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Omega General Help / Re: Shaking

« on: 10 January 2017, 18:46:07 »

Mine did something similar .i replaced the rear transmission mount because it felt a little soft .this seemed to make a very slight difference. But i also had a rattling from the lift collar. Sorted it by putting a thin piece of self adhesive foam down the gap. Dont know if this is what yours is thou ? .

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Car Parts, bits For Sale & Wanted / Re: 2.5 automatic abs ecu wanted

« on: 05 January 2017, 09:20:40 »

Yes its 0 273 004 206 and is for a 2.5 automatic. Thanks.

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Omega General Help / Re: wishbone vertical mount types

« on: 04 January 2017, 17:34:33 »

Just so you can see the other type of rear bush i was talking about ,there are a pair of used arms on ebay at the moment from derby vauxhall spares..you will see what i mean anout the rubber

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Car Parts, bits For Sale & Wanted / Re: 2.5 automatic abs ecu wanted

« on: 04 January 2017, 16:16:19 »

Hi. I assume it must be for an auto as well as the correct ecu number ?

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Omega General Help / Re: wishbone vertical mount types

« on: 02 January 2017, 23:48:20 »

Obviously due to my 'lack of imagination' i have now discovered that the arms can be handed by turning over the balljoint.i never knew this and now know that this can be done.i live and learn. Thankyou .id bet there are some other omega owners or garages that didnt know either. Wish id known a few years ago. Anyway its still strange that through the many omega arms ive done over the years including genuine ones its only recently that ive found the two arms with the different rear bush. As i posted earlier they look heavy duty like meyle ones for golf and some audi.see the pictures for yourself and see what you think. As we all know ,the rear bushes dont last long even gm ones .i assume this forum is for people to help others and come up with things ,ideas they may not have seen or been aware of.

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Omega General Help / Re: wishbone vertical mount types

« on: 02 January 2017, 12:56:14 »

 they also look like the meyle heavy duty wishbone bush for vw golf on eBay. not the same dimensions maybe but that style ? ?

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Omega General Help / Re: wishbone vertical mount types

« on: 02 January 2017, 12:47:00 »

hi. been searching through google images left right and centre to find some bushes that look similar .nearest I can find is from google images type in.     heavy duty control arm bushing kit           the pictures come up with something similar to them. appearance wise I mean.

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Omega General Help / Re: Omega updates

« on: 01 January 2017, 20:52:23 »

I assume then that the learning effect has made my brothers ecu perform good then.because it has never had any updates to its ecu .at least from when he bought it .i believe that when you change the car battery it starts its learning again from scratch ?

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Omega General Help / Re: wishbone vertical mount types

« on: 01 January 2017, 19:35:08 »

I bought two RH arms because they "appear to be well made" and would be happy to find Lh arms to match .

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Omega General Help / Re: wishbone vertical mount types

« on: 01 January 2017, 19:30:23 »

please don't misunderstand me but I'm not whining ! .what I'm asking is ...has anyone ever seen a Lh arm with a full ( for want of a better description) rear vertical bush. this arm needed changing quickly as its his only and daily driver .the veco RH arm was fitted and is performing perfectly. would have liked to find a matching arm to this one to fit as a matching set. he has a receipt from only a few years ago and 12000 miles for a pair of gm arms fitted and these are the ones that the RH bush has split on. happened day after had new tyres fitted and suspension had been left hanging at max .will see how the veco arm lasts ! !

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Omega General Help / Re: wishbone vertical mount types

« on: 01 January 2017, 11:35:04 »

I have tried that. Its more a question of the right hand arm looking very good quality with a different looking rear bush. Where can i find a left arm to match it. I have looked at the £80 sets but none have the better / same type rear bush as my two right arms have.

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Omega General Help / Re: Omega updates

« on: 31 December 2016, 18:36:10 »

ah well maybe my new / eBay ecu was an original non updated one and the one on my car was updated. I prefer the eBay one because I don't ever want or like the idea of revs up to 5.5k before a change. the 2.5 changes nice and early as does my 2.2 Carlton with the non electric box. everyone has there own idea on what they like but I like it this way.

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Omega General Help / Re: wishbone vertical mount types

« on: 31 December 2016, 18:30:58 »

I would but has anyone seen a Lh arm like that . if so where did u find it ?

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Omega General Help / Re: Omega updates

« on: 31 December 2016, 17:31:29 »

I heard about this too. my brother has had a 2.5 from nearly new and the gearbox has always performed changes smoothly and at what I would call "the right time ! " so never ever thought much of it until I got myself a 03 2.6 last year.it seemed to rev up very high in all gears before changing gear.i wondered whether it was faulty or neede an update. what I did was buy a gearbox ecu off eBay to see if there was any difference. there was. ! it changes much lower now and feels much better. so the question is.......was my gearbox ecu faulty or was the replacement one which had had an update. ?

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Omega General Help / wishbone vertical mount types

« on: 31 December 2016, 16:23:15 »

hi. the subject of good and bad wishbones have been discussed as I see on here many many times.i have one question thou.i have changed a few of these in the past and never really noticed the type/style of rear bush. Bear with me ! . just last month after my brothers car started braking strange and pulling to the left by a set amount we traced it to the o/s arm vertical bush usual tearing of rubber.so I rang a few factors to see if anyone had an arm in stock to get it so I could fit it before Christmas. I went along to a very helpful guy in Huddersfield who had a pair of veco ones in stock. now here's where my curiosity kicks in. !    the new arms he had were both in sealed green veco bags but they were very obviously of different quality. the Lh one felt and looked like any of the non gm ones I had fitted in the past. ( sharp edges here and there,lots of very obvious spot welds and the same looking stepped rear vertical bush ) the rh arm however was quite noticeably heavier / thicker metal.seemed much better quality welds and paint.and the rear bush was welded continuously all around rather than just here and there. also the actual rear vertical bush was totally different as well.filled with rubber right up to the sleeve and and curved up to the top of mounting bolt sleeve.there was a large RH label on it too. I've since searched all available pictures of arms on google and for sale on eBay and cannot find any other arms with the same type bush for lhs.only rhs.one has just been found on eBay that looked identical but was described as ,first line,manufacture. I ordered it and it came yesterday. same nice heavy ,RH marker etc ,full bush ....?. so my question is. are these veco / first line ?? RH arms good and can you only find RH ones? ?.its the only arms I've seen with this style of vertical bush. not sure what original gm busehes look like or le former ones.