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Omega General Help / Hub off ABS sensor - it's stuck!

« on: 12 February 2015, 00:08:24 »

Well, it's been a brilliant night of working on the lady, also given my Halfords pro tools their first proper outing. The only thing that I have come slightly unstuck with is I'd like to strip down and repaint the steering knuckle - but the sensor for the ABS doesn't want to come out. Undone the tiny hex machine screw with fairly little fuss, and expected the thing to twist and pull out. The knuckle and sensor complete is off the car - I unplugged it at the inner wing. Am I wasting my time do these 'never' come out, or am I just being thick/careful?

I don't mind clouting the thing and destroying it, in order to remove it, just so long as I can get a known good used one off here. Thanks all 

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General Car Chat / Tool recommendations anyone?

« on: 10 February 2015, 16:50:04 »

Ahoi-hoi. So now I'm moving from beg, borrowing and stealing tools (well, ok, the first two) to having my own set I can break myself. I got the Halfords Professional set for Xmas, which I'm very happy with so far. The only observations are:

Three sizes of ratchet, 1/2, 3/8 and piddly 1/4" drive but the sockets right up to 19mm are only the 3/8 drive. Considering this covers the suspension wishbones etc, I really can't see myself using such a weeny size of ratchet that much. So an (Halfords) adapter has been bought so I can use my 3/8" drive sockets on the decent size 1/4" drive ratchet.

On my shopping list to 'beef up' my toolkit are...

-Breaker bar
-(possible) ratchet adapter for use on the breaker bar
-Torque wrench
-10" extension - 1/4" drive
-Other spanners, if needed? - I have up to 19mm - what's over that on an Omega?
-Anything else useful on Omegas I have forgotten?

Just looking for your recommendations for makes to aim for/avoid. I don't want to automatically default to Snap-on, brilliant though it is, some of it might be 'too good' for my purposes - but nor do I want to waste money on 'cheap n cheerful' stuff that will break after half a dozen uses. Buy on,c e buy quality, is my motto. Suitable for the home mechanic, does all his own work.

Thanks in advance, and sorry this sounds like such a Newbie post!! 

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General Car Chat / DIS pack test - can you?

« on: 09 February 2015, 14:44:50 »

As per title. I have two DIS packs (well, 3 including the one on the car  ) One that I got from a scrappy, looks like new and  a freebie that looks like hell, which may make a useful comparison. Knowing now the HT leads on that 1st unit were bad, I wanted to confirm that the misfiring HTs hadn't damaged the DIS pack too. So is there anything other than measuring the resistance across each terminal? And what would be the normal reading for that anyway?

Oh and the obvious way of testing - ie: just fit it to my V6 to see how she runs - wouldn't necessarily work, as she's running rough now (again) and it may be the DIS causing it, so replacing a possibly duff component for another possibly duff component wouldn't rule anything out.

Thanks in advance. More headaches! 

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General Car Chat / SLady bitshorpe Omega?

« on: 09 February 2015, 10:13:27 »

Went to visit other some of half's family in SLady bitshorpe at the weekend, and spotted a pretty nice solid black saloon I think a 3.2 Elite. Last three letters of the reg were OAB. Had its drivers door mirror plastic casing busted off, sadly, but the metal mechanism underneath seemed unaffected. Just wondered if this was an OOFer, as we're not far from each other, that was all 

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General Car Chat / Who wanted a Gear lever 'S' button?

« on: 29 January 2015, 13:41:43 »

As per title, there's been much talk on here about the 37k Elite that was at my local scrappy. Yep, was - it got crushed earlier today.  But the good news - I managed to get the last few bits off it, including a very nice nick 'S' button off the steering wheel. As far as I'm aware Vauxhall won't sell you just the switch, and an OOFer on her asked me to try and pick him it up, next time I was in. Well I've got it, so reply, good sir, whoever you are and it's yours! 

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Omega General Help / ABS ECU compatability

« on: 27 January 2015, 14:59:25 »

Back in the day, a mate of mine had a PFL Elite Auto TD, an issue was traced to the ABS ECU - we found another prefacelift TD Auto in a scrappy, and simply popped the ECU in and hey presto, car fixed. So...

Can anyone confirm that an early FL 2.5 V6 Auto ABS ECU marked DX will drop straight into a PFL 1996 2.5 V6 Auto without Tech2-ing?

My concern is, although the same engine and 'box, the FLs have a different TC system, and this would cause issue. Am I right or wrong? 

As the scrapyard is about to crush the 37k-er  - in spite of me wanting more bits off it yet (   ) - I'm just wondering if this'll be my last chance to get such a low mileage one. I don't need one at present, just wondering about some 'preventative maintenance', alternatively if the time comes I do need one, they don't come up all the time, and also it's not the sort of part you can just do without until one shows up. Thanks gentlemen 

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General Car Chat / Last chance as Omega Elite FL goes to crusher :-(

« on: 26 January 2015, 13:31:11 »

Last few bits if anyone wants them, as the Elite is now at the far end of the compound ready for the crusher, which may be here tomorrow, or the next day, but most likely before Friday. Hate seeing cars go, especially when they're mint low mileage examples like this. No idea why it went in the scrappy, my theory was the cambelt had gone but who knows?

Plenty left on, such as...
Prodrive spoiler, unmarked as far as I can see
plenty of engine ancilliaries etc.. pipes and so on
ABS ECU - 2.5 V6 Auto
Velour Elite interior in light grey

The alloys got scrapped, and the self-levelling shocks got a screwdriver stabbed in them before I got there, sadly. But if you can think of anything, ideally simple enough to get off, as I'll only have my dinner hour and hand tools in which to get it off, please let me know. 

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General Car Chat / More bits needed - fuel lines, now!

« on: 26 January 2015, 10:48:32 »

As per title - when running on the drive the smell of petrol is getting pretty extreme, and after a quick inspection, the old girl has a small weep at one of the joins right near the fuel filter - assuming one of these pipes is now in need of replacement, what are my options, please?

Due to the car not being moved properly in so many years, I'm basically leaping to the conclusion that the lines are just getting near their end, rather than for instance 'a jubilee clip needing a nipping up', or similar. It's either this, or the plate on top of the tank that's corroded. The boot's full to the brim of spares, at present, so will take a bit of clearing tonight to 'remove this from my enquiries'!!

A few months back a fellow OOFer was after some as I recall; I offered the good pipes off the 37k model at the scrappy, but on finding out how cheap new pipes could be got for, we all agreed it wasn't worth my while getting the used pipes for him, so thinking/hoping they're not massively expensive?

Thanks in advance to any OOFers who've had petrol whiff issues!

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General Car Chat / Turbo Weasel Barrel jammed this morning

« on: 16 January 2015, 10:26:29 »

Well, as per title, my grumpy, mardy, constantly irritatiing Turbo Weasel decided to wind me up a bit more this morning.

Will try and hunt out the how to, I imagine is on here somewhere. Strip it down, and oil/lubricate up, I imagine. Won't attempt without the how-to, though; I seem to recall if you pull something out too far, then it all springs out all over the room..

Really just wondering if anyone's got any ideas as to how I can get the plastic shroud off, as the steering lock is on, and don't think I can get to the screws to remove normally.

Looks like I know what I'm doing this evening!! 

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General Car Chat / Fuel prices!! NOT moaning (for once!)

« on: 06 January 2015, 11:20:29 »

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-30684278

£1/litre in sight, apparently.

And I drive a Diseasel!! 

Right, I need to get the V6 fixed quick!! A rather nice full-circle thing, when she was laid up petrol was about 97p/litre, be great if the next time she gets filled up, it is with fuel at the same price 

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General Discussion Area / Kids and splitting parents :-(

« on: 22 December 2014, 12:07:06 »

Good friend of mine at work has separated (never married) from his missus - mutually. No cheating, no massive messy break up. They have one biological child together, and the elder he took on and treat/treats as his own, both are under 8 yrs old. Now she's got herself a new bloke, who's already started to dictate to her how she should be treating her own kids, and putting the poison in about her now-ex bloke/my mate, after several months of cancelling his night for the kids, due to bizarre last-minute reasons/hungover (yes, hungover) she's now decided that he (that's my mate = he) can't see his own kids over Christmas.

Now I know that I could be painting this guy out to be a saint, and you'd all not know otherwise, any idiot can lie over a typed forum like this - but he is a great dad. Dotes on them, loves them to bits, and spends every spare penny on them. (earns sfa in the warehouse at work, but as I say, spends every spare penny he has on them) we've nothing we can really do to help him, they've started seeing solicitors, but no-one at work has any experience in this field to help with. He's a legend and we all love him, and the place would be quieter/duller without him.

Just wanted to say, the following, really...

B!tch. 

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General Car Chat / Where's me panels!?

« on: 12 December 2014, 10:33:14 »

Arranged for three panels, possibly four from a bloke that sells Omega parts - got them very cheap - driver and rear passenger door and a front wing.

Didn't have a NS rear door, so just the three... then the wing blew over in the wind, and he's managed to lose the rear door. Oh dear! 

So on the hunt for panels again, as per -

http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/index.php?topic=127735.new#new

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Car Parts, bits For Sale & Wanted / WTD: Panels in Z20R met Black

« on: 12 December 2014, 10:30:19 »

Z20R metallic black rear door and OS front wing, please 

Had them all arranged, but the wing blew over in the wind, and was scratched to hell, and the seller has lost the rear door. Not his week, really. Or mine! 

Possibly after NS rear door, too, but as the car's up against a wall I can't get to it until I can move her (can't do that until my HT leads arrive )

All need to be very good nick -  Scratches just in the lacquer, very minor dings I can live with, but no rust, that's all. Thanks!

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General Car Chat / Swordfish, please empty your inbox :-D

« on: 11 December 2014, 16:55:50 »

Many thanks in advance. I'm trying to buy something off you 

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Omega General Help / Grumpy Diesel getting silly now... :-(

« on: 10 December 2014, 16:43:37 »

Suspect my lift pump is on the way out, and when I get half a chance, I will do it (though the weather's not provoking me to do it any time soon)

However, now I've got the issue that the revs seem to dive by about 200rpm when I change from P to D... doesn't matter if I have load like heated seats, lights, blowers etc. or not. and as the tickover has always been a shade slow on this thing, on about 5 occasions in the last week or so, the engine has stalled. Pretty embarrassing and annoying stuff at traffic lights, as you can imagine. First time it happened I was making a relatively tight turn from a standstill, and the subsequent power sapping caused by the PAS pump caused it. But now it's to the point where every single time I am about to engage D I'm praying it will engage ok. Resorting to leaving it in D at lights + footbrake but I don't like dazzling drivers behind me, it annoys me when people do it.

All I can observe is that it hasn't done it in Sport mode...yet. Also, immediately after starting up, when idling at approx 900rpm (before warmed up) there appears to be no appreciable drop in revs at all when I move from P to D.

Oh, and while sat on the house front, waiting for my other half to appear, on her emergence, I blipped the throttle - whereupon the engine just died.

Is this all related to lift pump - or is there an expensive gearbox issue going on here?

Merry Christmas!!