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General Car Chat / base model 8v omega

« on: 09 November 2016, 17:17:41 »

not going to be many of these left in such good condition but very optimistically priced



https://www.gumtree.com/p/vauxhall/1996-vauxhall-omega/1198564522

John.

92

General Car Chat / halfords

« on: 03 November 2016, 20:20:25 »

just seen an ad on tv for halfords saying if you buy a headlamp bulb off them they'll fit it free.like to see them try and do a lh side one on the omega without swearing.

93

General Car Chat / car tax

« on: 01 October 2016, 11:11:40 »

just been online to tax the Tourer and it always bugs me how they get away with charging a £10-£30 premium for 6 months instead of 12 and now for DD payments.It's just someone at there end pressing a different button. 

John.

94

Omega Gallery / The 3 Omigos

« on: 28 September 2016, 17:49:58 »

bought another,an early '96 manual cdx estate.







that makes 3 

John.

95

Newbie Welcome Area / easy guide to upload pictures

« on: 11 September 2016, 20:39:14 »

go here https://postimage.org/
click on choose images
go to folder/location of pic on your pc
click on your pic
wait for it to upload
click on direct link (RH side)
then click on pic icon in your post/reply (it's the one under the B for bold and above the 
then press ctrl v on your keyboard
click on preview to make sure it's there and not too big then hit post
and voila.

John

96

Omega General Help / h/brake shoe adjuster

« on: 25 August 2016, 13:15:41 »

Hi,just doing the shoes,pads and discs on the tourer and I'm ready to put everything back together and have noticed that in my haynes book of knowledge it shoes the adjuster in place with the starwheel fitted nearest the caliper but in our own maintenance guide it's the other way.
Does it matter?
Cheers John.

97

Car Parts, bits For Sale & Wanted / wanted-grommet

« on: 20 August 2016, 17:18:54 »

anyone got one of these to hand before I turn my shed upside down to try and find one



rear end of sill in wheelarch
Cheers John.

98

Omega General Help / I smell bull****

« on: 19 August 2016, 10:53:44 »

had a call from the guy who is fitting my cambelt kit to the 3litre elite and he says it's the wrong one (CTK884K1) asked him if he was sure as according to my engine no. it's correct.he insists the timing marks don't line up so against my better judgement i get the later type (CTK990K1).i am then informed that the tensioner and roller parts from my original kit are correct but the belt was wrong and they have used the belt out of the ctk990 kit.now please correct me if wrong but aren't the belts all the same (apart from superceded part no's (Number of teeth 225 Tooth pitch 8[mm] Width 30[mm]) so unless a totally spurious belt has found it's way into the original kit they are telling me porkies.

John.

99

Omega Electrical and Audio Help / headlamp washers

« on: 10 August 2016, 14:00:36 »

the RH washer on my pre-facelift isn't passing any water through it extends as it should do and if you remove it from the supply hose it is getting water to it.
can it be unblocked/dismantled or is it knackered?
Cheers John.

100

General Discussion Area / Lancaster,Hurricane and Spitfire

« on: 07 August 2016, 09:33:13 »

BBMF flew right over my house yesterday afternoon tremendous noise but sadly didn't have a camera handy.
Looked it up on the interweb and they were on their way from a show in Lincolnshire to N.Ireland.
John.

101

General Car Chat / amazon clearout

« on: 16 July 2016, 22:03:10 »

looks like amazon are having a sale on older stock car parts,just picked these up for spares

Magneti Marelli MM1199K1 Timing Belt Kit
£37.41

Quinton Hazell BFK346 Brake Shoe Fitting Kit
£5.49
 
VEMO Crank Sensor, flywheel V40-72-0357
£7.16

Sachs 3000951060 Clutch kit
£12.93
 
Nissens 63073A Radiator, engine cooling
£20.29
 
TRW DF2645 Front Brake Disc kit
£7.37
 
Mapco 15852 Rear Brake Disc, Set of 2
£8.54
 
Fuel Parts CU1004 Ignition Coil pack
£6.34
 
Magneti Marelli BSS2019 H/Brake Shoe kit
£5.54

still some bargains to be had air con. compressor £18.20
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hella-8FK-351-102-051-Compressor/dp/B00BNYMX3E/ref=sr_1_4?s=automotive&ie=UTF8&qid=1468702848&vehicle=117-1560-1930-8118-1-0&sr=1-4&keywords=compressor   

John.

102

General Car Chat / coincidence ?

« on: 24 June 2016, 21:10:31 »

spotted this whilst browsing the BCA website

https://auctionview.british-car-auctions.co.uk/Results/LotDetail/73717f56cc774f278604afa98124fbcd?VehId=2089f035-9edb-4a4c-992d-37b43928e926&FromSearch=true&searchQuery=q=vauxhall%20omega&bq=&sort=Make&missingMileage=True&page=1&returnTo=MY53CDX&Source=Search

considering it's a 53 plate cdx the reg.number is very appropriate.
John.

103

Omega Gallery / elite on softstars

« on: 21 June 2016, 16:10:36 »

cleaned up the tourer's irmscher softstars and put them on the elite



John.

104

General Discussion Area / feeling lousy

« on: 05 June 2016, 14:53:00 »

have had man flu for most of the week now and it's really getting me down as I've got loads of stuff to do on the omegas amongst others and the weather is fine and sunny but just don't have the energy and if I do try and do a bit it makes me feel worse.Not happy
John.

105

General Car Chat / mv6 sleeper

« on: 05 June 2016, 11:06:15 »

Anyone buy the mfl mv6 that finished yesterday on ebay.was in ultra rare silver but had the wrong wheels fitted but had leather recaros and irmscher bumpers.for a time it looked like it was going for £100 which was killing me as I would have had it but was too far away.
John .