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Omega General Help / Re: Crank sensor price
« on: 28 December 2013, 13:17:09 »
I paid £70.74 including the VAT in July, so that sounds about right.
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General Car Chat / Re: Endangered Species?
« on: 28 December 2013, 13:04:15 »
Loads of them around here.
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Omega General Help / Re: rear wheel bearing - easier to change the whole arm?
« on: 28 December 2013, 12:58:13 »
Rear wheel bearings are horrendously difficult to change; I've done two in the street.
The only slightly awkward bit is extracting the hub, which for which I cobbled together an extractor. It's just a large bore tube, a steel plate, M18nut and bolt, and a couple of tabs to bolt it to the upright using the brake back plate holes/bolts. The bearing is easily removed using a couple of plates and studding, or you might be able to do it with a big hammer as it's not that tight a fit.
The worst bit of the two I've done was struggling with the circlip!
If you're prepared to change the arm, then save yourself £20, and remove yours. Then removing the hub and bearing is easily done in a press. Personally, I think that's just shifting the aggravation so find it hard to recommend. A used arm is going to be at least 10 years old, as is the bearing. So there is no way of saying how long is going to last. I wouldn't even consider it as a new SKF bearing is only £45 from ECP.
The only slightly awkward bit is extracting the hub, which for which I cobbled together an extractor. It's just a large bore tube, a steel plate, M18nut and bolt, and a couple of tabs to bolt it to the upright using the brake back plate holes/bolts. The bearing is easily removed using a couple of plates and studding, or you might be able to do it with a big hammer as it's not that tight a fit.
The worst bit of the two I've done was struggling with the circlip!
If you're prepared to change the arm, then save yourself £20, and remove yours. Then removing the hub and bearing is easily done in a press. Personally, I think that's just shifting the aggravation so find it hard to recommend. A used arm is going to be at least 10 years old, as is the bearing. So there is no way of saying how long is going to last. I wouldn't even consider it as a new SKF bearing is only £45 from ECP.
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General Discussion Area / Re: Knackered...
« on: 26 December 2013, 22:48:27 »...so should I get my arse out of the bath and go an open my xmas pressies, or go straight to bed, as need to be in Chesham early tomorrow?
Yes
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General Discussion Area / Re: Xmas toys...
« on: 26 December 2013, 22:47:23 »Ultrasonic cleaner. Except the bloody thing doesn't work
Are you sure the volume is turned up enough?
Ask the dog.
Seriously though, I've a small cheap one that works well, but does take a while for any effect. What are you using as a cleaner, as that can make a big difference. Washing up liquid shifts a disturbing amount of crap out of watch bracelets, but old fuel injectors and E-type SUs need a decent degreaser.
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General Car Chat / Re: Impact Wrench
« on: 26 December 2013, 22:35:13 »
If your main use will be for wheels, then a cordless impact is an expensive luxury. Its real use is for large bolts, such as on suspension, pullers or spring compressors.
The torque rating seems to be a 'multiply it by a wishful thinking amount' as wheelnuts aren't that tight, but many of 200nm rated wrenches struggle with them. Small tools have smaller, low capacity batteries; large ones work better but take up more space. Battery quality is critical, as is motor efficiency. The CP3002 Sealey one I had worked OK for about a year, but its effectiveness tailed off quickly after that. A new battery was almost as much as a new tool, so I used it until it stopped working.
We've been skirting around this for a while, but the best advice is buy a tool that you already have the batteries and charger for. Or, start from scratch, and buy the system that has the most useful tools available to you. I bought into the Ryobi One+ last year as a drill, angle grinder, impact wrench and small vac that share batteries are very handy for small, off the cuff jobs. The grinder works well, when I want to cut/grind a small thing(bolt, short weld, rusty patch etc), but it's not up to a full sill replacement which is when I'll get the corded tool out . I'm tempted by the jigsaw too, as all of my use for such a tool are for small jobs - MDF hammerforms for example.
The torque rating seems to be a 'multiply it by a wishful thinking amount' as wheelnuts aren't that tight, but many of 200nm rated wrenches struggle with them. Small tools have smaller, low capacity batteries; large ones work better but take up more space. Battery quality is critical, as is motor efficiency. The CP3002 Sealey one I had worked OK for about a year, but its effectiveness tailed off quickly after that. A new battery was almost as much as a new tool, so I used it until it stopped working.
We've been skirting around this for a while, but the best advice is buy a tool that you already have the batteries and charger for. Or, start from scratch, and buy the system that has the most useful tools available to you. I bought into the Ryobi One+ last year as a drill, angle grinder, impact wrench and small vac that share batteries are very handy for small, off the cuff jobs. The grinder works well, when I want to cut/grind a small thing(bolt, short weld, rusty patch etc), but it's not up to a full sill replacement which is when I'll get the corded tool out . I'm tempted by the jigsaw too, as all of my use for such a tool are for small jobs - MDF hammerforms for example.
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General Car Chat / Re: Impact Wrench
« on: 25 December 2013, 11:26:52 »
The big Snap-On one is easily £600 and Li-on batteries are more. You need two if you're actually going to be using it, and at those prices you'd need it in your hand pretty much all day.
As for occasional DIY use, air tools are a pain. Although they're cheap to buy, by the time you've drained the expensive to buy compressor, fired it up, sworn at the noise, found the hose, waited for it to fill, and reminded yourself(once again) that it's a bit small for what you're going to do, you could have done most jobs. Plus, the tools aren't exactly quiet in use either. Which would you rather pay the electricity bill for; a 600watt grinder(for instance) or a 3hp motor? The hose is always a nuisance, and a cordless tool puts that out of the way. Or is just me that has the charger screwed to the wall?
Instead of an impact wrench a 2foot-long 1/2" drive ratchet is well worth considering. I've a Snap-On one that was expensive, but has proved to be much more useful in the truck than the cordless impact was.
As for occasional DIY use, air tools are a pain. Although they're cheap to buy, by the time you've drained the expensive to buy compressor, fired it up, sworn at the noise, found the hose, waited for it to fill, and reminded yourself(once again) that it's a bit small for what you're going to do, you could have done most jobs. Plus, the tools aren't exactly quiet in use either. Which would you rather pay the electricity bill for; a 600watt grinder(for instance) or a 3hp motor? The hose is always a nuisance, and a cordless tool puts that out of the way. Or is just me that has the charger screwed to the wall?
Instead of an impact wrench a 2foot-long 1/2" drive ratchet is well worth considering. I've a Snap-On one that was expensive, but has proved to be much more useful in the truck than the cordless impact was.
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Car Parts, bits For Sale & Wanted / Re: Wanted, side skirt retaining clips...
« on: 25 December 2013, 10:58:04 »
Sikaflex and some duct tape whilst it goes off?
No?
I'll get my coat
No?
I'll get my coat
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General Car Chat / Re: Impact Wrench
« on: 24 December 2013, 20:53:27 »
I've had an 18v Duralast impact wrench for a while, which is pretty small, but rated to 210Nm. Like Chris, I find it barely has the guts to loosen correctly tightened wheelnuts. But, I use it in exactly the same way; winding in long/large bolts, or on pullers and spring compressors which it does really well. I find that the ordinary air impact wrenches are similar unless used with a really big compressor.
They're really handy, but at about £200 for something worthwhile are still a luxury. As always with cordless tools, the battery quality is critical.
They're really handy, but at about £200 for something worthwhile are still a luxury. As always with cordless tools, the battery quality is critical.
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General Discussion Area / Christmas came early
« on: 24 December 2013, 20:41:01 »
Got home just before eight, to find four parcels waiting for me. So I grabbed a knife and started opening them
First was the quickshift for the Omega gearbox for my Standard 12 project. £150, but it looks almost too good to cover with a transmission tunnel.
Next was the throatless electric shear; cheap but it runs smoothly and should make cutting large sheetmetal panels much easier on the hands.
And the last two were related to the Omega, as I'm going to pull the heads soon: a new valve spring compressor as my old OHV one won't work, and an Elring head gasket set that was a £12.80 Ebay bargain. That just leaves the 3.2manifolds that I ordered last night, and a trip to the local dealer for the other odds and ends and I'll be ready to get on with the job. Oh, and some head bolts.
First was the quickshift for the Omega gearbox for my Standard 12 project. £150, but it looks almost too good to cover with a transmission tunnel.
Next was the throatless electric shear; cheap but it runs smoothly and should make cutting large sheetmetal panels much easier on the hands.
And the last two were related to the Omega, as I'm going to pull the heads soon: a new valve spring compressor as my old OHV one won't work, and an Elring head gasket set that was a £12.80 Ebay bargain. That just leaves the 3.2manifolds that I ordered last night, and a trip to the local dealer for the other odds and ends and I'll be ready to get on with the job. Oh, and some head bolts.
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General Discussion Area / Re: Filthy evening
« on: 24 December 2013, 06:23:50 »
Noisy fences? Creaking houses?
You're all a bunch of bloody lightweights, I've been in and out all night with wreckage off the motorways.
Still, 40 minutes sleep ought to be enough to last me through Christmas Eve!
You're all a bunch of bloody lightweights, I've been in and out all night with wreckage off the motorways.
Still, 40 minutes sleep ought to be enough to last me through Christmas Eve!
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Omega General Help / Re: 2.2 exhaust flexi
« on: 22 December 2013, 16:11:24 »DPF?
Diesel Particulate Filter. The rest of the sentence is "the ****ing DPF is blocked again"
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General Discussion Area / Re: A question about Christmas gifts.........
« on: 22 December 2013, 11:07:05 »Best to buy your own, I treated myself to a Ryobi 1+ 18v drill last night, on special offer from B&Q, £89 odd, less 5.25% cashback.
The Ryobi 1/2" drive impact wrench is well worth considering.
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Omega General Help / Re: Crankshaft Sensor
« on: 20 December 2013, 12:24:01 »
Consider that you can't test it's condition, that it's essential for the engine to to work, and that a new is about £60. That all makes a secondhand crank sensor a very poor buy.
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Omega General Help / Re: Failing Thermostat
« on: 19 December 2013, 11:55:33 ».... Which makes the £17 cost and ...
assume that's just for the innards.... bear in mind that the stat housing & transfer tube might now have 'rusted' into a single item & might need one or the other destroying for removal
No, that was for the housing. In a Wahler box, and some one had made a very half hearted attempt to grind the GM marking off it. When the internals are a tenner, and with the possibility of damaging the housing I don't see the point in doing it any other way