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General Discussion Area / Replacement parts pick up and storage

« on: 30 March 2016, 19:00:39 »

As some may know, I am in the market for a set of doors for my PFL estate. I have asked questions on here and it has been confirmed that FL doors will fit no problem, yes the trim will be different but I'm not fussed about that at all.
So far I have only managed to negotiate a deal for front doors from a FL saloon, I offered £70 for the pair, is that a good price?
I tried the local scrappy's around Dundee/Forfar but at the time they had no Omega's in, they also said doors from them would be around £50 each......

Of course it would be nice if somebody was breaking a champagne gold PFL Elite estate with good doors but I feel that is asking a bit too much.

So now we come to the crux of the matter, would it be possible for any of our scottish members to pick up and hold the 2 front doors for me until I can get over to blighty and collect?

The seller lives in Edinburgh.

Cheers
Jon

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General Discussion Area / Re: Sturgeon still for indendance

« on: 13 March 2016, 10:19:55 »

There's a lot of confusion/misinformation (deliberate?) over just how much a drain on England's resources the scotch are. All are agreed that they have a net gain from our taxes, etc., disregarding the oil issue - which they claim to be theirs, despite its location and our expertise in finding and exploiting it.
Can any of the better informed Oofers say how much better off financially we would be if we cast them adrift, especially if Cameron took back all of the bribes he gave them before the vote?

Ron.

Think that should read the Americans not 'our'

And you beat me to it Mr B! LOL

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Car Parts, bits For Sale & Wanted / Re: WANTED, front wiper motor

« on: 13 March 2016, 10:15:50 »

Damn, been a bit lax checking on here, sorry 'bout that.
It was needed in UK and it would seem there is one available only 6 miles from where the car is!
Brother in law is going to deal with it, chap with an omega on the face book page replied to my wanted ad on there.

Sorry about that but thanks for the offer.

Regards
Jon

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Omega General Help / Re: Windscreen wiper relay

« on: 25 February 2016, 20:37:20 »

May have one in Arbroath, chap is checking at the weekend, this was from a facebook post on the Omega appreciation mob.
As the brother in law lives in Arbroath, he has offered to collect and fit!
Hopefully a good result in the end. Cheers for the offer once again Stephen.

Jon

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Omega General Help / Re: Windscreen wiper relay

« on: 24 February 2016, 10:32:25 »

Aye well that's always an option but not sure when I'm going to UK just now, new job in the offing but it's based over here in Spain and I can envisage being pretty tied up with that to begin with.
Thank you for the offer Mr C. I will bear it in mind.....

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Omega General Help / Recommendations please?

« on: 23 February 2016, 22:17:26 »

For a gasket sealant.
Which is best for a combined inlet and exhaust manifold gasket as found on Omega A 2.6?
Do you need a sealant on a new gasket?

TIA
Jon

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Car Parts, bits For Sale & Wanted / WANTED, front wiper motor

« on: 23 February 2016, 22:01:36 »

As per the title
1997 Estate, hence specifying the front motor.
As far as I know the linkage is all good so just the motor if any one has one?

TIA
Jon

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Omega General Help / Re: Windscreen wiper relay

« on: 23 February 2016, 21:59:21 »

Just as a follow on, that relay actually lives in the panel under the dash on mine? 
As a further follow on, the old relay tested fine........it was the motor giving up
so it's been put to rest for a while until I can get over there and fit another motor

Good thing is the main dealer did give a healthy discount from the quoted price down to £15!

I've seen second hand motors on the bay of e for around the £25 mark, would that be about right (that's with free postage)
I'll stick a wanted post up as well.

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Omega General Help / Tailgate gas struts

« on: 15 February 2016, 11:51:22 »

Had a quick search but nowt came up.
Fellow OOFers, I'm looking for a bit of info regarding the tailgate gas struts for the estate.
Can anyine with EPC tell me if they are a carry over from the Carlton or a completely different animal,
reason being, after a bit of searching on ebay the Omega (B) items are considerably cheaper than the Omega (A) (Carlton)!
I need a set of struts for the Carlton and was wondering if I could fit the Omega items (cheaper).
It would be nice to find out they are the same item, as far as I can tell the tailgates are remarkably similar in dimensions.
I would imagine GM would want to re-purpose stock like that?
Anyone help please?

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General Car Chat / Re: Alloys

« on: 14 February 2016, 21:56:44 »

Yeah, it's a favourite with older A6 Allroad owners for their bumpers and roofs.

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General Car Chat / Re: Alloys

« on: 14 February 2016, 20:02:26 »

When I did mine due to flaky lacquer-ok I didn't bother with inside faces as I'm not that fussy-I rubbed them down with 320 then 600 grade wet/dry used dry,used ordinary primer then silver alloy for the main part and steel for the spoke sides and bit of rim between spokes then lacqured the whole lot.Whole lot came in at about £15 for the four wheels!!!Wheels never even left the ground let alone the car!Several years on and they still look same as when I finished them,good enough for me more than good enough for an Omega.

Thats sounds a good price Baza  Ive seen some newish stuff , rubberised spray and you can just rip it off when you need to replace of change colours :



Not sure about that but i have got a few cans of normal black that will do for covering the inside of the wheel . Then ill go with a dark grey metallic for the face 

Plastidip!

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General Discussion Area / Re: Leatherman multi tool question

« on: 14 February 2016, 19:19:52 »

Blade has to be less than 3.5" I think.
I wear my Gerber sport 400 all the time in the UK (scotland) and all the time over here in Spain who have similar knife laws
Really don't know the legality of it but I have never been stopped for wearing it.

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General Car Chat / Re: Airmatic problems now

« on: 02 February 2016, 21:24:02 »

Sounds very familiar with A6 Allroads, the C5 variety.
The repair kit for the compressors is made by a chap on their forum that goes by the moniker of 'bagpipingandy'

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Omega General Help / Re: Windscreen wiper relay

« on: 02 February 2016, 21:15:37 »

Cheers for that MR. C.
SWMBO went to main stealers.......£56
I told her I would have a look see for any that were next day delivery but it's raining in Forfar!

Thanks for that info mate.
Oh and just for interest, my 1989 VW hi top camper passed its annual test over here today.

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Omega General Help / Re: Windscreen wiper relay

« on: 02 February 2016, 16:01:57 »

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