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Omega General Help / Re: I think my gearbox may have died

« on: 15 April 2014, 20:41:11 »

Problem solved!!!
I found a scrappy that wants it for £200 in the morning and I still get to cash the tax in ... Thank god it's going as 1 more day with it would have sent me over the edge 

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Omega General Help / Re: I think my gearbox may have died

« on: 14 April 2014, 21:47:45 »

roughly £75 ish + vat from Vx dealer for 2nd gear solenoid iirc

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Omega General Help / Re: I think my gearbox may have died

« on: 14 April 2014, 21:17:20 »

This is the same problem as yours, If you drive like a nutter it's fine though! What an utterly useless car 

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Omega General Help / Re: I think my gearbox may have died

« on: 14 April 2014, 19:27:57 »

Thanks for the suggestion. I have now put the car on the forum as FREE to collect, I'm running it into the ground before the test runs out (19th July) the first to say they can collect it from me can take it on the day that the test runs out! It's already missing most of the drivers door mirror and the glass is broken, the front bumper has seen better days as that's now my forward facing parking aid!
It's definitely going when the MOT is up, whether it be scrapped or collected for free. If anyone wants it as it stands now it's £200 (scrap money) .... Not continuing to flog a dead horse I would much rather cut my losses and let someone with deeper pockets have it!

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Omega General Help / Re: I think my gearbox may have died

« on: 13 April 2014, 19:25:16 »

not got anything done yet, been too windy and such for me to be bothered 
Not using it at the moment unless absolutely necessary (only 15 miles covered in the last week)! The plan is to keep the mileage as minimal as possible (max 20 miles a week) until we can either get the parts to get it sorted, or get another smaller car as a runabout until this one is fixed I think. For me it's not hurting anything if it sits idle on the drive until July when I get the other car to break as that one has a presumed good gearbox and is in daily use at the minute! Time will tell I guess 

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Omega General Help / Re: Plastic Sill covers

« on: 12 April 2014, 00:04:49 »

might take mine off to see what's lurking if it's that easy, always have been suspicious of how little rust is on my car

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Omega General Help / Re: I think my gearbox may have died

« on: 12 April 2014, 00:03:18 »

After lots of searching for other suitable cars ... I have decided to keep hold of this one (even if it takes a year to sort out)!
The sumps are definitely coming off tomorrow so I will report as to what I find with hopefully some pictures. I guess there is a possibility that I might fit a manual gearbox but that would require allot of further advice as to what is involved (am I right thinking that the manual is basically a BMW box )!

We will see what tomorrow brings, looking forward to getting covered in smelly ATF (at least I will be non stick  )

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Omega General Help / Re: I think my gearbox may have died

« on: 11 April 2014, 20:08:35 »

The filters are expensive from GM, cheaper from JPAT (see sticky in For Sale).

Although the filters clean out well anyway, so rarely a need to replace.

Do you just clean them with petrol? and do they need re-sealing or anything on refit?
I'm going to drop the sumps off tomorrow I think, hopefully there will be no thrust washer bits in there and just dirt 

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Omega General Help / Re: I think my gearbox may have died

« on: 11 April 2014, 00:51:42 »

I have to agree, that when they are working, when! They are fantastic and really nice to drive. I don't want to think I would be going back to the start again ... it's been a ball ache getting to where I am with it now 
The thought has often passed my mind of "am I going to have to rebuild the entire thing for it to be right again"? I am even considering ripping out what is in there and putting a non GM engine and box in the car (if that's even possible). I hope I can get over this rut with the car and rest assured ... it's people like yourself SIR Philbutt, TheBoy and other really nice folk that have kept me going with it to this point! I want to keep it, of course I do but I'm at that awkward point of do I proceed or do I bail out fearing spending even more cash that I don't have available trying to fix an issue that can't be fixed (and in theory anything can be fixed)!

I wonder if there is a way of testing the solenoids without using a Tech 2 if I'm going to take off the gearbox sump anyway I would imagine that there must be a way 

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General Discussion Area / Re: Malaysian Airlines Crash...

« on: 11 April 2014, 00:27:37 »

I read that the ozzies have found the location of possibly the black box but aren't saying anything until they know for sure ... maybe finally there will be some answers as to what happened for the poor families waiting to hear of their loved ones fate 

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Omega General Help / Re: I think my gearbox may have died

« on: 11 April 2014, 00:05:11 »

That is exactly what mine is doing !
The only difference is that nothing comes up on the mid, the coolant level low also doesn't (maybe someone disconnected it )

So you never truly got to the root of the cause ? I do notice it's not a commonly posted problem and it's very hard to explain what's happening! You explained it perfectly ... maybe my car is twin to yours I don't think that this is an easy fix tbh, but there has always been hope that I would find the issue in the back of my mind.
Mine has occasionally started to jump up and down gears when slowing down (this happened this afternoon, and previously on monday) !
Makes me wonder if it's just the electrics on the car

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Omega General Help / Re: I think my gearbox may have died

« on: 10 April 2014, 23:07:23 »

I have a 2.2 auto box here you can have it free of if it helps mate

There is also one on my spares car you can have for free, although the 3rd gear solenoid has gone, but it does have a new filter. I was having the same prob as you

What was wrong with yours in the end phil, if you don't mind me asking?
Very interested in the filter proposition also 

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Omega General Help / Re: I think my gearbox may have died

« on: 10 April 2014, 21:56:55 »

I have a spares car ... but not until July  ...... But that makes me wonder if it would be worth laying this one up until then 

Why are these choices soo hard ?? It's only a frikin tin box 

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Omega General Help / Re: I think my gearbox may have died

« on: 10 April 2014, 21:36:33 »

I hear what you're saying phil, there just is no more money available at all ... not a penny! The ATF looked brownish but very red initially when when I took everything to pieces, the change in colour happened over the last 2 weeks and I did have to fill the box up (total 2 litres overall after a leak at the cooler end)! I only noticed the change in smell mostly when I came to renew the cooler o rings the other day, It smells a bit like burned coffee but more chemically than that and it was very noticeably darker than when I topped it up! If I could afford to replace the filter and the ATF on a chance of fixing it, I would have already done it. But as I said before, this car has bled me dry and I have no more money spare (I have bigger priorities than the car needing to be fixed every 10 miles).
I'm giving it a couple of weeks to sell ... I think I'm reasonable on my price given the condition of things overall (correct me if I'm wrong though please), If she doesn't sell, well, I think we all know what is going to happen to it. I am unwilling to break it up as it makes a big ugly mess and I need to get a car that actually works when I need it to, not when it feels like it!  I will not spend another £213 + some Vat on ATF a filter and a solenoid it's just not worth it to me, my luck something else will just break immediately after doing the job (I have no confidence in the car ever being reliable for me) 

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Omega General Help / Re: I think my gearbox may have died

« on: 10 April 2014, 20:48:09 »

I'm very split minded as to what to do to be honest, I have put it up for sale here http://autoshite.com/topic/16537-would-anyone-have-any-interest-in-this/  .... I think I want to change it for an old volvo 740 as I have good memories of these (my dad had them for the best part of 6 years) and I know that electrically they are really very simple so I won't have that in the way of things! Asking £500 or in that region for the mig as The parts and work alone are worth more than that