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General Car Chat / Re: Thinking of getting back into an Omega

« on: 08 February 2025, 21:40:29 »

Well if you are all so knackered why don't you sell me a nice Omega 

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General Car Chat / Re: Thinking of getting back into an Omega

« on: 08 February 2025, 20:07:25 »

Alright, John. 50 is far too old to be crawling around under an omega on a cold winters day. Get yourself a warm coat, a pipe and a pair of slippers 

I would second that!!

I should have given up with all that at 50, but I started to do it more and more

I take a more sensible approach these days, stretches before, plan carefully and know my limitations  My back is screwed so popping gearboxes back on usually involves using my engine crane rather than lifting it off my chest from underneath 

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General Car Chat / Re: Thinking of getting back into an Omega

« on: 08 February 2025, 12:55:04 »

I knew you's be first to pounce    Hope you and the family are good ?

I don't do as much carwise these days but can still turn a spanner if I'm sensible 

Alright, John. 50 is far too old to be crawling around under an omega on a cold winters day. Get yourself a warm coat, a pipe and a pair of slippers 

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General Car Chat / Thinking of getting back into an Omega

« on: 08 February 2025, 12:37:00 »

Hello peeps, long time no post

Having forgone an extravagant 50th birthday present I am having niggles to get back into something older, I had considered a Renault 19 16v but keep coming back to another Omega , I've been on here for years and owned at least a dozen, last being a resto on a 17k 96 2.5 manual that now resides sleepily in one of the best private collections and is probably the best Omega in existence, I regret selling it but am happy that it is where it is ! 

So... are there still any decent prefacelift MV6's still around or are they all now in Ireland ??

Edit: guy called Paul Mitchell owns it , aka Ballswing on Instagram if anyone does social media https://www.instagram.com/ballswing/

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General Car Chat / Re: Cat scrap value?

« on: 23 October 2023, 14:29:43 »

cats - depends on whether 2.5/3.0 or 2.6/3.2 - the latter are worthless.

The 4 off 2.6/3.2's were tallying up at £350 a year or two ago, problem with Omega cats is the codes are on the covers which inevitably rotted off years ago so scrappies can't be arsed and offer pennies, I do have the original codes written down.... somewhere

Small cat GM63
Big Cat GM50

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General Car Chat / Re: Cat scrap value?

« on: 23 October 2023, 14:27:01 »

cats - depends on whether 2.5/3.0 or 2.6/3.2 - the latter are worthless.

The 4 off 2.6/3.2's were tallying up at £350 a year or two ago, problem with Omega cats is the codes are on the covers which inevitably rotted off years ago so scrappies can't be arsed and offer pennies, I do have the original codes written down.... somewhere

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Car Parts, bits For Sale & Wanted / Re: Wanted - 2 wheels any type any tyres

« on: 09 July 2023, 11:37:53 »

Zafira steelies fit too..............

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General Discussion Area / Re: At the doctors today

« on: 29 June 2023, 17:13:45 »

I thought the lubed finger was given to all men over 50 as standard NHS procedure.

Can’t say I’ve ever had a man’s finger up mine…

I believe women also carry out the procedure......any better?

Had a few, I can't seem to walk past my GP surgery these days without getting fingered. Big Ghanian GP who had fingers like cumberland sausages  and the last was a Polish woman GP who seemed to have lost her wedding ring such was the wiggling and twisting  :'(

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General Car Chat / Re: Brent crude oil....

« on: 17 March 2023, 13:23:26 »

£1.55 diesel at the local Costco

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Omega General Help / Re: Petrol Pump Filter in TANK

« on: 16 February 2023, 13:22:01 »

Pump and carrier are held in with 3 or 4 plastic "tangs/fingers" that push outwards a little then the assembly pulls up

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Omega General Help / Re: Drive shaft differences

« on: 10 February 2023, 10:29:18 »

Thanks to Omegod, who I bought the DTI drive shafts off. They arrived today, well packaged and protected, the parcel woman struggled with the weight. Now I have only got to work out the lengths, so can fit correct one to passenger side.

Just realised I have another diff which still has the shafts in, pulled the shafts and both measure the same equal length 

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Omega General Help / Re: 2.2DTi manual gearbox ratios?

« on: 09 November 2022, 15:31:41 »

The  2.5 v6 and 2.6 v6 manuals had an R25 GETRAG box, the 3.0 an R28 and the 3.2 special an R30 box. The R value being safe max torque.

From what I was able to decipher after some research many years ago all the boxes marked R25-28 are identical, the near mythical R28 has shot peened internals so it could take more of a battering. I sold scores of the R25-28 gearbox kits to kit car builders and the like who were putting 350-400 bhp through them and I've never had any feedback regarding problems or request for replacements..... they really are a tough box !

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General Discussion Area / Re: Truss' speech

« on: 05 October 2022, 16:18:33 »

I thought the protesters having a 2nd sign ready was quite amusing tbh  , I'm pretty sure she's not the first non privately educated PM though

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General Car Chat / Re: Rogue MOT testers

« on: 28 September 2022, 11:14:38 »

Can you still get a telephone MOT?

You certainly can in Bradford

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General Car Chat / Re: Irmscher steering wheel

« on: 08 September 2022, 15:49:49 »

Is it a T40 or 45 for the airbag screws , I cant quite remember ?