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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: stereo help please

« on: 29 November 2007, 11:14:44 »

now sorted   contacted a French forum for ICE and one of the chaps there decoded ot in seconds from the number stamped on the radio

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / stereo help please

« on: 29 November 2007, 10:49:57 »

right i have been a total muppett,
only had my smega for a week or 2 and have had some problems, had to change the indicator stalk over as mine was fooked so i diconected the battery and did the repairs, when i went to turn the radio on it came up "SAFE" so i have read the mawell and seen that i need to enter a code and as per usaul no code any where in any of the paper work i have been given.
have contacted Vauxhall, they were very helpfull and told me to book it in in 2 weeks time and that there is a minimum charge of 2 hours labour and that as its a new car to them they have a policy of doing a diagnostics on the car so they can build up a file on it, not a bad policy i suppose but when you consider that means its going to cost me £130.00 plus VAT just to have the radio decoded i think thats a bit much.

any one got any ideas please Thanks Tony

on the radio it says
Phillips
No.:90 532 621
TYPE:CAR400
2F3
MINISTERO P.T
61/01175/22293/A
DM 25-6-1985
DM 27-8-1987
WA019710

then theres a bar code bit

Fanny Manx Tony

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Omega General Help / Re: repair or scrap?

« on: 02 January 2008, 18:08:32 »

R403SNB 1997
2.0L TOURER ESTATE
GOLD
M.O.T. UNTIL 02/03/08
TAXED UNTIL THE END OF FEB - BUT WAS GONG TO SEND IT BACK
KEPT AT S81 9LW
NEW EXHAUST THROUGH OUT SECOND HAND MANIFOLD FITTED
NEW INDICATOR STALK FITTED
CRANK SHAFT SENSOR FITTED
2 NEW TYRES A MONTH AGO
CARGO NET / DOG GAURD

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Omega General Help / Re: repair or scrap?

« on: 02 January 2008, 17:46:37 »

tell you what, wake it £250 and its yours if you collect it, cranckshaft sensor changed week before christmas, new exhaust front to back a week before christmas, cargo net / dog gaurd just arrived for it, new indicator arm fitted, 2 new front tyres a month ago,

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Omega General Help / repair or scrap?

« on: 02 January 2008, 16:28:50 »

have been most unhappy with my omega since i got it, a lot of you will remember my posts about the problems i have had with it, well today it finally got the better of me again, driving along the M1 at 60 ..ish .. when it lost all power and sounded like a washing machine, called the RAC out to be told that my cam belt has gone.

is this fatal for the omega? is it repairable? or is it now just a pile of scrap sitting on my drive?

1997 'R' reg 2.0L Tourer estate

thanks Tony

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Omega General Help / Re: screwed over

« on: 11 December 2007, 21:18:49 »

i should have stuck to MK2 Ford Cortinas i could do all the work on them myself and at half the cost  

Also a good choice of motor. Thing is I ran classic cars for a few years because moderns are so boring but I like my omega so much I am considering giving them up. This one goes quite well as it has an 1800 mondeo engine in it.

this was my baby, 2.9 V6 cologne engine fitted onto a type 9 gear box, all body work and mechanics done by myself (before i became disabled) which is why i am finding it very frustrating being unable to do any of the work on my cars myself.

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Omega General Help / Re: screwed over

« on: 11 December 2007, 17:33:10 »

i know what your saying but when you add it to the ever growing list of faults, crank sensor, cam sensor passenger side wing mirror fell off (was super glued on!!) paper clips for fuses, heating stuck on screen, hazzard lights switch comes on every time you go over a bump, rear seat belt pulled out but would not retract (due to being not connected and was able to be pulled right through, not bad considering he had a child seat attached to it) horn did not work,

there are / were other faults but hey whos keeping count  :-?

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Omega General Help / screwed over

« on: 11 December 2007, 17:04:15 »

bought my Osmega of off EBay a while back http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...m=150181442311 well since i have had it so many things have gone wrong on it, the latest thing is the bloody exhaust, the heat shield was rattling about as it was no longer welded to the exhaust so i removed it.
then i investigated the annoying ticking sound i could hear (was told on here it could be the exhaust) found that it is blowing from the back box to middle section
it is also blowing from down pipe to exhaust manifold and there is a bolt missing as the thread has been striped,
its also blowing from the engine / head to exhaust manifold and the bolts that hold that on are all rounded off.
so now i have bitten the bullett and bought a complette system of the internet for £150.00 (excluding the manifold) and a mechanic friend is going to fit it for mr for £30.00
i should have stuck to MK2 Ford Cortinas i could do all the work on them myself and at half the cost  

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Omega General Help / Re: crank sensor?

« on: 10 December 2007, 15:13:46 »

have done a begging call to Vauxhalls and have given them my chassis number and they have told me that the sensor i need is a 9174621 which would be EBay item

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VAUXHALL-CRANKSHAFT-SENSOR-CRANK-ASTRA-OMEGA-VECTRA_W0QQitemZ150191856295QQihZ005QQcategoryZ10404QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

mega amounts cheaper

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Omega General Help / Re: crank sensor?

« on: 10 December 2007, 10:19:07 »

thank you, oh well looks like another trip to mega expencive Vauxhalls then

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Omega General Help / crank sensor?

« on: 09 December 2007, 13:00:37 »

ok looking at buying one of off EBay, but not sure which one i need?

'R' Reg 1997
2.0L 16V
Tourer estate

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VAUXHALL-CRANKSHAFT-SENSOR-CRANK-ASTRA-OMEGA-VECTRA_W0QQitemZ150191856295QQihZ005QQcategoryZ10404QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

or

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VAUXHALL-CRANKSHAFT-SENSOR-CRANK-CAVALIER-OMEGA-VECTRA_W0QQitemZ150192263415QQihZ005QQcategoryZ10404QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

or would it be a different one tottally?

thanks Tony

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Omega General Help / Re: paper clip test results

« on: 05 December 2007, 18:19:40 »

yes i have air con, no i have small hands  

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Omega General Help / Re: paper clip test results

« on: 05 December 2007, 18:05:57 »

bugger, just paid out a fortune to have a new exhaust fitted, how difficult is it to fit a Crank Sensor could your average joe do it? (baring in mind im disabled)

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Omega General Help / paper clip test results

« on: 05 December 2007, 10:18:16 »

paper clip test results:

10 - 3 - 3 - 5 - 10 - 3 - 3 - 5 - 10 - 3 - 3 - 5 - 10

any one got any ideas please.

thanks Tony

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Omega General Help / Re: orange engine elictrics light?

« on: 05 December 2007, 09:53:25 »

Ok have done the paper clip test, i thought you were supposed to get 1 - 2 - 1 - 2 to show that the test was starting? mine didnt? mine did this:

10 - 3 - 3 - 5 - 10 - 3 - 3 - 5 - 10 - 3 - 3 - 5 - 10

any ideas please.

thanks Tony