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Omega General Help / Re: Tech 2 Equivalent?

« on: 06 December 2008, 13:04:38 »

As to diag tools for Vauxhalls under £100:
Generic ODBII for 2.2/2.6/3.2 (will do engine only).
Cheapo Tech2 if you have a laptop with COM port (flakey as hell, simple code reads and resets only).

Do any of these eBay thingys read the 2.5 V6 '98 ?

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Omega General Help / Re: Main beam stuck on

« on: 05 December 2008, 12:35:51 »

Fixed ! , Thanks very much folks for your generous help  

Dropped the cover under the steering wheel, popped out the smallest black relay, reconnected the battery, no lights (as expected) , popped the relay back in, viola, main beam working normally  

The CCR600 stereo was more fun, hold down the AS button and switch it on, punch in the code using buttons 1,2,3 & 4, pat me head, rub me tummy whilst standing on one leg.....  

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Omega General Help / Re: Main beam stuck on

« on: 04 December 2008, 21:34:38 »

thanks very much folks.. I'll get busy in the morning  

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Omega General Help / Re: Main beam stuck on

« on: 04 December 2008, 21:11:41 »

thanks for the feedback...

but sorry, dumb question alert  

is the 'main' fuse box the one under the steering wheel or the one in the engine ompartment ?

I'm hoping it's the relay, changing stalks can be a real pain in the ....

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Omega General Help / Re: Main beam stuck on

« on: 04 December 2008, 20:55:39 »

yup it has got cruise control,

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Omega General Help / Main beam stuck on

« on: 04 December 2008, 20:42:54 »

Anyone got any pearls of wisdom regarding my (2.5CDX '98)  main beam which has decided to stay on permanently , even with the key out...

It's gonna be the stalk switch or the relay, is this a common fault ?, does anyone know which number the relay is in the relay box so that I can make it an appointment with a 6lb mash hammer.... [smiley=smiley.gif]

Had to dis the battery to get the bu**ers to go out...

Cheers, in aticip....ation

My mate helpfully suggested turning the headlights upside down, hmmm, perhaps I'll discount that suggestion  

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Newbie Welcome Area / Hello all

« on: 04 December 2008, 20:36:10 »

Thought I'd better be polite and say hello here afore pickin' yer brains  [smiley=smiley.gif]

My old man bought a new car and generously offered me his old one for the right price, zip, nadda, 'k all

So I find myself the owner of a '98 Omega 2.5 CDX Auto, one owner 60k FSH, result and indeed unexpected luxury, since I spend most of my time buildin' and ridin' choppers (motorcycles, not raleigh  [smiley=smiley.gif]) and drivin' either land rovers or shoguns

I actually really like this car, pretty underrated in my view, not havin had an mpg 'puter thingy in a car before I've played at the light foot game and average 30mpg, which was nice.......

Much more fun in sport mode and foot to the floor, then it reminds me of my old V8 Defender, 7mpg, aaah those were't days  [smiley=smiley.gif]

I'll be off to pick brains now as it's developed it's first fault  [smiley=rolleyes.gif]

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General Discussion Area / Re: A common sense strike on the 'police state'

« on: 04 December 2008, 22:24:29 »

er, unlike Americans who are citizens of a country with a consitution we are subjects of the state, and are 'allowed' such freedoms as the state deems fit

My problem isn't with holding DNA records it's with the outsourced private sector profiteers who run the database, believe me, some little 2 rupee a week programmer in Mumbai misses a digit in a bit of SQL code and you could be having your collar felt....

Computer says ... it was you !!!, computers don't make mistakes... but humans do

Have you ever seen the movie Brazil ?  

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General Discussion Area / Re: server help

« on: 05 December 2008, 00:13:45 »

I run a bes on a dual core xeon with 2gb of ram and run 600 Blackberries off it into groupwise, it barely breaks a sweat.

IMO, Windows Mobile devices are toys in comparison to BB's

Do you 'really' need exchange ?

otherwise get one of your unused towers bung Suse Linux  Enterprise server 10sp2, run samba and webmin and you've got a great fileserver without paying microshaft it's ludricous licencing costs or having exchange cripple your server.

btw bes licences are about £75 a piece, but you may get some free if you speak to your supplier, I got loads free.