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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: Speaker wattage

« on: Yesterday at 13:03:52 »

excellent work
and also nice to hear an appreciative reply / update
so may people on forums ask for advice and never come back !

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General Car Chat / Re: Headlight restoration attempt

« on: 15 July 2024, 19:45:31 »

i used to polish them up every year until my car went in for paintwork. they put a coat of clear laquer on the lights and they have been like new ever since. only 3 years so far but thats still better than once a year !  i was told that the uv makes them cloudy so a uv resistant laquer needs to go on .( as when they were new)

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General Car Chat / Re: Anyone had one or got one ?

« on: 13 July 2024, 17:43:05 »

the accelerator pedal issue was like as if a cable operated throttle had dropped off ! idled perfect but nothing happened when you pressed the pedal.turning the engine off and back on again cleared the fault and the car could go another few MONTHS without doing it again !.no elm so no codes present.
having worked on daughter in laws ka and sister in laws 500 they are otherwise generally straightforward cars to work on . a few quirks thou.you have to remove the front bumper and part of the subframe to change a wishbone ,the rear shocks eat top bushes and the auto brake shoe adjusters are a weird fiddly design !

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Omega General Help / Re: Flickering oil pressure light

« on: 04 July 2024, 12:58:37 »

thats true . when i use sealer anywhere i try to wait until the next day before using to make sure its set properly .

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Omega General Help / Re: Flickering oil pressure light

« on: 04 July 2024, 12:12:52 »

mine didnt but had probably been off before . black general purpose instant gasket type stuff has been fine for the last  7 years . the gm stuff is no doubt better quality but all ok so far !

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Omega General Help / Re: Flickering oil pressure light

« on: 03 July 2024, 12:45:04 »

if it were mine just for my own piece of mind i would still drop the sump and clean the strainer and other gunk out of there . the pick up hole is quite small by design ? and is known for clogging . mine was and gave similar symptoms . its not a particularly long or difficult job .
mine didnt have a gasket just normal black silicone did the job
 

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Omega General Help / Re: Monroe Levelling System

« on: 29 June 2024, 14:18:30 »

looking at the valve in picture its like the one on my carlton. you manually inflate it with a footpump ( or electric inflator etc). the lines put air in both together .

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Omega General Help / Re: Flickering oil pressure light

« on: 28 June 2024, 09:06:43 »

its reccomended to use a new bolt anyway so you can just slice the head off the old one with a angle grinder w cutting disc

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General Car Chat / Re: Buzzing from headlining/rear window

« on: 21 June 2024, 18:29:58 »

ah sorry. though we were talking omega !

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Omega General Help / Re: Intermittent missing

« on: 21 June 2024, 18:28:44 »

sounds like a damp issue and the warmer weather and wd has now has sorted it . obviously the main culprit usually is water down the plug wells possibly dripping from the scuttle especially rears.
BUT it could obviously be the coil or a lead breaking down.  anytime you have the leads off they can be measured for continuity with a meter. expect a reading in the k ohms range and higher on the longer leads rather than equality.

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General Car Chat / Re: Buzzing from headlining/rear window

« on: 21 June 2024, 18:21:42 »

funny.   mine is exactly the same. only noticeable with blower on high and all windows closed.  rear vent flap not stuck. so definately not electrical ( mine is more of a whistle ?)

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: Central Locking Fixed!

« on: 20 June 2024, 20:53:05 »

ok . i actually tried mine today and lo and behold the passenger window only operates from the main switch.  probably been like this for ages as i dont often have passengers and always open close it from my switch.    all other window switches work fine and switch off with the main switch off so just a power problem to the passenger switch.
so investigation reveals.
the passenger door switch operates the same as the back window ones. theres a brown earth ( for the illumination ) and there is a white live wire that only goes live with the main switch on.
mine was missing this live hence shy it didnt work.
white wire comes from door loom and plug etc into car and into a bundle just behind the two big connectors in the passenger footwell. probing this wire showed it was still dead. there is a white wire nearby that heads off to the rear door and this was live as it should be and off with the main switch off. 
SO theres a connection somewhere between these two thats gone bad ( temporarliy jumping these wires proved the fault and passenger door works as it should now from its own switch.
so tommorow il just trace my wire and see where the issue is at ( or connect it permanent as is )

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: Central Locking Fixed!

« on: 20 June 2024, 13:13:56 »

Bumping this old topic.... I have exactly the same symptoms. Drivers door switch works everything as it should - both mirrors, and raises and lowers all windows including the front passenger door window. However the passenger window switch won't raise or lower the passenger window. I have tried three other passenger window switch assemblies with no success, which tends to rule out the switch assembly itself being faulty.
There are several topics about this issue, but no fix / solution mentioned.
Any suggestions?

have you tried another known working 'drivers side switch'
to at least eliminate it from your enquiries regarding the isolating
switch

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General Car Chat / Re: Anyone had one or got one ?

« on: 01 June 2024, 09:09:21 »

basically its a ford KA and as such shares lots of components especially underneath/ mechanically so should be reliable enough for what it is . sister in law had one ( and a KA more recently and had no real issues other than a faulty throttle pedal) daughter has a KA at the moment and it seems to survive the abuse it gets !
it also basically the same as a panda too in lots of respects .
not the most refined of cars in terms of comfort or tyre noise but fun enough to drive .

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General Car Chat / Re: Starting issue

« on: 25 May 2024, 17:43:35 »

sounds like you need a diagnostic tech who can use a scope . he should scope the starter main power feed and the casing to check for any power or earth dropouts during cranking.if there's a bad connection this will show up .
obviously if nothing shows then a current test and simulated cranking compression test should show any issues internally with the starter or otherwise .
that's the basics out of the way . after that it would be nice to see the actual crank and cam angles