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General Discussion Area / Re: Word Association.
« on: 14 August 2017, 23:57:48 »
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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: Passenger windscreen wiper stopped working
« on: 14 August 2017, 21:34:43 »The clip arrived today, but cannot get to the nut. My mechanic has very small hands, going to see if he can fit it. I don’t want to have to take the wipers and scuttle off, looks beyond my abilities😀Follow the guide
One torx screw and 8? twist clips under the windscreen seal and two nuts for the wipers...
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General Car Chat / Re: vectra 2000 cambelt change.
« on: 14 August 2017, 20:34:20 »
Even if they quote £250-300, you're still well ahead of the first quote
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General Car Chat / Re: vectra 2000 cambelt change.
« on: 14 August 2017, 20:21:04 »
Vx service parts are cheap enough
Just need to find someone to fit them...
Might be worth asking local Vx dealer for a fitting quote... They occasionally have fixed price offers on certain jobs such as coolant/brake fluid and cambelt changes
Just need to find someone to fit them...
Might be worth asking local Vx dealer for a fitting quote... They occasionally have fixed price offers on certain jobs such as coolant/brake fluid and cambelt changes
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General Car Chat / Re: F/L irmscher front bumper
« on: 14 August 2017, 19:56:26 »Are F/L irmscher really worth £350?, like the one on ebay. Would like one but at that price, plus cost of repaint it seems alotI bought the last new one a few years ago... It cost nearly a grand.
Entirely up to you
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Omega General Help / Re: Internal fuse cover
« on: 14 August 2017, 19:53:56 »
I fully agree with the sentiment E, and get thoroughly fed up at having to defend every single thing I post just because one person has decided to be objectionable.
And again, another perfectly good thread trashed due the provocation of one person
And again, another perfectly good thread trashed due the provocation of one person
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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: fuse not found
« on: 14 August 2017, 19:37:48 »
Haynes manual wiring diagrams cover the later 2.5. It distinguishes between pre and mid facelift. It should provide enough detail to help with your car inspite of being a facelift... Apart from some of the cabin switch gear, the rest is pretty much the same
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Omega General Help / Re: Internal fuse cover
« on: 14 August 2017, 19:20:30 »
Re read my first sentence in that quote. Digest it and take the time to understand the meaning of the words in relationship with each other. Then apply that to the broader context of the entire quote.
Which, by the way, wasn't about an Omega, unlike your attempt at an argument
So kindly stop being such a clunge and do one. There's a good lad
Which, by the way, wasn't about an Omega, unlike your attempt at an argument
So kindly stop being such a clunge and do one. There's a good lad
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General Car Chat / Re: vectra 2000 cambelt change.
« on: 14 August 2017, 19:15:53 »sounds like they trying to rip off, or make it so expensive so they don't doit. ??It happens... Some places are fussy about parts... Which is understandable as they need to be able to provide some sort of guarantee, both of their work and the parts.
That said, if you turned up with all the parts just collected from Vx with the receipt then you shouldn't have an issue
Pay to shop around...
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General Car Chat / Re: vectra 2000 cambelt change.
« on: 14 August 2017, 18:40:21 »
1.8 Vectra C belt was £120 in labour and included swapping the water pump and thermostat... parts customer provided... total was circa £250 iirc
Engine is broadly similar, so cost should be comparable
Engine is broadly similar, so cost should be comparable
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Omega General Help / Re: Internal fuse cover
« on: 14 August 2017, 18:37:11 »
No shit...
Not wearing your seltbelt is clearly going to end badly if the collision is significant enough to warrant firing the airbags. Regardless of whether they fire or not. If they do fire and you're not wearing your seatbelt, because you have either fastened it behind you or have used one of those blank clips to turn the bong off, then expect far worse injuries than if they hadn't fired for any given crash
which was the point you coquishly chose to ignore.
Anyhoo,back to op, have you released the cover yet?
Not wearing your seltbelt is clearly going to end badly if the collision is significant enough to warrant firing the airbags. Regardless of whether they fire or not. If they do fire and you're not wearing your seatbelt, because you have either fastened it behind you or have used one of those blank clips to turn the bong off, then expect far worse injuries than if they hadn't fired for any given crash
which was the point you coquishly chose to ignore.Anyhoo,back to op, have you released the cover yet?
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General Discussion Area / Re: Causing more offence
« on: 14 August 2017, 16:13:16 »They will always be cats eyes to me.You're thinking of Mars bar dipping...
.......and the yank named Snickers bar will always be a Marathon bar.
Knickers to Snickers.
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Omega General Help / Re: Internal fuse cover
« on: 14 August 2017, 16:00:36 »1. Stand corrected on this point, although had previously been led to believe this was the case.I see the usual haters are out, trying to pick holes in the CORRECT advice given by a DG.
There are no push pins, voodoo spells or anything else... Open it fully, grasp near hinges and pull. Hardly rocket science.
For those who want to waste money, buy an extension for no reason
i see the usual dg best buddy is out
1. do you mean correct advice like the time dg told everyone never to put copper grease on spark plug threads or it would trash the cats?2. Or claiming that not plugging in the seatbelt will disable the air bags?
3. or the time he told someone with an ecu connection fault to pull all the plugs and put 6 tablespoons of oil into the cylinders
the fuse cover is not just there for decoration, notice how soft and padded it is? It is part of the crash protection. if you have a crash with it removed you are opening up your lower legs to be removed. safer to spend £1.83 on an extension
2. This applies to more modern vehicles with seat occupancy detection/pretensions/audible warnings that those plug in clips claim to disable, in this case a newer Mundeo. But don't let context get in the way of a good character assassination.
3. Standard, effective method for curing flooding when all else fails. In the absence of any evidence to the contrary, this was sound advice... Unlike your own suggestion of replacing the ecu
Removing the fusebox lid TEMPORARILY for testing purposes is a far better solution than trying to latch it with an obstruction in place. This would actually make it insecure and liable to drop down at the merest bump and therefore likely to foul both feet and pedals and cause more significant injury in an impact... It is padded on the outer face, but is in no way whatsoever frangible. Smack the top edge of one against your shin if you don't believe me.
Once again, arguing for the shear hell of it
