August 2011, 22:42:42 »

And then I`ve just read 2woody`s post about clutch pipes  oops

1909

Omega General Help / Re: How Many Hours to do a Auto to Manual Conversion??

« on: 03 August 2011, 22:39:31 »

One thing that`s,  often overlooked is the spigot bearing for the crank, make sure you have one of those, in fact off the top of my head here`s a quick list of things you will need.

Gearbox with slave cylinder
Gearbox crossmember
Front half of propshaft
Spigot bearing
Clutch and flywheel (a good opportunity to fit a lightened flywheel  )
Flywheel bolts
Flywheel locking tool , easy to make yourself.
Pedal box
Copper/nickel brake pipe
brake pipe flaring tool
Gearstick
Rubber gator and adaptor plate for gear stick ( rivets to the transmission tunnel)
Silver or wood surround
Leather surround

If you have cruise fitted then you will want a clutch switch for the cruise loom
If it was me I would also use the fuel,injection loom from a manual car too and remove the auto loom and ECU.
I`d also fit two new propshaft rubber couplings and a new propshaft centre bearing carrier too as these can perish.

why you need flaring tool??

surround panel on FL cars ane same on auto and manual cars

The clutch is hydraulic so you will need to make up a pipe from the master cylinder to the gearbox, unless you use one from a donor car.

1910

Omega General Help / Re: How Many Hours to do a Auto to Manual Conversion??

« on: 02 August 2011, 19:53:53 »

One thing that`s,  often overlooked is the spigot bearing for the crank, make sure you have one of those, in fact off the top of my head here`s a quick list of things you will need.

Gearbox with slave cylinder
Gearbox crossmember
Front half of propshaft
Spigot bearing
Clutch and flywheel (a good opportunity to fit a lightened flywheel  )
Flywheel bolts
Flywheel locking tool , easy to make yourself.
Pedal box
Copper/nickel brake pipe
brake pipe flaring tool
Gearstick
Rubber gator and adaptor plate for gear stick ( rivets to the transmission tunnel)
Silver or wood surround
Leather surround

If you have cruise fitted then you will want a clutch switch for the cruise loom
If it was me I would also use the fuel,injection loom from a manual car too and remove the auto loom and ECU.
I`d also fit two new propshaft rubber couplings and a new propshaft centre bearing carrier too as these can perish.

1911

Omega General Help / Re: How Many Hours to do a Auto to Manual Conversion??

« on: 27 July 2011, 17:32:43 »

surely the only way to do it is to take out ALL ofthe "auto" wiring from the loom, etc. ?

Thats the route I took with my Senator, you need the fuel injection loom from the manual though because of the starter inhibitor.

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Omega General Help / Re: How Many Hours to do a Auto to Manual Conversion??

« on: 24 July 2011, 23:05:19 »

I converted my Senator in a day and a half on my own, but the electrical side was easy as the fuel injection loom is independent so it was just a case of swapping the aut loom for the manual.
The pedal box was a pig of a job, laid on your back with your head in the footwell and no room to move.
It`s all worthwhile though and don`t let AndyB tell you otherwise 

1913

Omega General Help / Re: Is it worth fitting an LSD?

« on: 02 August 2011, 19:26:13 »

Definitely worth it, just be careful on wet roundabouts in the rush hour 

1914

Omega General Help / Re: Another problem :( has this happened to you?

« on: 26 July 2011, 17:45:20 »

This was happening to me a while ago and it turned out to be the MAF sensor.

1915

Omega General Help / Re: Headlight adjusters

« on: 25 July 2011, 22:02:51 »

Try the ebay ad, someone on here recently got some from him on ebay even though he wasn`t replying to e-mails or PM`s.
I got a reply from my first e-mail but none from the three after that or two PM`s  :-/

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Omega General Help / Re: recommended manual gearbox oil..

« on: 20 July 2011, 17:56:26 »

For the Carltons & Senators, Dexron II Autobox Fluid was highly recommended for the manual boxes - made gearchanges far smoother, esp. in cold weather.

I see no reason why the same cannot be applied to Omega manual boxes.

Dexron II or III is fine, I used it in my GSi and my Senator 

1917

Omega General Help / Re: Which battery?

« on: 20 July 2011, 22:40:01 »

At the mo it's got a 75ah 720a Bosch, the closest my local motorfactor has is a 70ah 640a.  Will this be big enough for my 2.5 V6 ?

Ta in advance!!

Just remember that the 720a is the cold cranking amps (CCA), the higher the figure the easier the starter will crank the engine so you don`t really want toa lower figure than  than whats already on.

1918

Omega General Help / Re: Running on 5 for a day

« on: 20 July 2011, 22:30:04 »

The scuttle is dry and the plug hole with water contamination was the front left which is away from the scuttle panel so it all seems a little strange.
It`s been running on all six so far so it seems the water contamination was the culprit, just got to find the cause now.

Was the water coolant or 'fresh' water?  :-/

I don`t know Andy, I tried some intense interrogation but it wouldn`t let on 
There wasn`t enough to be able to tell, just evidence that water had mixed with the oil at some point.

You didn't taste it then  The old type antifreeze is sweet to taste - poisonous if you drink too much  - and the pink stuff tastes absolutely foul!
 

I`ve got visions of Jilly Goolden doing one of her ridiculous wine tasting expressions, 10/40 semi synthetic with a hint of pink coolant 

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Omega General Help / Re: Running on 5 for a day

« on: 20 July 2011, 22:19:57 »

I have a similar problem. Just changed the plugs and found that one of the plug wells has clearly had water in it.

Its the front cylinder, passenger side.

Thats exactly the same as mine Alex although the plug leads were fine on mine and the change of plugs seemed to have worked for now.
I`ll have a closer look when I do the breather box and cam cover gaskets.

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Omega General Help / Re: Running on 5 for a day

« on: 20 July 2011, 22:15:37 »

The scuttle is dry and the plug hole with water contamination was the front left which is away from the scuttle panel so it all seems a little strange.
It`s been running on all six so far so it seems the water contamination was the culprit, just got to find the cause now.

Was the water coolant or 'fresh' water?  :-/

I don`t know Andy, I tried some intense interrogation but it wouldn`t let on 
There wasn`t enough to be able to tell, just evidence that water had mixed with the oil at some point.