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Omega General Help / Re: Oil in radiator header tank.

« on: 29 September 2025, 20:02:11 »

nothing wrong with fitting a used one in my opinion.virtually all omegas  will be fitted with a used cooler !   same as any other used car and i beleive all the later coolers were stainless anyway ?

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Omega General Help / Re: Pulling when braking

« on: 28 September 2025, 17:49:36 »

this would usually be the first port of call anyway but you did say you had replaced all bushes in your first post 

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Omega General Help / Re: Speedo and rev counter not working.

« on: 23 September 2025, 09:37:28 »

it should be obvious if any of the eyelets are bad but yes get it apart first and the pcb out .the cluster is screwed yogether and the pcb held in by a long silver clip !.

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Omega General Help / Re: Speedo and rev counter not working.

« on: 21 September 2025, 09:44:54 »

its a common fault as they age and you will be suprised just how hot they get behind the dash,wether that is the cause or just down to the age and current flow who knows. all i know is the last 3 i did all had the same fault and were cured by adding small linking wires on the pcb to bypass the bad "eyelets" cant hurt to try as you say. just look carefully and you should see some blackened obvious bad joints. dont try to solder the joints as such, just add bypass wires. if it doesnt cure it then you would have been replacing the unit anyway .

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Omega General Help / Re: Speedo and rev counter not working.

« on: 18 September 2025, 22:06:47 »

if you get a working cluster you can adjust the mileage to be correct as mentioned or fit its pcb to  your cluster .
if you get a cluster it needs to match the car in respect to getting the speedo reading correct or if you get the pcb out and look at it you should see the faulty joints .(if not send me it and il do it )

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Omega General Help / Re: Speedo and rev counter not working.

« on: 18 September 2025, 12:39:19 »

it depends on how you are with a soldering iron .and wether you are able /confident in removing the internal circuit board from it .on the last 3 ive seen its always been an issue with the actual board rather than any components on it .the board is double sided and the interconnections can swell and go bad due to age and the heat that the cluster gets subject to.
a replacement cluster assembly (if in good order )will sort it but you are limited to finding one with the correct mileage on it (if it bothers you )or swapping the pcb from it to yours .

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Omega General Help / Re: Pulling when braking

« on: 13 September 2025, 14:44:25 »

so to sum up .
basically if the car drives fine untill you touch the brakes then this means one of two things .
either something is moving when you brake through wear,looseness or softness
OR  the brake is doing something different to the other side

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Omega General Help / Re: Pulling when braking

« on: 13 September 2025, 14:13:39 »

if the full alignment geometry was done correctly then this should have picked up on any alignment irregularities from anything unseen that  could have got bent in the bump .this should have shown if the subframe had moved or wishbone damage affecting the castor angle.i would have expected the camber to have moved ?but should have been reset anyway .
SO  and saying that it still drives and tracks straight we should be ok here
 next you need to be sure that the caliper is free as it should be AND comparable to the other side in respect of piston ease of movement,slide pins ,and any other obvious differences if any .you would think that pulling to the right would indicate a problem with the left brake realy but hopefully something should be obvious ,check for any bracket distortion too from

 the impact also worth swapping front wheels side to side too (unless tyres are directional)
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Omega General Help / Re: Front strut spring identifcation

« on: 28 August 2025, 12:15:33 »

yes i'm curious too .my std cdx springs (and cd too ?) are brown/silver dot .if the elite fronts are different i'd like to know (and get some !)

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General Car Chat / Re: Getting back into the Omega .

« on: 28 August 2025, 12:13:07 »

the granada  mk1 /consul was a fine looking car .and still looks classy today .
the early senators 'A' still look good not as keen on the senator b as it seems to look its age like the mk3astras did !.
omega is timeless as DG says yes .but only in FL versions i think ?.

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Omega General Help / Re: Front strut spring identifcation

« on: 27 August 2025, 16:09:47 »

some holden commodore and vxr8 that look similar too ??

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Omega General Help / Re: Front strut spring identifcation

« on: 27 August 2025, 15:33:26 »

the monaro ones on ebay look ok ?

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General Car Chat / Re: Old car?

« on: 08 August 2025, 23:38:24 »

i class my omega as "nearly new" even thou its actually 22 !
my others cars are 51,49,47 and 39 and all used regularly.
a chap at work was disgusted that he had to use his wifes very old car one day whilst his was in for a repair.he turned up in a 2019 mini !

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Car Parts, bits For Sale & Wanted / Re: Wanted: Gaiters for FL manual in Black

« on: 08 August 2025, 12:36:23 »

even removing and refitting an original requires cutting the sewing and re sewing it back together (just enough to get it past the gearknob)

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General Car Chat / Re: Anyone older than 55? Take note...

« on: 07 August 2025, 11:14:59 »

nothing on dvla site either