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sump guard
« on: 23 November 2012, 23:49:09 »
Well I was busy today just made a sump guard for my omega  :D Getting it galvanised next week  ;D



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« Reply #1 on: 24 November 2012, 08:49:08 »
Thats nice heavy duty job there  :) :-\
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« Reply #2 on: 24 November 2012, 12:46:31 »
Needs a hole for the drain plug, else it becomes a PITA. Also, if a V6, need access to filter.  Unless you plan on removing it every time you change the oil  :-\

Although I have knocked a sump plug cleanly out before, I don't think the Omega needs a sump guard, unless you live up a farm track, in which case a Land Rover may be a better options ;D

Are you scraping the front enough to need one? Might be worth checking the springs and shocks for aging, causing a bit of sagging.
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« Reply #3 on: 24 November 2012, 13:06:16 »
Pressing on down Irish country roads,it will always be a good idea to have one. ;)
See pic below for visual explanation. :D

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« Reply #4 on: 24 November 2012, 13:08:21 »
Is that a perm you're wearing Albs ;D
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« Reply #5 on: 24 November 2012, 13:09:27 »
Not quite,just 1970,s style long hair.It would be nice to have the option nowadays. :'( ;D
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« Reply #6 on: 24 November 2012, 13:18:35 »
Gosh I could have done with a sumpguard on both my last two Omegas ;D ;D

On one the sump drain plug was so badly damaged I had to do oil changes via suction method.
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« Reply #7 on: 24 November 2012, 15:19:31 »
That would be useful in the Ukraine.  :y
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« Reply #8 on: 24 November 2012, 16:02:19 »
It would be excellent for rallying! :D :D ;)
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« Reply #9 on: 24 November 2012, 19:27:14 »
Quote from: Lizzie Zoom on 24 November 2012, 16:02:19
It would be excellent for rallying! :D :D ;)
the guard or the Omega :D ;D
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« Reply #10 on: 24 November 2012, 19:41:17 »
Quote from: symes on 24 November 2012, 19:27:14
Quote from: Lizzie Zoom on 24 November 2012, 16:02:19
It would be excellent for rallying! :D :D ;)
the guard or the Omega :D ;D

Well, I must say Symes I would love to drive a miggy, suitably modified, in a rally.  Anyone sponsor me?  I can handle a car at 150 mph, and on rally type roads ;) ;) ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D


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« Reply #11 on: 24 November 2012, 20:07:21 »
Wow fair play to you :y :y Myself inly do straight lines A quarter mile at a time :y
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« Reply #12 on: 24 November 2012, 20:15:20 »
Quote from: symes on 24 November 2012, 20:07:21
Wow fair play to you :y :y Myself inly do straight lines A quarter mile at a time :y

I was only joking Symes........not about the 150 mph...............but rallying ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D  ;)

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« Reply #13 on: 24 November 2012, 20:21:23 »
Why?? I think women are bloody good at motor sports :y :y and you would probably be much better than me at rallying  :y :y
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« Reply #14 on: 24 November 2012, 20:53:26 »
Quote from: symes on 24 November 2012, 20:21:23
Why?? I think women are bloody good at motor sports :y :y and you would probably be much better than me at rallying  :y :y

Well I have had my moments of country road "madness", especially when I drove Escort's! ::) ::)

Once drove a Ford Cortina 100 miles in one hour on A roads; yes that's right, but I was younger, with no children on board and stupidly racing to meet a business deadline. :-[ :-[ :-[

Trouble was in those days I was always driving hundreds of miles to meet business deadlines, at a very high speed average, but amazingly never wrote myself or anyone else off.  Had lucky escapes, but never hit a thing.  Would never do that now though.  Just a bit wiser and without business pressures.  It was never worth the risk, but that is how it was. :-X
 
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