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Omega General Help / Re: What to do with my Omega?

« on: 18 August 2014, 18:28:37 »

The car had vile Vectra alloys on when I got it ... quickly swapped to Omega alloys thanks to Gooseman then finally sourced a really good set of the correct alloys for the car from another member    Some photos also show the car with 'eyebrows' and a look-a-like Irmscher grill - thankfully sanity has returned and the car has been restored again to standard! 

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Omega General Help / Re: What to do with my Omega?

« on: 17 August 2014, 12:06:29 »

Is it an automatic or manual and if you did fix it up and put m.o.t.on it whats it worth 

It's an auto. If I decide to get another year's MOT for it I'd be looking for £500.  Oh and the tax on the sportbrake (2.2 diesel) is only £125 for the whole year due to the low emissions and it will do about 50-60 mpg compared to the Omega's 25-30 

Oh and I've got to tax the bloomin Omega at the end of the month, one week before the MOT expires!

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Omega General Help / Re: What to do with my Omega?

« on: 17 August 2014, 08:48:06 »

How much is a sport brake? 60k? Ok its discounted, but money is clearly no issue, so why worry about a few hundred quid for the omega?

....ah is this the omega factor again...? Sentimental value, X factor (spit) call it what you will. They stick with us these bloody omegas. Any other car would be chopped in for the sport brake sharpish.

Looks a tidy car. Keep it, IMO. For those large items that won't fit in the sport brake

Well not quite!  ... about half that actually ... but yes, you  make a valid point about the whole 'letting go', 'end of an era' thing.  And keeping it wouldn't be a bad idea if I had the space ... don't really imagine loading up the sportbrake with a bootful of crap/bricks/branches etc to take to the dump! 

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Omega General Help / Re: What to do with my Omega?

« on: 16 August 2014, 17:28:27 »

Cheers Tunnie

It's a 2.2 CDX petrol and standard throughout, including fully working CDR6000 with CD magazine. Recent tyres on the front and wishbones 6 months ago. Slight oil leak from the crankshaft seal (I've got a £20 GM one but haven't got around to fitting it yet). Standard alloys and I added the tailgate spoiler when I first got it. Interior is particularly clean. No rust but lacquer on bumpers is dull in places.

If the MOT work isn't too onerous I think I'm most likely going to sell it privately, but we'll see.

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Omega General Help / What to do with my Omega?

« on: 16 August 2014, 17:07:28 »

 So having been an Omega owner for the past 8 years and having driven them professionally when they first came out, it is now time to say goodbye. I am in the happy position that for the first time in my life I am in the position to have a brand new car, and with my son working for JLR and bringing in a hefty 20% discount the Omega Estate is going to be replaced by an XF Sportbrake. 

But I was devastated when the dealership only offered £200 px for the Omega (less than the £205 webuyanycar were offering). I could get £250 by weighing it in!  The car is due an MOT in a couple of weeks and will probably need tyres, exhaust and possibly new discs on the front - I can do all this but it will cost much more than the car is worth and then I will have the faff of advertising and selling it privately. 

So what should I do?  Scrap it, MOT & sell privately, wait for one of the breakers on here to make me a reasonable offer? It's still in lovely condition, has 96000 miles and drives perfectly... 

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Omega General Help / Re: Autobox Gear Selector Switch

« on: 01 February 2013, 12:50:57 »

All done and working perfectly!

Not quite as easy as I thought it was going to be, with two unexpected issues.... firstly there is a heat / rain shield to remove before you can access the multi-plug (or at least there was on my car):



And once I'd unplugged the multiplug I couldn't release it from the car at first. (It's clipped in and simply prises off).  I couldn't get it to slide back onto the clip when I went to refit it, so secured it with a cable-tie.

This is the inside of my switch:



There was some water which dripped out when I separated the halves - hopefully this was the culprit. I cleaned it all with maplins switch cleaner which didn't reveal any obvious damage. Then lubricated with silicon grease. For some reason I expected this to be the same white grease that was originally inside the switch; instead this was a very thin, clean liquid.  Is this ok?

Any once cleaned up it all looked like this.



I ran a bead of vaseline in the edge where the rubber o ring seals the two halves in the hope that this will ensure it all stays dry inside for the future.  So far all is working perfectly again..

Thanks as usual for the advice

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Omega General Help / Re: Autobox Gear Selector Switch

« on: 31 January 2013, 20:33:07 »

exhaust off, gearbox lowered, cross member removed etc... Is this really necessary

Nope

will I be able to access the switch and the fittings without removing all of this

Yep

0705

That`s the switch code

Phew, that's good to know!  I'm trying to source a replacement but will have a look tomorrow and see if cleaning will do the trick.  If anyone's got one please let me know and can a moderator please move my post in 'Test' to 'Wanted'? Cheers, Rich

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Car Parts, bits For Sale & Wanted / 'Wanted' - Gear Selector Switch

« on: 31 January 2013, 20:27:31 »

Anyone got a decent autobox gear selector switch?

Car is a 2003 2.2CDX 16v Petrol.

Many thanks.

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Omega General Help / Autobox Gear Selector Switch

« on: 31 January 2013, 20:13:18 »

Evening all,

So it seems that my Omega has reached that point in its life where the gear indicator LEDs do the whole disco thing and the gearbox keeps clunking and dropping into limp mode. When in 'Drive' all the LEDs are lit, but they do run up and down like Knight Rider from time to time! This all started about a couple of weeks ago when the roads were thick with snow and slush ... I suspect that the switch housing just got swamped with crud.

I have read the maintenance guide and looked at the photos and to be fair it all sounds simple enough, but Haynes turns the whole job into a real headache: exhaust off, gearbox lowered, cross member removed etc... Is this really necessary or will I be able to access the switch and the fittings without removing all of this?

I am hoping that a thorough clean is going to be all it needs, but I may have to source a replacement.  Anyone got a decent one out there?  Oh and I have read the codes: 0700, 0705 and 1700 which all seem to point to a knackered switch.

Any advice - anyone done this job?  Car is a 2.2 petrol estate. Ta very much.

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Omega General Help / Re: Drop lincs

« on: 16 June 2012, 08:58:18 »

Yesterday I did my third wishbone / droplinks change, but first time on the recent car. It was, without question, the most pain in the ar*e job ever, and easily the hardest of the three changes. Don't really know why; the drop links came off easily enough, as did the wishbones, but getting the new ones back in was hell. Fitting the bushes first then trying to force the wishbone down far enough to fit into the steering knuckle just wasn't going to happen.  I finally managed it by fitting the ball joint to the steering knuckle, then fitting the rear bush first before the front one. But getting that rear bush to sit vertically enough in the holder to line up the bolt holes .... flippin 'eck!  I have bruises all over my arms and pulled a muscle in my chest!  However the improvement in the handling is amazing!  Both front bushes were shot, meaning that the car would weave all over the place under acceleration.  Just need to have the tracking re-set now...

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Omega General Help / Re: Sun roof frame paint ...

« on: 03 March 2012, 19:37:57 »

Re. Hammerite ... IIRC from my kit car build (where I used it extensively) it takes a very long time to fully harden (weeks!) Not really suitable for this job

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Car Parts, bits For Sale & Wanted / Re: Wanted - Estate Roof Aerial & Base

« on: 02 March 2012, 08:06:58 »

Hi - thanks for your reply

No, no sat nav in my CDX, although the multi plug has two identical aerial sockets - I presumed the other one was for the mobile phone aerial?

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Car Parts, bits For Sale & Wanted / Re: Wanted - Estate Roof Aerial & Base

« on: 01 March 2012, 20:43:50 »

Just to clarify then this is for a 2003 car with the later multi-plug

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Car Parts, bits For Sale & Wanted / Re: Wanted - Estate Roof Aerial & Base

« on: 01 March 2012, 20:43:02 »

Having experimented with a 'shark fin' type aerial (and bodged the plugs on the original one in the process) I'm going to ditch this and go back to the original spec aerial, but move it about 10 cm further forward to ensure that it doesn't foul the spoiler when the tailgate is open.

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Car Parts, bits For Sale & Wanted / Wanted - Estate Roof Aerial & Base

« on: 01 March 2012, 16:13:14 »

*** Mods please move to 'Wanted' Section***

I'm after an estate roof aerial base and genuine VX whip aerial to match ... must be amplified and have the multiplug intact. The rubber seals on the base can rot a bit, so a decent one would be preferable.



Anyone help?