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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #11715 on: 06 January 2016, 14:23:11 »
Cheers and getting them out in the first place as they are deep down? seal pliers or special tool required? :y
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #11716 on: 06 January 2016, 15:09:16 »
Quote from: jimbo125 on 06 January 2016, 14:23:11
Cheers and getting them out in the first place as they are deep down? seal pliers or special tool required? :y


Depends if you consider a bent screwdriver or pick special.
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #11717 on: 06 January 2016, 17:18:35 »
Installed a new length of cable from the LPG ECU at the front, back to the LPG tank in the boot and normal service is resumed.  :y 

With the added bonus that the LPG fuel gauge now works!  8)  In the nearly 10 years of my ownership it has never worked properly!  :o  ;D

Many thanks again to Mr Wood for his diagnostic services!  :y :y :y
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #11718 on: 06 January 2016, 22:20:05 »
Ordered a Mahoosive Tarp to wrap the Omega fast black one up in  ::) The proper felt lined cover i used got ripped in the last gales we had  >:( >:(
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #11719 on: 06 January 2016, 22:41:34 »
Quote from: EMD on 06 January 2016, 22:20:05
Ordered a Mahoosive Tarp to wrap the Omega fast black one up in  ::) The proper felt lined cover i used got ripped in the last gales we had  >:( >:(
Be better to give it a bloody good wash and Polish and keep picking leaves of it/check the scuttle drains periodically ;)
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #11720 on: 06 January 2016, 23:19:06 »
Quote from: Sir Tigger on 06 January 2016, 17:18:35
Installed a new length of cable from the LPG ECU at the front, back to the LPG tank in the boot and normal service is resumed.  :y 

With the added bonus that the LPG fuel gauge now works!  8)  In the nearly 10 years of my ownership it has never worked properly!  :o  ;D

Many thanks again to Mr Wood for his diagnostic services!  :y :y :y

Ahh! Glad to hear that. :y

Any sign of a break in the old wiring?
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #11721 on: 06 January 2016, 23:40:35 »
Quote from: Kevin Wood on 06 January 2016, 23:19:06
Quote from: Sir Tigger on 06 January 2016, 17:18:35
Installed a new length of cable from the LPG ECU at the front, back to the LPG tank in the boot and normal service is resumed.  :y 

With the added bonus that the LPG fuel gauge now works!  8)  In the nearly 10 years of my ownership it has never worked properly!  :o  ;D

Many thanks again to Mr Wood for his diagnostic services!  :y :y :y

Ahh! Glad to hear that. :y

Any sign of a break in the old wiring?

No nothing obvious Kevin.  :-\  I laid the new cable alongside the old one so had a good look, but there's a couple of places where I couldn't see like where it goes into the boot.  :y
« Last Edit: 06 January 2016, 23:51:17 by Sir Tigger »
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #11722 on: 07 January 2016, 00:09:47 »
Quote from: Nick W on 06 January 2016, 15:09:16
Quote from: jimbo125 on 06 January 2016, 14:23:11
Cheers and getting them out in the first place as they are deep down? seal pliers or special tool required? :y


Depends if you consider a bent screwdriver or pick special.
Great prefer high tech approach less problematic ;D ;D ;D
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #11723 on: 07 January 2016, 16:48:14 »
Changed the oil and filter on the 3.2, greased brake pipes while I was under there and checked for play in track rods and bearings.

Cleaned up a pair of cam covers ready to be fitted to the next project, painted a fake Irmscher grill to tidy it up a bit and received a genuine GM waterpump through the post.  :)
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #11724 on: 07 January 2016, 17:16:53 »
Bought three ratchet straps at a £1 each to tie the parcel around the fast black one , bet they snap  ::) ;D
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #11725 on: 07 January 2016, 18:01:09 »
Quote from: EMD on 07 January 2016, 17:16:53
Bought three ratchet straps at a £1 each to tie the parcel around the fast black one , bet they snap  ::) ;D

Won't you get loads of condensation under that tarp?  :-\
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #11726 on: 07 January 2016, 18:02:19 »
Quote from: Sir Tigger on 07 January 2016, 18:01:09
Quote from: EMD on 07 January 2016, 17:16:53
Bought three ratchet straps at a £1 each to tie the parcel around the fast black one , bet they snap  ::) ;D

Won't you get loads of condensation under that tarp?  :-\
Oh no, his omega might get rusty.  :D
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #11727 on: 07 January 2016, 18:04:15 »
Quote from: Sir Tigger on 07 January 2016, 18:01:09
Quote from: EMD on 07 January 2016, 17:16:53
Bought three ratchet straps at a £1 each to tie the parcel around the fast black one , bet they snap  ::) ;D

Won't you get loads of condensation under that tarp?  :-\

Probably do a really good job of removing the paint off any corner/edge as it shimmies around in the wind, too..
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #11728 on: 07 January 2016, 18:06:27 »
Quote from: STEMO on 07 January 2016, 18:02:19
Quote from: Sir Tigger on 07 January 2016, 18:01:09
Quote from: EMD on 07 January 2016, 17:16:53
Bought three ratchet straps at a £1 each to tie the parcel around the fast black one , bet they snap  ::) ;D

Won't you get loads of condensation under that tarp?  :-\
Oh no, his omega might get rusty.  :D
Quote from: STEMO on 07 January 2016, 18:02:19
Quote from: Sir Tigger on 07 January 2016, 18:01:09
Quote from: EMD on 07 January 2016, 17:16:53
Bought three ratchet straps at a £1 each to tie the parcel around the fast black one , bet they snap  ::) ;D

Won't you get loads of condensation under that tarp?  :-\
Oh no, his omega might get rusty.  :D

Precisely!  ::)  What do you think that will do to the value Uncle STEMO?   ???  :-\
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #11729 on: 07 January 2016, 18:17:43 »
Quote from: Sir Tigger on 07 January 2016, 18:06:27
Quote from: STEMO on 07 January 2016, 18:02:19
Quote from: Sir Tigger on 07 January 2016, 18:01:09
Quote from: EMD on 07 January 2016, 17:16:53
Bought three ratchet straps at a £1 each to tie the parcel around the fast black one , bet they snap  ::) ;D

Won't you get loads of condensation under that tarp?  :-\
Oh no, his omega might get rusty.  :D
Quote from: STEMO on 07 January 2016, 18:02:19
Quote from: Sir Tigger on 07 January 2016, 18:01:09
Quote from: EMD on 07 January 2016, 17:16:53
Bought three ratchet straps at a £1 each to tie the parcel around the fast black one , bet they snap  ::) ;D

Won't you get loads of condensation under that tarp?  :-\
Oh no, his omega might get rusty.  :D

Precisely!  ::)  What do you think that will do to the value Uncle STEMO?   ???  :-\
Scrap is very cheap at the moment, so no real worries  :y
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