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General Discussion Area / Re: Change of Career
« on: 06 June 2024, 12:49:11 »
Good move, James!
All the best, mate.
All the best, mate.
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Omega General Help / Re: Steering box leak
« on: 05 June 2024, 14:51:26 »Got the car back. Welding all done.
Found the part number (yes, it was easy after wiping the grime away!), it's 8052991124.
Just need to find one on the interwebby thing...
After welding and applying a bottle of Lucas Power Steering Stop Leak (good stuff!), got a new MoT.
Have a replacement secondhand box coming – just in case.
Brilliant news. I would just clean off the box with parts cleaner and see if any leak returns. It could have been the most minor of seeps accumulating over the years ….
Too old to crawl underneath to clean it, but point taken, James!
A replacement box has now arrived, so I will keep that in stock...just in case!
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Omega General Help / Re: Steering box leak
« on: 29 May 2024, 18:49:42 »Got the car back. Welding all done.
Found the part number (yes, it was easy after wiping the grime away!), it's 8052991124.
Just need to find one on the interwebby thing...
After welding and applying a bottle of Lucas Power Steering Stop Leak (good stuff!), got a new MoT.
Have a replacement secondhand box coming – just in case.
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Omega General Help / Re: Steering box leak
« on: 24 May 2024, 17:30:31 »
Got the car back. Welding all done.
Found the part number (yes, it was easy after wiping the grime away!), it's 8052991124.
Just need to find one on the interwebby thing...
Found the part number (yes, it was easy after wiping the grime away!), it's 8052991124.
Just need to find one on the interwebby thing...
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Omega General Help / Re: Steering box leak
« on: 24 May 2024, 14:09:21 »There are at least 8 RHD part numbers. Can't narrow it down without a lot more info, so you really need to get a part number of the current unit.
Does your car have servotronic variable assistance power steering? If it does, there will be an electrical connection on the side and a square box solenoid - like this...
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/326034740558
If it does not, then there isn't an electrical connection, and no square box, like this...
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/363649425920
Thanks guys. The car is stick at the welders as they wanted to do a small bit at the front while they had it. Thus, I can't go and check part number etc.
Should get it back later this afternoon, fingers crossed.
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Omega General Help / Re: Steering box leak
« on: 23 May 2024, 16:01:19 »
Anyone know the GM part number for my 2.6 steering box? 
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Omega General Help / Re: Steering box leak
« on: 22 May 2024, 09:56:58 »And it has to be dripping to fail not just oily.
It is, allegedly. :'(
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Omega General Help / Steering box leak
« on: 21 May 2024, 15:54:08 »
Just failed an MoT due (aside from a bit of welding to do by OSF jacking point) to steering box leak.
Why would a steering box leak? Are there seals that go? Do i need a new or recon box? Big job?
Not a happy bunny. :'(
Why would a steering box leak? Are there seals that go? Do i need a new or recon box? Big job?
Not a happy bunny. :'(
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General Car Chat / Re: Motor Factors?
« on: 14 May 2024, 16:31:40 »Passed car test Feb. 1978.
Passed mine in 1969.
Yep, almost a fossil.
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General Discussion Area / Re: Auroras this weekend?
« on: 11 May 2024, 12:12:44 »
Great pics, Jimbob!
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General Discussion Area / Re: Auroras this weekend?
« on: 11 May 2024, 00:15:50 »Friends have posted great photos from Oxford and Hatfield. Haven't seen anything myself due to light pollution here in North London.
Update: Some feint reds and greens seen, despite the light pollution.
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General Discussion Area / Re: Auroras this weekend?
« on: 10 May 2024, 23:51:24 »
Friends have posted great photos from Oxford and Hatfield. Haven't seen anything myself due to light pollution here in North London. 
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General Discussion Area / Re: Auroras this weekend?
« on: 10 May 2024, 13:05:04 »
Metcheck have just put this out on Facebook:
AURORA ALERT: For the first time since 2005, NOAA have issued a Severe Geomagnetic Storm Watch. This means an enhanced chance of seeing the aurora (northern lights) tonight and over the weekend. Of course, the nights are increasingly short now so the best times are between 11pm and 2am if you have clear skies.
AURORA ALERT: For the first time since 2005, NOAA have issued a Severe Geomagnetic Storm Watch. This means an enhanced chance of seeing the aurora (northern lights) tonight and over the weekend. Of course, the nights are increasingly short now so the best times are between 11pm and 2am if you have clear skies.
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General Discussion Area / Auroras this weekend?
« on: 09 May 2024, 22:17:06 »
SEVERE GEOMAGNETIC STORM WATCH: Giant sunspot AR3664 has now hurled at least four CMEs directly toward Earth. Their combined arrival this weekend could spark severe (G4-class) geomagnetic storms with mid- to low-latitude auroras. Although this is a potentially significant space weather event, it is not going to be the next Carrington Event. If the coming storm were a hurricane, it would be ranked category 4, not category 5.
Sunspot AR3664 has grown so large, it now rivals the great Carrington sunspot of 1859. Carrington's sunspot is famous because in August and Sept. 1859 it emitted a series of intense solar flares and CMEs. The resulting geomagnetic storms set fire to telegraph offices and sparked auroras from Cuba to Hawaii. The "Carrington Event" has since become a touchstone of space weather in pop culture, with recent headlines stoking fears of an "internet apocalypse" if it repeats.
See https://spaceweather.com/
Sunspot AR3664 has grown so large, it now rivals the great Carrington sunspot of 1859. Carrington's sunspot is famous because in August and Sept. 1859 it emitted a series of intense solar flares and CMEs. The resulting geomagnetic storms set fire to telegraph offices and sparked auroras from Cuba to Hawaii. The "Carrington Event" has since become a touchstone of space weather in pop culture, with recent headlines stoking fears of an "internet apocalypse" if it repeats.
See https://spaceweather.com/
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General Discussion Area / Re: What has P*ssed you off today?
« on: 24 April 2024, 14:24:35 »3 network.
Seems my sim only contract ran out 20/4/24 so rung them for opptions, , renewed for a lower price.
but cant get on the app. Seems they updated it and I have to reregister.
Fun and games have started, put my number in, get to password cant go any furher
Asks foe password? Trying to register, NEXT
Please register your account,
Ask it for a reset link - keeps going round in circles.
Phone support blameing my email - P***ed off
Had the same problem. Left them for SMARTY. No contract – can cancel at anytime – and uses the 3 network. Kept my old number. All done in a matter of days.