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It rains almost every day there ;D

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With the screen, scuttle and dash out, that panel can theoretically be replaced, it's bonded into a channel in the firewall.

This channel is what eventually leads to the rot as it collects dirt and debris that, in turn, holds moisture. The panel is only powder coated so it's not particularly protected.

Obviously noone is going to go to those lengths to fix the problem properly, so any repair, however well intended, is going to be a bit of a halfarsed bodge.

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According to a previous  member of crew being interviewed the vessel had encountered several mechanical problems in the past,probably well past its serviceable life & poor maintenance wouldn't suprise me in the slightest,hope whoever owns it has decent insurance for all involved , I can see this incident opening up a whole can of worms.
That smacks of a disgruntled former employee rather than anything meaningful.

The ship is registered in Singapore and is owned and operated by Singapore companies and it's been regularly inspected with minimal compliance issues, the most recent one was in New York late last year iirc.

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A Catera in Europe is unlikely to have had that recall work done as it was a US recall and relates to ridiculous belt intervals. Change the belt kit every 4 years/40k miles and they're unlikely to fail.

But that said, if it has been more or less looked after it should have had the belt kit replaced a few times.

I think Cateras are released only in US.
It would have potentially been available to order through Cadillac dealerships in Europe, but most likely to have been shipped to Europe by US military personnel stationed there.

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Even if they had, they had nowhere to go :'(

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General Discussion Area / Re: Adedi...
« on: 27 March 2024, 23:08:06 »
Seemingly the asylum seekers lawyers tell them that converting gives them a better chance of it being granted.
so , if i say I'm Cristian ,I can get asylum seeker status  :-\
and get lots of free cash and a house  :-\  ::)  :P  :D
Budget for a paint job.

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General Car Chat / Re: Costs of running a car
« on: 27 March 2024, 23:07:31 »
The V6 mundano was either a 2.9 or 3.0 IIRC, so a bit disappointing.

2.5 24V Duratec V6, I believe. The godawful 12v V6s were dead and buried by then.
Butchered Mazda lump as seen in the Ford Probation.

The 2.8i Cologne was pretty handy in the Xr4x4, but that didn't weigh much over a ton. And with a 5 speed and LSD was pretty effective in the MK2 Granada too. >:D

The 2.9 24v was a totally different animal and with the weight advantage would keep a full fat Omega in check.

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Omega General Help / Re: central locking
« on: 27 March 2024, 23:03:27 »
I have in the past tried to find out what the rules are, as far as a mot, if one doorlock  is not working with the remote.
Irrelevant as long as the door handle works inside and out. Removing the CL motors simply stops the remote control from operating the locks. As long as the key works in the driver's door, and ideally the passenger door (pre facelift had a lock cylinder on both sides. Retrofitting this to a facelift should be easy enough.

On a facelift saloon you may want to keep the remote access to be able to pop the boot from outside the car (irrelevant on pre facelift and estate as long as the key operates the mechanical lock), but this should still work even if the front door motors are removed. Easy enough to test.

Whilst experimenting, leave at least one window open just in case.

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General Car Chat / Re: Costs of running a car
« on: 27 March 2024, 19:33:29 »
MK1/2 Mundeo had the 2.5. the 3.0 didn't appear until the Mk3 and was a similar performer to the C25xe ;)

Can't speak to the other options as 9 of my first 12 cars were Fords (7 Granada MK2/3 and 2 Sierras) the other three were a 1.6 Pug 405, a 2.0 Renault 25 and a 1.3 Polo :-[

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General Car Chat / Re: Costs of running a car
« on: 27 March 2024, 18:14:46 »
The RS2000 had 150bhp (retuned from the 8v lump in the MK3 Granada/Sierra), but the 2.0 Zetec lump was 135/140 iirc.

The Zetec S 170 in the Focus didn't appear until the MY2000 facelift.

The V6 Mundeo was 170bhp all day long.

Mercedes had 185bhp fuel injected twin cam straight six from the early 70's but mainstream stuff took a while to catch up.

The Honda 1.8 revved to about 8k so not sure if that counts  >:D


Long time ago now, but, my 1991 Sierra 2.OGLX came with a DOHC lump that made it pretty quick.

Can't remember how much power it made now, but I think around 125BHP.
That rings a bell, same as the Granada. Mechanically the RS2000 lump was the same... When the head went on my L reg Scorpio I did consider the RS2000 head thinking it would be different...  ::)

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General Discussion Area / Re: Adedi...
« on: 27 March 2024, 16:49:13 »
maybe they had 72 virgins close to their 'use by date'   :-\
 I'm not sure how it works , I haven't read the Quran
I think you'll find that it reads much like the Old Testament the Torah... Boy meets girl, the realise they're naked and chaos ensues... Fast forward a few generations and some chap with a beard had to sacrifice his son to appease some angry bloke with a beard and an anger management problem... (Sidenote... Is he short and ginger :-\) Son of sacrificed son (don't ask, it made no sense to me either) invades Egypt. They get upset and got chased across the Red Sea and Israel was created.

The rest, as they say, is history.

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General Car Chat / Re: Costs of running a car
« on: 27 March 2024, 16:40:36 »
The RS2000 had 150bhp (retuned from the 8v lump in the MK3 Granada/Sierra), but the 2.0 Zetec lump was 135/140 iirc.

The Zetec S 170 in the Focus didn't appear until the MY2000 facelift.

The V6 Mundeo was 170bhp all day long.

Mercedes had 185bhp fuel injected twin cam straight six from the early 70's but mainstream stuff took a while to catch up.

The Honda 1.8 revved to about 8k so not sure if that counts  >:D

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General Discussion Area / Re: Adedi...
« on: 27 March 2024, 16:31:49 »
Perhaps they could fit him in sooner  :-\

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Omega General Help / Re: central locking
« on: 27 March 2024, 16:02:41 »
A central locking motor delete and retro fit a mechanical passenger door lock could future proof it...

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General Discussion Area / Re: Adedi...
« on: 27 March 2024, 16:01:34 »
There's a kebab joke in there somewhere.

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