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Omega General Help / Door opening problem

« on: 02 January 2015, 12:10:43 »

Hi all, a few months ago my drivers door started to fly open when driving,I examined the catch and locking mechanism and tried to open the closed latch with a screw driver but it was solid. Any way I intended to look further into it but never got around to it. The upshot was it started to work normally again until a few days ago when it started opening again. When the door is closed even firm pressure from the inside will not make it open but then suddenly without warning whilst on the move it will suddenly open.
Any clues? 

TIA
Regards
Tony

32

General Discussion Area / Vulcan

« on: 04 October 2014, 23:27:18 »

Vulcan bomber falklands on more four channel 14 on now 

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Omega General Help / Steering parts

« on: 22 August 2014, 18:02:18 »

Evenin' all, I've just been searching the net for a steering idler arm. Came across a company called Algermanparts and they had two arms listed one made by Febi Bilstein at a cost of £22.54 and another made by Lemforder at a price of £42.52 quite a price difference  any opinions as to which one to go for my local factors want £84.00 for one    and I don't even know what make it is.

TIA
Tony

34

General Car Chat / Seized engine

« on: 18 August 2014, 18:40:50 »

Hi all, my works van which is   2.5 diesel Citroen Relay engine has seized due to lack of oil. ( yes I know I am an idiot for allowing this )
Replacing the engine is not financially viable, so my train of thought is hopefully the problem is the crank shaft so for the cost of new shells and cleaning up the journals it might be worth a go. so any advice or opinions would be greatfully appreciated especially from anyone that has had experience working on this particular engine.

TIA
Tony

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General Discussion Area / URGENT IMMEDIATE HELP NEEDED PLEASE!!!

« on: 30 July 2014, 17:12:24 »

Hi all, I'm in a bit of a spot. I have a Fiesta that is "mothballed" and parked on private ground. I sorned it when the tax ran out on April 2012 It got clamped by the DVLA or their contractors this morning. They intend to lift it and take it to the pound tomorrow, I have looked on the DVLA website to see what info they hold on this car and discovered errors, I cannot access the tax history as their computer says I have entered invalid details even though I have filled all the relevant question boxes correctly.their data base states that it ran out of tax in 2012 no mention of a sorn even though I have the sorn acknowledgement  letter in front of me for 2012- 2013 I did not receive a reminder to sorn it this year so the sorn for now was over looked maybe the reason that I did not get this reminder is because of the incorrect info on their data base. I have spoken to the DVLA regarding this matter and they have stated that I can lodge an appeal in writing. I contacted the clamping company this afternoon and informed them of my appeal and the grounds that the appeal would be based on, but they were not interested and still intend to take the car to the pound tomorrow. The intend to charge me all the costs that I will incure and have said that if my appeal is successful I will get them refunded. But I don't think that's the point What happened to "innocent until proven guilty" Is there anything I can do legally to prevent them removing the car. Advice please the clock is ticking

TIA
TONY

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General Discussion Area / Phone number

« on: 27 July 2014, 09:20:18 »

Mornin' all. Can anyone post up the phone number of ETS (Euro Trading Syndicate) of Luton I've tried the number on the website but to no avail.
TIA
Tony

37

Omega General Help / Exhaust choice advive please

« on: 22 April 2014, 19:39:53 »

"Eavin all" I need a new exhaust for my 2.5 Mig unfortunately due to back problems I'm not up to scrambling underneath a car on axel stands to do the job myself anymore so I'll have to  trust a garage or similar to do the work. As we all know there are exhausts and there are exhausts from a quality point of view so can anyone give me the "heads up" on what make to look out for?

TIA
Tony

38

General Discussion Area / Pension review

« on: 03 April 2014, 21:28:04 »

Hello everyone, I have a very small private pension that I think is time to make sure is with the right plan and provider can anyone give me an idea how much an independent financial adviser should charge to give advise in such a matter either in charge per hour or to do a one off review? 
TIA
Tony

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General Discussion Area / Purchasing white goods

« on: 25 March 2014, 12:48:16 »

Hi all,   I am looking to buy a new microwave, dishwasher and washing machine, preferably on line can any one give me some advice on the best way to go about this there are so many deals out there with trade ins cash backs etc it giving me a headache !
 
TIA
Tony

40

Omega General Help / Heater playing up

« on: 04 March 2014, 19:27:47 »

Hi all, is there any link with the outside temperature sensor and the cabin heater? The reason I ask is they both seem to have malfunctioned at the same time (or is that just coincidence) the heater only blows hot air when it is set on the "HI" and the outside Temperature reading was displaying either 58 oC or 63 oC now it just  displays F oC.
Can anyone shed any light on this problem
TIA
Tony 

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Omega General Help / Poly bushing wishbones

« on: 28 October 2013, 20:15:59 »

Hi all, whats the best way of poly bushing wishbones? is it best to bush the existing wishbone or buying new ones and replacing the bushes? Can you also give me the "heads up" on the best suppliers of bushes and wishbones if that's the way to go.
TIA

Regards
Tony

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Omega General Help / Omega batteries

« on: 22 August 2013, 20:34:03 »

Hi all can anyone tell me if Omega batteries are available on trade club and if so how much?
TIA
Tony

43

Omega General Help / Annoying missfire

« on: 20 July 2013, 14:38:04 »

Afternoon all, my Miggy has developed a missfire. it doesn't happen when the engine is stone cold but appears as soon as the engine starts to warm up, the missfire happens on gradual acceleration but disappears on hard acceleration and all six pots start to fire. Anyone got any clues.
TIA
Regards
Tony

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General Car Chat / New shocks advice please

« on: 13 April 2013, 13:44:16 »

Hi all I will be fitting new rear shocks to a friends Fiat 500 ( new shape ) can any body recommend a decent make that is not to expensive?
TIA
Tony

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Omega General Help / Help please

« on: 24 March 2013, 09:56:39 »

Mornin' all I've had a look on here but can't find out how to sync the ignition key. I changed the battery yesterday and it took a bit longer than I thought it would.
TIA
Tony