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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: omegod on 08 February 2025, 12:37:00
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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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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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I knew you's be first to pounce ;D 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 :D
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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im absolutely dreading the time when i wont be able to work on my cars . no issues yet at nearly 60 but time will tell ! and then who the hell would i trust anyway ? certainly no garage thats for sure !
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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!! ;D ;D :y
I should have given up with all that at 50, but I started to do it more and more ::) ::) :D ;)
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I knew you's be first to pounce ;D 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 :D
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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I gave up two years ago crawling under cars, I changed the oil & filter on the Subaru we had at the time & then struggled to get out from under it ! The Range Rover is far too complicated for me & the Toyota will go to the main dealership for all work, so after 48 years on working on my cars I've called it a day.
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I knew you's be first to pounce ;D 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 :D
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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I gave up two years ago crawling under cars, I changed the oil & filter on the Subaru we had at the time & then struggled to get out from under it ! The Range Rover is far too complicated for me & the Toyota will go to the main dealership for all work, so after 48 years on working on my cars I've called it a day.
A youngster then Rangie! ;D ;D
I have now got to 54 years of doing that, and I am now knackered! I am still aching from doing the HBV, oil and oil filter the other day ::) ::) ;D ;D ;)
Simple jobs once, but not any more ;( ;(
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I knew you's be first to pounce ;D 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 :D
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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I gave up two years ago crawling under cars, I changed the oil & filter on the Subaru we had at the time & then struggled to get out from under it ! The Range Rover is far too complicated for me & the Toyota will go to the main dealership for all work, so after 48 years on working on my cars I've called it a day.
A youngster then Rangie! ;D ;D
I have now got to 54 years of doing that, and I am now knackered! I am still aching from doing the HBV, oil and oil filter the other day ::) ::) ;D ;D ;)
Simple jobs once, but not any more ;( ;(
I seem to have different aches every day now, all eases off once we've walked the dog 🐕🐕 a youngster definitely not..😂
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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!! ;D ;D :y
I should have given up with all that at 50, but I started to do it more and more ::) ::) :D ;)
I take a more sensible approach these days, stretches before, plan carefully and know my limitations ;D My back is screwed so popping gearboxes back on usually involves using my engine crane rather than lifting it off my chest from underneath :o
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I have given up working on cars. I am the same age as STEMO and I suspect a bit younger than Lizzie ( so hats off)
I will change my windscreen wipers! Oh and key fob batteries saving 20 quid each)
Bit crap this getting old……..
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I'm in the process of hard brake lines, flexi's & slave cylinders on my Smart Roadster ..... it's far too much crawling on the floor for an old git like me! ::)
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I have given up working on cars. I am the same age as STEMO and I suspect a bit younger than Lizzie ( so hats off)
I will change my windscreen wipers! Oh and key fob batteries saving 20 quid each)
Bit crap this getting old……..
If only everything was as reliable as a Volkswagen...
Oh wait...
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I have given up working on cars. I am the same age as STEMO and I suspect a bit younger than Lizzie ( so hats off)
I will change my windscreen wipers! Oh and key fob batteries saving 20 quid each)
Bit crap this getting old……..
Lizzie is the same age, Varche, all oldies together ;D
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Well if you are all so knackered why don't you sell me a nice Omega ;D
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And there I was feeling enthusiastic about starting a new hot rod build , have a birthday in April that ends in a 0 and starts with an S and its not six----------------
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And there I was feeling enthusiastic about starting a new hot rod build , have a birthday in April that ends in a 0 and starts with an S and its not six----------------
That narrows it down a bit. ;)
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I read that S as 5.
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I read that S as 5.
Well don't, it's an s.
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🤣🤣💣
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I have given up working on cars. I am the same age as STEMO and I suspect a bit younger than Lizzie ( so hats off)
I will change my windscreen wipers! Oh and key fob batteries saving 20 quid each)
Bit crap this getting old……..
It certainly is Varche! :o ;D ;D ;)
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I'm the same age as Stemo and Lizzie waiting for weather to improve a bit then it's a clutch change on V70 after that's done it's back to the lock-up to restart work on Omega. Getting old may not be much fun but much better than the alternative
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I'm the same age as Stemo and Lizzie waiting for weather to improve a bit then it's a clutch change on V70 after that's done it's back to the lock-up to restart work on Omega. Getting old may not be much fun but much better than the alternative
I did that for a number of weeks, making excuses as to why I shouldn’t replace the HBV and do the cam cover gaskets. The sun eventually came out, and for one day the temperature reached 9 degrees so put numerous clothes on and did the HBV and changed the oil with filter. Thank goodness the cam covers did not need doing…………..yet! ::). Got to just complete the work, and bruised, battered and feeling like 90 years old, limped indoors.
I am therefore impressed Baza that you are planning the works you are! 8) 8)
You young men!! ::) ::) ;D ;D ;)