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Omega General Help / Re: Removing facelift bump strips

« on: 07 January 2010, 22:50:28 »

All 4 doors are a torx screw at each end from inside then slide the towards the front of the car, they just drop off then. Wings strips are a single 10mm nut behind the arch liner but take the repeaters out first

Is that the same for mfl's Lee? :-?

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Omega General Help / Re: Inside car freezing up/optimum temp setting

« on: 08 January 2010, 10:35:08 »

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What settings should i have my heater climate control set to to stop this?

Auto!   

And check your skuttle drains are clear

and the vent in the driver's side of the boot is clear 

On that topic, where is the vent in a mfl Estate please?

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Omega General Help / Re: OH NO IVE CRASHED

« on: 06 January 2010, 18:39:56 »

Really sorry Fudy, I hope you get it sorted OK. There but for the grace etc..... Positive side hopefully no-one was injured.

Best wishes

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Omega General Help / Re: LT

« on: 06 January 2010, 20:01:13 »

Ready to kick yourself....

Leather Trim 

I wondered when you'd spot that Wilson

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Omega General Help / Re: Replacing manifold gasket

« on: 06 January 2010, 15:41:37 »

I always very slightly tighten any fast fixing, either nut/bolt/screw, and also, if felt necessary, give a sharp tap on the head, after soaking in release fluid also. This usually allows relatively easy removal. In some circumstances, but possibly not in this case, it is feasible to take advantage of the different coefficients of expansion of ally vs steel and make an application of heat to expand the surrounding alloy.

PS I'm not trying to teach grandmothers to suck eggs, but speak from a background of an aircraft engineer for 40 years.

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Omega General Help / Re: VX goodies extras

« on: 05 January 2010, 20:02:05 »

Stalk is around £45 for TD from a dealer, fit it your self, takes all of 5 mins 

Exactement, why I wondered how much VX would have charged

It's around a £200 option on an Astra H VXR 

Possibly more work rqd. I'd like to see the original options list. Amazed I haven't still got it. I keep everything else.

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Omega General Help / Re: VX goodies extras

« on: 05 January 2010, 19:11:31 »

Stalk is around £45 for TD from a dealer, fit it your self, takes all of 5 mins 

Exactement, why I wondered how much VX would have charged

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Omega General Help / VX goodies extras

« on: 05 January 2010, 19:01:15 »

I was fascinated to read on another thread that to fit Cruise to a td only requires a stalk. Can anyone remember how much VX charged if not fitted as standard? IIRC the CDX & Elite were standard.

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Omega General Help / Re: Two things

« on: 05 January 2010, 09:37:55 »

Just remembered the second thing, has anyone got the part number for the water pump for a '99 2.5td?

TIA

Thanks very much Mick, very helpful.


93179365 is the part number for my pump, but mine is a facelift. Can someone confirm are they the same for preface, if that's what you have?

Mick

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Omega General Help / Re: Two things

« on: 04 January 2010, 20:08:10 »

Just remembered the second thing, has anyone got the part number for the water pump for a '99 2.5td?

TIA

93179365 is the part number for my pump, but mine is a facelift. Can someone confirm are they the same for preface, if that's what you have?

Mick

Thanks Mick. I suspect that mine might be different on the 2.5.

You're talking 2.5 as in 2.5TD? so am I. That's what the part number is for.  I had mine replaced earlier this year, just took the number off the box.

Mick

Sorry, I misread your profile

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Omega General Help / Re: Two things

« on: 04 January 2010, 19:02:40 »

Thanks TB did my PM 'X' mean anything :-? :-? :-?

what pm?

i get so many sometimes, it deletes before they get read

You PM'd with   Last letter of vin?

I replied 'X'

Chris

Ah, ok, so 1999 model. Minifacelift.

Can't remember the question mind....   

Thanks very much, we were trying to establish exactly that:- MFL.

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Omega General Help / Re: Two things

« on: 04 January 2010, 18:59:48 »

Just remembered the second thing, has anyone got the part number for the water pump for a '99 2.5td?

TIA

93179365 is the part number for my pump, but mine is a facelift. Can someone confirm are they the same for preface, if that's what you have?

Mick

Thanks Mick. I suspect that mine might be different on the 2.5.

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Omega General Help / Re: Two things

« on: 04 January 2010, 18:40:45 »

as it happens i repaired my tensioner the other day!! ok its not the puley that is the problem nor the arm its the damn spring loaded tensioner, what happens is the plastic around the top and bottom eyes wears, this allows the finite movement of the spring to lose its tension as its almost fully extended when the plastic wears!!
I made some bushes out of copper pipe cut in half, and inserted them under the metal eye on the bottom one and on the top of the one on the top this has the effect of taking out the play in the plastic and it now works properly again, dont know how long it will last but i know i did it at least 2 yeatrs ago with just the bottom eye as i found the piece of copper that had worn thin in there!! lol

HTH

Thanks OT, I think I read where you had done that earlier. Just wondering whether its worth replacing while I'm in there, as its a b****r sorting my garage to get the car in.

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Omega General Help / Re: Two things

« on: 04 January 2010, 18:38:01 »

Thanks TB did my PM 'X' mean anything :-? :-? :-?

what pm?

i get so many sometimes, it deletes before they get read

You PM'd with   Last letter of vin?

I replied 'X'

Chris

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Omega General Help / Re: Two things

« on: 04 January 2010, 17:42:23 »

Just remembered the second thing, has anyone got the part number for the water pump for a '99 2.5td?

TIA