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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: vauxsull on 10 July 2015, 11:06:02
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Works then it doesn't and so on and so on... Can hear it clicking when pressing the button.. Amy thought's peeps?
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Works then it doesn't and so on and so on... Can hear it clicking when pressing the button.. Amy thought's peeps?
Owning an 'ever so 'umble' MV6 I don't have the luxury of a rear blind. :'( :'( :'(
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Neither do I at the moment 😊
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There more trouble than there worth in my honest option, the motors jam, the elbow levers jam or bend, the switch cover will decide at any point to pop off and launch its contents of parts inside the car, there a pita to remove and or repair, if its closed I would just leave it be and pretend its not there.
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If you get somebody to press the button while you try and prise the blind up, if this works spray some silicon on the running gear.
I fitted one to my other elite i had and i found that it stuck now and again so i went into the boot and undid the shelf holding screws this allowed the blind to move around better. The edge of the blind gets stuck against the side of the shelf itself.(cardboard rubbish)
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I seeee I shall try this then.. Cheers for the info peeps.
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Personally love mine.
Cant say I've ever had any trouble, other than being a little sticky when I bought the car, but some silicone stray sorted that out.
As above, check with someone working on the other end, also I'd say try the switch, eliminate that, then move onto the blind itself.
I have a sneaking suspicion that the bootlid button works very well as a temporary replacement. (of course you have to ping the rubberised front off, but once you've done that the switches are basically the same as the PFLs)
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2002 Elite here, so no blind :(
But I do have rear tints 8)
They can be a right PITA though when they stop working. :(
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There more trouble than there worth in my honest option, the motors jam, the elbow levers jam or bend, the switch cover will decide at any point to pop off and launch its contents of parts inside the car, there a pita to remove and or repair, if its closed I would just leave it be and pretend its not there.
Spot On :y Done two now and after few months click click :'( If you wanna have a quick go at getting it back to life....... While pressing the button,get someone to hit the shelf underside from within the boot. that worked for me :y :y for a while ;D ;D
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I shall try all of these ideas.. Nothing to lose have I ?
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I shall try all of these ideas.. Nothing to lose have I ?
Apart from it jamming while its up, then its a strip down job.
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This sounds complicated 😱
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Have you tried contacting a company that makes blinds,they do a good selection of different designs and colours :y
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You meen like a set of " chintzy" blinds 😁
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What ever floats your boat ;D
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Think ill go for some Laura Ashley drapes then
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I got a 02 elite with one of the last ones fitted and had that problem be very careful as the arms are very fragile an can break it is more than likely the solenoid it is under the parcel shelf and not accessible without taking the shelf out :y I replaced mine and hey presto up and down and love it in this sunny weather ;D
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Well if I need to faff about removing shelf it'll stop where it is... I'll have a look today and try to wiggle it free and give it a squirt of something.
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Works then it doesn't and so on and so on... Can hear it clicking when pressing the button.. Amy thought's peeps?
Owning an 'ever so 'umble' MV6 I don't have the luxury of a rear blind. :'( :'( :'(
What! No blind? Retro fit one. It's plug n play all the loom is already the there.
(Good Dr spends too much time in general disrespect ;) )
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2002 Elite here, so no blind :(
But I do have rear tints 8)
They can be a right PITA though when they stop working. :(
How do your tints work then Tunster? ;D
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Sadly, once they start clicking(motor clicking not the electrical switches ticking on and off) , Ime its too late. There's a lot of leverage on the internal gears so they don't last too well. By the time you've removed it, looked at it, buggered about taking hits apart and re fitted clock springs that ping out, re fitted it, only to find it still doesn't work, may as well just wack a new/other one in.
They come up in sales or eBay sometimes.
But yours sounds like it's stuck. Trouble is it needs silicon lube or a white grease on the runners, which you can't do when it's down, and is bloody awkward at best when it's up.
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Luckily enough I'm in work today and the fitter is going to take a look at it with me. The sound I hear when pressing the button isn't a clicking but more of a " buzzing" like its trying to move but can't quite free itself.
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If you look for another and its a different colour you can take it off and put it on your parcel shelf also the top cover will slide off too just make sure you slide the donor one on as you slide the old one off or the blind will fly back into the mechanism :y