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Title: What t**t put it there
Post by: smoothomega on 16 August 2008, 21:54:13
Started my miggy up yesterday and it started to missfire, managed to get it back home and did a few obvious checks and decided it was the diss pack that had fallen over so i set to and started to remove it, first of all where was it and then how the bloody hell do i get to it, suffice to say after skinned knuckles, thrown tools and many choice words and an engine bay minus many parts, i got the bloody thing off and out, really looking forward to putting the new one back on....................not!!  Anyway the question is why did they put the bloody thin there in the first place ?  >:( :-/
Title: Re: What t**t put it there
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 16 August 2008, 21:56:40
There is a nack to it.......requires a flexi drive screwdriver!
Title: Re: What t**t put it there
Post by: TheBoy on 16 August 2008, 21:57:24
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There is a nack to it.......requires a flexi drive screwdriver!
or a tunnie....
Title: Re: What t**t put it there
Post by: dbug on 16 August 2008, 21:57:45
Like everything on v6 omegas - bloody difficult to reach >:(
Only easy things to do - brakes/suspension :)
Title: Re: What t**t put it there
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 16 August 2008, 22:01:01
Trouble is, you have an engine built as a single complete unit for fitting into front and rear wheel drive applications....as a result, you cant position every thing perfectly for both applications
Title: Re: What t**t put it there
Post by: TheBoy on 16 August 2008, 22:08:43
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Trouble is, you have an engine built as a single complete unit for fitting into front and rear wheel drive applications....as a result, you cant position every thing perfectly for both applications
Yup, DIS is easy job on v6 Veccy (battery out to make it really easy)
Title: Re: What t**t put it there
Post by: smoothomega on 16 August 2008, 22:21:07
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Trouble is, you have an engine built as a single complete unit for fitting into front and rear wheel drive applications....as a result, you cant position every thing perfectly for both applications
Yup, DIS is easy job on v6 Veccy (battery out to make it really easy)

But vice versa cam belt on a veccy a bit of a pig but lots of room on the omega, guess we cant have it all, though it would be nice lol
Title: Re: What t**t put it there
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 16 August 2008, 22:21:46
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Trouble is, you have an engine built as a single complete unit for fitting into front and rear wheel drive applications....as a result, you cant position every thing perfectly for both applications
Yup, DIS is easy job on v6 Veccy (battery out to make it really easy)

But vice versa cam belt on a veccy a bit of a pig but lots of room on the omega, guess we cant have it all, though it would be nice lol

Try doing a rad on a V6 veccie!
Title: Re: What t**t put it there
Post by: Markie on 16 August 2008, 22:22:36
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Trouble is, you have an engine built as a single complete unit for fitting into front and rear wheel drive applications....as a result, you cant position every thing perfectly for both applications
Yup, DIS is easy job on v6 Veccy (battery out to make it really easy)

Ive never yet seen a dis pack that aint a doddle to do, except of course the V6 Omegas  ;D
Title: Re: What t**t put it there
Post by: dieseldean on 16 August 2008, 22:29:25
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Like everything on v6 omegas - bloody difficult to reach >:(
Only easy things to do - brakes/suspension :)
brakes ok until you need to replace rusty backplates
Title: Re: What t**t put it there
Post by: Markie on 16 August 2008, 22:30:34
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Trouble is, you have an engine built as a single complete unit for fitting into front and rear wheel drive applications....as a result, you cant position every thing perfectly for both applications
Yup, DIS is easy job on v6 Veccy (battery out to make it really easy)



But vice versa cam belt on a veccy a bit of a pig but lots of room on the omega, guess we cant have it all, though it would be nice lol

Try doing a rad on a V6 veccie!

You swine, you just brought me out in a cold sweat remembering that.... :-/
Title: Re: What t**t put it there
Post by: Darth Loo-knee on 16 August 2008, 22:33:28
To keep it dry?
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Post by: TheBoy on 16 August 2008, 22:33:44
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Trouble is, you have an engine built as a single complete unit for fitting into front and rear wheel drive applications....as a result, you cant position every thing perfectly for both applications
Yup, DIS is easy job on v6 Veccy (battery out to make it really easy)



But vice versa cam belt on a veccy a bit of a pig but lots of room on the omega, guess we cant have it all, though it would be nice lol

Try doing a rad on a V6 veccie!

You swine, you just brought me out in a cold sweat remembering that.... :-/
thats bumper off job isn't it?
Title: Re: What t**t put it there
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 16 August 2008, 22:35:21
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Trouble is, you have an engine built as a single complete unit for fitting into front and rear wheel drive applications....as a result, you cant position every thing perfectly for both applications
Yup, DIS is easy job on v6 Veccy (battery out to make it really easy)



But vice versa cam belt on a veccy a bit of a pig but lots of room on the omega, guess we cant have it all, though it would be nice lol

Try doing a rad on a V6 veccie!

You swine, you just brought me out in a cold sweat remembering that.... :-/
thats bumper off job isn't it?


Lol, if only, half the inlet and the exhaust etc!
Title: Re: What t**t put it there
Post by: TheBoy on 16 August 2008, 22:36:11
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Trouble is, you have an engine built as a single complete unit for fitting into front and rear wheel drive applications....as a result, you cant position every thing perfectly for both applications
Yup, DIS is easy job on v6 Veccy (battery out to make it really easy)



But vice versa cam belt on a veccy a bit of a pig but lots of room on the omega, guess we cant have it all, though it would be nice lol

Try doing a rad on a V6 veccie!

You swine, you just brought me out in a cold sweat remembering that.... :-/
thats bumper off job isn't it?


Lol, if only, half the inlet and the exhaust etc!
Oh, that 2.5 vectra inlet is a right pain....
Title: Re: What t**t put it there
Post by: Taxi_Driver on 16 August 2008, 23:37:50
Should have a 4 pot Omega......then you can get into the engine bay and walk around it  :y ;D
Title: Re: What t**t put it there
Post by: Bandit127 on 16 August 2008, 23:53:57
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Should have a 4 pot Omega......then you can get into the engine bay and walk around it  :y ;D
There even seemed to be more room round the Rover V8 posted in an earlier topic.
Title: Re: What t**t put it there
Post by: Big Fra on 16 August 2008, 23:57:58
Whassat about backplates?
At least one will have to be done for its MOT this year.
Title: Re: What t**t put it there
Post by: Kevin Wood on 17 August 2008, 00:07:19
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Should have a 4 pot Omega......then you can get into the engine bay and walk around it  :y ;D

... or a Triumph Herald / Vitesse. You've got a wheel each side to sit on whilst working on the engine. [size=8]Shame you're more likely to be elsewhere with the isopon really.[/size]

Kevin
Title: Re: What t**t put it there
Post by: Bandit127 on 17 August 2008, 00:10:52
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... or a Triumph Herald / Vitesse. You've got a wheel each side to sit on whilst working on the engine.
Kevin
Yeah - banging in the new core plugs. Again.  >:(