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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: Not enough room

« on: 28 February 2008, 14:18:34 »

Well, after all your helpful advice, I managed to get the head unit  in. All is working well - had to replace the aerial but all is good.

For a cheapie unit given to me by a neighbor I must say I am impressed. Bluetooth works very well - clear through the speakers and microphone is very good. DVD is most impressive. Sat Nav not yet tested but pics up a signal quicker than my Navman unit. It will also accept an SD card as well as having a USB port for other appliances.

A couple of pictures are in the gallery.

Thanks again all for your help and your patience

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: Not enough room

« on: 27 February 2008, 14:06:49 »

Anyone out there near maidenhead that wants to earn a few quid? Or can anyone recomend a good audio shop near Maidenhead as I have had enough. Another 2 hours wasted - more grazed knuckles and my initial liking of the car is fading rapidly.

Cheers all,

Mark

Tired, grumpy and ever so irritated

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: Not enough room

« on: 26 February 2008, 14:14:30 »

take the ashtray out complete and you can get your hands up the back !!

I just went out and took the ashtray out mate but there is no hole behind it - or do you mean remove the 2 screws that hold the bottom of the facia in place as well and try to bend it out of the way a bit?

Sorry for being a pain folks. Never had this kind of trouble installing a bloody radio before

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: Not enough room

« on: 26 February 2008, 11:13:15 »

If you have Traffic Master (the TM button), that's prob not going to work with your new Head Unit so that can go, its piggy backed into the rear of the VX unit ie,the TM plugs in the back of the VX HU then the HU cable plugs in the back of the TM plug.

Its not one those Ripspeed DVD head units is it, coz there sort of designed to stick about 1/2 inch out of the Din unit with the supplied spacer.

I don't have TM Zirk.

No it's not a ripseed and is designed to fit flush. When it is in, the facia sticks out about the same distance as the TC button. It is an odd size so had to chop the dash to fit it but it looks good. Just got to get the damn thing to slide in without pinching the cables.

I think I have broken the aerial in my attempts to get the thing in yesterday as the radio now has poor reception. At the moment the thing is in the boot waiting for my knuckles to recover and my temper to calm :-)

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: Not enough room

« on: 25 February 2008, 12:59:03 »

I cannot get my fingers in enough. There is a little room below the unit but no room above - there is a big row of cables and a plastic molding that sits above the head unit.

There are a lot of wires coming out of the back of this radio. I have 3 RCA cables going to the amp. 2 Video cables going out to the headrest screens. 3 antenna cables; - 1 for Radio, 1 for TV and 1 for Sat Nav. A mic cable for the Bluetooth mic and then the usual power and speaker cables as well as a camera cable for the reversing camera and sensors. The power cables are also fused adding to the problem with a plastic box about 1.5" square.

I can push it in but then the radio reception is poor where the antenna gets pinched.

Is there nothing behind there that can be sacrificed?

Cheers folks

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Not enough room

« on: 25 February 2008, 12:26:17 »

Hello folks,

I have recently purchased a head unit and have everything wired up. However, there is no where near enough room for me to slot the unit back into the dash due to the amount of wires at the back the radio.

Is there anything that can be chopped out from behind the fascia? I have had to walk away from the car after an hour struggling to slide the thing in before the head unit and the dash became cannon fodder for my frustration.

Cheers all,

Sipey - Grumpy and irritated

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Omega General Help / Re: Where's this from

« on: 03 July 2008, 09:34:46 »

out of curioupidy, have you cleaned it or was it found in that condition?

It was found in that condition Danny mate.

I would say that it was fom a kids toy, scooter skateboard but my kids are the only kids in the road - and they don't have skateboards. They have scooters but they have been in the shed for the past couple of months.

The only thing I can think it being from is a pulley - but as Kevin said, if it was from anything like that I would certainly know about it.

However, the car is not running as it should, that being said I don't think this would have anything to do with the gearbox so I am stumped

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Omega General Help / Re: Where's this from

« on: 01 July 2008, 13:17:44 »

It was on my drive under the car, wasnt there yesterday and only the omega has been parked there.
Does look like a bearing from a skateboard but no one down my road has one.

Obviously nout to do with the car so will bin it and forget about it

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Omega General Help / Where's this from

« on: 01 July 2008, 10:47:42 »

Morning all,

Whilst driving home after dropping the kiddies off to school this morning there was a really strong smell of petrol. When I parked up I lifted the bonnet and looked underneath the car which is when I happened upon this



Now, I guess the bearing and the smell of petrol are unrelated but can anyone tell me where this could be from?

Many thanks,

Mark

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Omega General Help / Wheel movement

« on: 07 May 2008, 11:16:14 »

Hi All,

Had to change a tyre yesterday and noticed significant movement in the front nearside wheel. This was horizontal movement as opposed to vertical movement. Searching through the forum suggested various could be's, most likely being a steering idler. Before I go and get the part, thought I would check with you first  

Many thanks,

Mark

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Omega General Help / Re: Vacuum pipe on top of HBV

« on: 09 April 2008, 13:58:56 »

Cheers mate  

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Omega General Help / Vacuum pipe on top of HBV

« on: 09 April 2008, 13:52:41 »

Hi All,

Just poking around under the bonnet and notice that the vacuum pipe that comes out of the top of the HBV is not plugged in anywhere. Could someone please tell me where it is supposed to connect to

Many thanks,

Mark

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Omega General Help / Re: Fuel warning light

« on: 19 March 2008, 10:36:24 »

At the first sign of the "red" indicator it shows - 50 miles distance, however I have "never" in over 500,000 miles of driving a number of Omega's put more than 67 litres in the tank from empty, I once drove for over 40 miles with the "Range" flashing '00' miles and then only 66 litres filled the 75 litre tank. Very rare for anyone, unless a complete idiot to run out of fuel in an Omega.
regards
richard

It's official, I am an idiot  

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Omega General Help / Re: operating temp 3.0

« on: 14 February 2008, 11:08:06 »

Double check the fuses in the engine bay ECU box as two of them are for the aux fans......

Hi Marks DTM - As I do not yet posses a manual for the old girl, which fuses are they?

Cheers,

Mark

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Omega General Help / Re: Erratic Temp Gauge

« on: 13 February 2008, 19:57:29 »

More importantly, I do jobs like this so I know that it has been done properly, with quality coolant at the correct strength.

Last time I took any of my cars to a main dealer (a long time ago!) they changed the oil and didn't replace the dip stick properly so by the time I got home and had a little peep under the bonnet (trusting soul, me!) oil had p1553d out everywhere.

Kevin

SMC did a similar thing to my car once - didn't tighten up the oil filter so left most of my oil on the road.

Annoying yes but because they f****ed up, I was covered. If I had done it and f****ed up I would have felt sick, not annoyed.