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General Car Chat / Re: Getting back into the Omega .
« on: 28 August 2025, 17:24:42 »....Of course, but you also only have two feet and your left one doesn't work
I'd contest that
I was really referring to looks of the original cars vs the facelift .... I liked the swage line across the front of the bonnet & the FL looked too much like an Astra G
Left foot doesn't work?
That's the foot I use to brake with. 
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General Car Chat / Re: Getting back into the Omega .
« on: 28 August 2025, 14:54:02 »the granada mk1 /consul was a fine looking car .and still looks classy today .
the early senators 'A' still look good not as keen on the senator b as it seems to look its age like the mk3astras did !.
omega is timeless as DG says yes .but only in FL versions i think ?.
I'd contest that
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General Car Chat / Re: Getting back into the Omega .
« on: 27 August 2025, 18:01:11 »
I miss my Senator more than my Omega ....
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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« on: 25 August 2025, 18:23:43 ».....
Found and fixed the corrosion causing a taillight bulb warning and established the cause of the number plate bulbs not working.
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I got a brake bulb failure warning recently on my W166 ML ...... It confused me as I'd thought all the tail lighting was via led ... turns out the brakes use standard filament 'bulbs' .... who knew!?
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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« on: 25 August 2025, 18:19:49 »....
Mine's dead.
Likewise .... the Serengeti is geener than my back lawn
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General Discussion Area / Re: I'm lost.
« on: 25 August 2025, 08:27:48 »
sorry to hear this Al ....
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General Car Chat / Re: Cam belt query.
« on: 23 August 2025, 19:03:03 »....
which is why they weren't sold here. Instead, you could buy a mk3 Capri, mk5 Cortina - and I believe an early Sierra, but I've never seen one - with a 1300 crossflow, although virtually nobody did. ....
the 1300 Sierra was a Pinto .....
Never seen one though 
I do remember that from the time but Wiki confirms it
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Sierra
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General Car Chat / Re: Cam belt query.
« on: 22 August 2025, 17:52:40 »When a Pinto cam belt broke what you did was dependent on the capacity:
2.0l - fit a new belt and drive away(I did one at the side of the road when the AA patrol lent me some tools)
1.6l - fit a new belt and hope it didn't bend any valves. Some do, some don't. It's worth the 20 minutes to find out which.
They have different length valves(if I remember right), and a 1.6head won't work on a 2.0l. I found that out the hard way....
and what about the 1300 & 1800?
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General Car Chat / Re: MG
« on: 21 August 2025, 21:56:17 »Ah yes, it's been well publicised. A very competent sports car by all accounts, but I went off MG when it changed its name from Morris Garages to Monosodium Glutamate.
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General Car Chat / Re: MG
« on: 21 August 2025, 21:18:52 »Link won't work for me. Which MG is it?
that well known model of .... MG Cyberster
Never seen or heard of one!
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General Car Chat / Re: Tyre Pressure Sensor
« on: 15 August 2025, 17:53:15 »
I'm quite happy with my Merc's ABS derived tyre deflation check set-up .....
None of the rest of our cars have any kind of TPMMS
None of the rest of our cars have any kind of TPMMS
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General Car Chat / Re: Lotus Carlton coming to auction
« on: 14 August 2025, 07:53:32 ».....
Shut it.....
60 of us are going to attempt to get to Hethel on Friday, and we don't want you jinxing it!!! ....
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General Car Chat / Re: Lotus Carlton coming to auction
« on: 13 August 2025, 18:32:04 »I seem to remember problems with a pivot point for the clutch in the ally gearbox ....Interesting, I didn't realise it had a lot of bespoke bits. TBH I thought it was largely made up of bits from elsewhere in the GM empire (a bit like Ford did with Jag, Aston Martin and others). I stand corrected.It mostly is GM Carlton. But I seem to recall the ABS boys at one of the ABS meets saying some rear pads were going to be several hundred quid, as they were unique, and I think they were trying to organise a group production run or something like that. I imagine suspension probably was unique as well.
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General Discussion Area / Re: What has P*ssed you off today?
« on: 11 August 2025, 13:13:45 »Jeez, that was close
Doc who took it out said I will never know how lucky I was. Told me to buy a lottery ticket.
Tbh, it was terrifying, because I wasnt sure how much damage I had done.
Had to hold it in that position until Paramedics got there and bandaged it to my head.
Then over three hours at the Hospital before it was pulled out.
Bloody hell! That couldn't have been any closer! Glad you get to see another day!