Omega Owners Forum
Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Varche on 28 July 2010, 15:56:26
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A few times I have thought about doing a maintenance guide on Omega tasks. lets face it after 11 years of continous ownership I have done many of the tasks.
Welll all that changed. I now have "fast" Internet that would nearly show a pair of heels to Internet in a 3rd world country and a digital camera and my trusty Win95 single cor! 400 celeron DooDaa PC.
The task. The mighty complex process of changing the battery in the car key fob. First action prise the yoke off. Easily achieved. How do you access the battery? Ask question on OOF. "Prise apart and change battery number such and such and don't forget to put the clip back in".
Prised it apart and checked battery number was correct, it was. Looks easy enough job. Put back together and use spare key. Next day to go to local town for battery. Probably hard to obtain so I hovered in the car in a double parked space anxiously watching out for the tow truck, while Mrs Varche went into a jewellers. Out she came moments later with a battery - 3 euros (about £2.50). Thats not bad thought Mr Varche as we drove away, yes and she would have fitted it for free too. Never mind thought I, I need to take notes and photos as I do the guide back home.
Next day. Took key apart and tried(unsuccessfully) to remove the clip. Crap eyesight doesn't help and neither did a magnifying glass. Even Mrs Varche's eagle eyes were no good. Resorted to Arnold Swarzneggar approach and extracted old battery without bothering with a poxy clip. Put it all back together and tried it. Still doesn't work. Took it apart and then and only then did I notice ,what later turns out to be a vital component , the chip is missing.
So retraced my many, many steps of the last 48 hours and failed to find the missing chip despite leaving no stone unturned. (that isn't a metaphor but a factual statement).
Have now decided on day 5 of "simple task of changing a battery"
to not write a guide (sorry not very public spirited)
to use the shop in future
to live with only one key
El Varche (non guide contributor)
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mine only came with one key - and going by what I have read on here - it is not a simple easy process to get another 2 buttoned key ( or cheap) - I got a key cut for car access only
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Sorry, I really tried not to laugh ;D
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could do a how to on "creating a beastie boy necklace" for the gm owner...
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mine only came with one key - and going by what I have read on here - it is not a simple easy process to get another 2 buttoned key ( or cheap) - I got a key cut for car access only
No it is quite easy - get a blank key with transponder and get it cut. Get a two button fob off ebay http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/two-button-key-fob-vauxhall-omega-/250671896652?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item3a5d35984c or http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VAUXHALL-VECTRA-OMEGA-2-BUTTON-REMOTE-KEY-FOB-MEGAMOS-/300450041188?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item45f437cd64 - ensure same type/maker as yours - then get it all "paired" with a Tech 2.
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i got 2 keys when i bought the car, 1 has been missing since i hid it last year in case i get burgled, havent a clue where it is, and i wont bother looking again till i need it or sell the car
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mine only came with one key - and going by what I have read on here - it is not a simple easy process to get another 2 buttoned key ( or cheap) - I got a key cut for car access only
No it is quite easy - get a blank key with transponder and get it cut. Get a two button fob off ebay http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/two-button-key-fob-vauxhall-omega-/250671896652?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item3a5d35984c or http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VAUXHALL-VECTRA-OMEGA-2-BUTTON-REMOTE-KEY-FOB-MEGAMOS-/300450041188?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item45f437cd64 - ensure same type/maker as yours - then get it all "paired" with a Tech 2.
You forgot the carpass bit.... ;)
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i got 2 keys when i bought the car, 1 has been missing since i hid it last year in case i get burgled, havent a clue where it is, and i wont bother looking again till i need it or sell the car
I howled at this Richie! We must be bloody twins seperated at birth mate, it's scarey just how alike we are ;D ;D ;D :y