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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: terry paget on 17 March 2014, 21:18:58
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X168 JAT 2001 petrol 2.5 manual estate
Bought above car yesterday from OOF member ajsphead. I have a similar but tattier car X84GNB. New car has a deeper rear bumper and the flap concealing the towing hook (or thread) has a lock on it. Is this usual on FL estates? How do I get it open?
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Bumper off, a bit of plus gas and a socket and molegrips :y
The car obviously had an Irmscher bumper fitted at some stage, these came with what you describe, and the towing eye screwed in, much like the saloon :y
They tend to seize up a treat...
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Thanks Al. I imagine it removes like the standard bumper. The front bumper on my 2.5 X reg estate was held on entirely with plastic rivets, so hopefully the rear bumper is similar. Car was an MOT failure needing new wishbones, a handbrake rebuild and headlight adjuster repair. Hours of fun.
So does a key or similar device release the flap to reveal the towing hook/thread? There is a plastic device in the spare wheel tool holder that might turn the cover release, but it does not.
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Should become clear once you've the bumper off :y
The bumper has two screws in the wheel arch, two plastic rivets underneath towards the centre, and six torx screws... four under caps where the tailgate shuts and two under the reflectors :y
The 'lock' is basically the bit which sits over the towing eye (that the bolt screws to), a clamp bar and a bolt holding the two halves together :y
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It looks like a lock needing a key.https://www.dropbox.com/s/eex00xcnt5wu8t2/hatch20.jpg (https://www.dropbox.com/s/eex00xcnt5wu8t2/hatch20.jpg)
https://www.dropbox.com/s/xcjet9odvzwe8hu/bumper20.jpg (https://www.dropbox.com/s/xcjet9odvzwe8hu/bumper20.jpg)
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That looks non standard and home made to me
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Might be worth having a chat with local locksmith probably have off in 5 mins( easier than removing whole bumper would have thought)looks non standard have you tried ignition key ? looks like standard door lock barrel.
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Completely non standard bumper, not Irmscher either.
Remove and replace with a standard one... far less faffing about :y
And not at all what I thought you meant... that really is a lock ::)
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Here it is note no letterbox flap with lock attached http://www.topbodykit.co.uk/p/1514/vauxhall/vauxhall-omega-b-rear-bumper--estate
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Thanks for input gentlemen. Sorry to have misled you Al. I did not know it was standard Vx. I have a 2000 X reg silver estate, I thought this was a more recent body style.
The ignition key does not fit, or even go in. The number 778 is stamped to the left of the slit.
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Looks like a tool chest lock.
just drill the barrel out, then go to any good hardware shed and buy a new lock and key.
bet that barrel has a 22mm nut on the back, also funny place for a towbar.
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Looks like a tool chest lock.
just drill the barrel out, then go to any good hardware shed and buy a new lock and key.
bet that barrel has a 22mm nut on the back, also funny place for a towbar.
Should simply pry open... it is where the towing eye lives, but I cannot think of a single reason, international extremism or otherwise why the person who fitted it did so :o
That is definitely NOT the bumper it left the factory with though...
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Oh, the fun a man can have buying cars on e-bay! For years I bought my cars (Senators and Omegas) at the police auction at Witney. All white, well serviced, high mileage, no radios, and holes here and there where police kit had been. Not so cheap either, between £2K and £4K.
On e-bay I can buy an Omega for around £500, and I buy all sorts. One car I have is badged as an Opel, bit different. Now I have bought one, very clean, no rust, no dents, and with a rare rear bumper. As Al says, why should anyone wish to lock away his towing hook? The service history supplied records a diff change at 130,000 miles, and Chiptuning by Mtech Opel Tuning of Holland in December 2012.
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Oh, the fun a man can have buying cars on e-bay! For years I bought my cars (Senators and Omegas) at the police auction at Witney. All white, well serviced, high mileage, no radios, and holes here and there where police kit had been. Not so cheap either, between £2K and £4K.
On e-bay I can buy an Omega for around £500, and I buy all sorts. One car I have is badged as an Opel, bit different. Now I have bought one, very clean, no rust, no dents, and with a rare rear bumper. As Al says, why should anyone wish to lock away his towing hook? The service history supplied records a diff change at 130,000 miles, and Chiptuning by Mtech Opel Tuning of Holland in December 2012.
That certainly explains the bumper... looks like summat Polish :-\
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Yep looks Polish sold thru Top Body Kits UK has this on customer service page .Obsluga klienta rowniez w jezyku Polskim. sounds Polish to me whats the quality like by the way for anyone so inclined to mod their mota .
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The quality looks OK to me. There is not a mark on it, no splits, seems securely attached to the body. The car was the wife's car, she now has a Vectra 3.2. She must have been a careful driver.
The Vectra 3.2 engine is like my Omega 3.2, transverse, and does not have the twin dual rams. Instead there are semicirclar pipes outside the manifolds, also stepper motors or something similar on the ends of each bank. Are these twin throttles, or perhaps variable valve timing? Looks tricky to change the cam belt.
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Basically the same engine, but just with a different intake setup. And engine mounts in a different place, obviously ;D
3.2 Vectra with manual transmission is a great fun car to drive and hooning around in, really is quite quick in a straight line :y (though I couldn't live with that chassis and suspension day to day)
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Basically the same engine, but just with a different intake setup. And engine mounts in a different place, obviously ;D
3.2 Vectra with manual transmission is a great fun car to drive and hooning around in, really is quite quick in a straight line :y (though I couldn't live with that chassis and suspension day to day)
B8's and Eibach springs transforms the handling, turned my old Signum into completely different car!
Funnily enough working on the transverse 3.2 is FAR easier. The intake and plenum arrangement is held on with 6 bolts, only 3 or 4 other things to unclip and it all comes out, FBW and no bagpipes help, did both cam covers in less than 30 mins from start to finish, full plug change in about 15mins, in a car park in Northampton!
The top half of the plenum comes apart, held on by 12 or so screws, do you can get right into the plenum and clean it properly, still works on same principle as the Omega version just 'neater'
The B'stard bolt is still a B'stard when doing the thermostat! :D
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Got it off - pics follow. screw is 18.6mm diameter and 15.5mm long. Nut has 22mm AH hexagon. Ideal solution is to get a key for it. Otherwise buy a similar lock with key. Failing that, organise a humbler but tidy replacement. Please advise.
]https://www.dropbox.com/s/tapf3ef44nsn9sq/bumper%26lock40%25.jpg[url]
(https://www.dropbox.com/s/tapf3ef44nsn9sq/bumper%26lock40%25.jpg[url)https://www.dropbox.com/s/90fgjwt6028vo1b/lock40%25.jpg[/url]
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Grammatical error in previos post. Here is other pic.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/tapf3ef44nsn9sq/bumper%26lock40%25.jpg (https://www.dropbox.com/s/tapf3ef44nsn9sq/bumper%26lock40%25.jpg)