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Title: Newbie - shortly acquiring '95 Elite 3.0 manual
Post by: r.welfare on 21 January 2007, 19:39:37: Hi all

This looks to be an excellent forum for me as I will be acquiring a '95 Elite wagon on Tuesday evening, 3.0 with manual transmission, 125k miles up.

Previous owner has mentioned he doesn't know when the cambelts were last changed so I will PM Robin Hood ASAP to get a copy of the DVD! Anyone near me (Newbury) got the cam locking kit I can borrow? I think I'd better do the waterpump to be safe too...

Fingers crossed for the 80-mile drive home!

Richard
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Post by: Del Boy on 21 January 2007, 20:22:34: Hi & welcome good luck with the new car :y
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Post by: Timbuk on 21 January 2007, 20:50:10: Welcome to the site :y
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Post by: TheBoy on 21 January 2007, 20:52:40: Welcome to the site :)
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Post by: iggy21uk on 21 January 2007, 21:10:49: Welcome & happy Omega motoring :y (http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n21/iggy21_2006/drive.gif)
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Post by: Elite Pete on 21 January 2007, 21:41:18: Hi Richard and welcome :)
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Post by: Auto Addict on 21 January 2007, 22:07:08: Welcome to the forum :y
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Post by: hotel21 on 22 January 2007, 00:09:37: Howdoo, and welcome to the forum. :y
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Post by: RossPhim on 22 January 2007, 07:45:21: Welcome to the forum Richard. 8-) :y
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Post by: Gwilym on 22 January 2007, 08:59:26: Hello Richard and Welcome to the site
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Post by: nixoro on 22 January 2007, 13:44:40: Hello and welcome to the site :y
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Post by: The Barge Captain on 22 January 2007, 13:52:32: Hi Richard and welcome.
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Post by: bob.dent on 22 January 2007, 14:49:40: Hi Richard and welcome aboard :y
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Post by: Bo Bo on 22 January 2007, 15:46:54: Hello & welcome :)
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Post by: Admin on 22 January 2007, 16:37:20: Welcome indeed. :)

I see you are acquiring a rare Omega indeed.

Real 3.0 Elites (ie. leather with 3 position memory, nice sound system. self tinting rear view mirror, electric rear blind etc) with a manaul gearbox are VERY rare.

Excellent choice of vehicle in my opinion. All the toys + "optional driver involvement pack" :)
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Post by: TheBoy on 22 January 2007, 18:16:39: Quote
"optional driver involvement pack"
In an Omega, give me Point and Shoot any day. If I wanted more driver involvement, I wouldn't have the barge ;)
Title: Re: Newbie - shortly acquiring '95 Elite 3.0 manua
Post by: r.welfare on 22 January 2007, 21:06:54: Thanks for all the kind welcomes!

I've not seen the car yet but it was advertised on the Autobahnstormers forum - I'm still a member although I sold my Mk1 Senator 2.5 back in August, and had 2 1978 Opel Rekord 2.0S Berlinas before that 8-)

It comes up on the RAC vehicle check as an Omega Elite though, and the seller has been waxing lyrical about the electric, heated memory leather chairs, so let's see what it's like tomorrow evening.

I've ordered the cambelt DVD so look forward to having a go. Any other pointers from anyone who has done the cambelt change before I get going, apart from buying the right tools (e.g. Torx sockets, 30mm spanner)? I'm thinking of ordering the belts and tensioners from Autovaux, they did me well a couple of years back when I was sourcing bits for a Belmont GLSi I was getting back on the road :)
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Post by: Big Steve on 22 January 2007, 21:16:36: Hi & welcome :)
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Post by: Chopsdad on 22 January 2007, 23:08:38: Hello Richard & welcome. Vx Dealer told me no-one wanted manual Megga's only auto's - so I bought a manual too ;) Good choice. :y
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Post by: Paul M on 23 January 2007, 21:30:37: Hello and welcome from me too... nice find, as has been said manual Elites are a rare beast, which is why I limited my search to MV6s which are plentiful in manual form.

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Hello Richard & welcome. Vx Dealer told me no-one wanted manual Megga's only auto's - so I bought a manual too ;) Good choice. :y

That's because the only people who buy Omegas from the dealers are old geezers who don't know they're being robbed, and have long since lost the ability to coordinate 4 limbs at once ;D ;) They'll be back in a year's time asking for a new model with automatic steering too!
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Post by: r.welfare on 23 January 2007, 23:02:24: Right chaps, just back from picking the car up earlier.

It's fantastic, although there appears to be a problem with the knock sensor on the driver's side - might have got caught in the auxiliary belt (which has seen better days) - seller managed to wiggle it to clear the 'check engine' light at the weekend but within a mile of me collecting it, it came on again. A real shame as it felt like it was drinking minestrone rather than petrol on the way home! :'(

Still, everything seems to work (although the Multi-Information Display needed a good thump to stabilise the backlighting, and it seems to think it's 1 January 1992 and the outside temp is 64.5C!) and it cruises nicely. A little rust under the rubber seal on the offside rear door and a couple of bubbles on the window ledges, but otherwise it looks the part. Even has a load liner in the back!

The cambelt held up (the service book is AWOL and the mileage is 126k, so don't know when it was last done - had pukka owners though), and my cambelt DVD arrived today - many thanks Robin Hood - so I will order the parts and watch it several times over the next couple of weeks before diving in.
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Post by: hotel21 on 23 January 2007, 23:06:53: Sounds like you have the job well in hand.

Just make sure the belt and tensioners are well within the 4 years / 40K limit. Could really spoil your day if you give your new pride and joy some welly and it lets go, giving you a brush and shovel repair! ;)
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Post by: bestseany on 24 January 2007, 12:02:04: Congratulations on your new purchase mate and welcome to the site.

I'd love a manual gearbox in my Elite! :(
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Post by: Markie on 24 January 2007, 15:42:30: Welcome to the forum :y and congrats on the purchase :)
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Post by: Martin_1962 on 25 January 2007, 16:31:18: Hello & Welcome :y
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Post by: r.welfare on 25 January 2007, 19:55:27: Thanks again for the welcome chaps!

Ordered my cambelt and tensioner kit, auxiliary belt and water pump from Autovaux, hiring their fitting kit as well. So the weekend after next is fitting time - I'm off to watch the DVD again :y
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Post by: MikeDundee on 26 January 2007, 06:33:16: Welcome to the Forum Richard :y