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Omega General Help / Re: Sourcing a diff

« on: 06 November 2007, 14:30:08 »

I fitted an lsd to my explod mv6 and also to the 2.0 batomegabile and while they are different they will fit.
The flange at the front of the diff is bigger on the 3.0 than the 2.0 but can be swapped over.(taking care with
retightening the nut to the same position as it was taken off). Not sure about the 2.5 but the same applies.
the mounting bracket is also different but again will fit. Try to make sure you get the mount with the diff.
The drive shafts are the same fitting into the diff throughout (although different in other ways).
Hope this helps.

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Omega General Help / Re: Wheel Spacers

« on: 27 October 2007, 12:41:43 »

you can get these from ebay http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VAUXHALL-RENAULT-ALLOY-WHEEL-20mm-SPACER-KIT-AND-BOLTS_W0QQitemZ110182221560QQihZ001QQcategoryZ28648QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
they come in 15mm or 20mm but possibly by asking you could get them in 12mm.

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Omega General Help / Re: Longer wheel bolts

« on: 27 October 2007, 09:56:14 »

got locking ones for them

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Omega General Help / Re: Longer wheel bolts

« on: 26 October 2007, 23:35:25 »

i got 16 merc ones from the local breakers for 2 quid.

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Omega General Help / Re: Longer wheel bolts

« on: 26 October 2007, 17:40:17 »

i got some from a merc. right thread, right taper but about twice the length

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Omega General Help / Re: mv6

« on: 16 August 2007, 22:04:41 »

The manual MV6s came with LSDs so more sideways fun to be had.

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Omega General Help / Re: broken mv6

« on: 29 July 2007, 12:41:57 »

cleaned the MAF with a cotton bud as suggested and it seems to be fine now.

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Omega General Help / Re: broken mv6

« on: 27 July 2007, 12:57:49 »

31 and 73 are the only ones

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Omega General Help / Re: broken mv6

« on: 27 July 2007, 12:08:32 »

the crankshaft sensor is only about 2000 miles old. it is a genuine vx part from my local main dealer and has the same part number as the one it replaced.

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Omega General Help / broken mv6

« on: 27 July 2007, 11:51:43 »

my car has coughed, spluttered and stopped altogether. it is a 99 ex police mv6. i started it again and all seemed fine for 30 seconds or so then the eml flashed a couple of times whilst the engine spluttered. then the tc light came on as well, it spluttered some more then died. i couldn't get it to start again until i pressed the tc button. the engine fired straight away but only lasted a few seconds when the tc and eml lights flickered and the engine cut out again. i have got fault codes 31 and 73 neither of which point to the tc. can anyone help me

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Omega General Help / Re: eBay

« on: 30 April 2007, 07:35:15 »

it also states that it s a 1796cc in the ad but has 2.2 on the back.

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Omega General Help / Re: gearbox conversion.

« on: 05 April 2007, 20:32:56 »

I've just done the manual conversion on my mv6 and although it's straight forward enough there is a lot of bits to be changed. Ideally you would have a donor car to sit beside your one but I sourced most of the parts from a local breakers yard. You will have to remove the gearbox, propshaft. torque converter, flywheel, brake pedal box, gear selector and associated bits of trim, ATF pipes running to the radiator and the plastic bung covering the hole for the clutch master cylinder. Then replace all those bits from the donor car. You also have to buy a spiggot bearing for the rear of the crank as automatics don't have one.
I did the lot in a weekend and a couple of evenings and the car feels so much the better for it. The only problem I haven't addressed yet is the MID which displays AUTOMATIC GEARBOX when I first move off after starting the car.

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Omega General Help / Re: mv6 misfiring

« on: 25 March 2007, 20:47:52 »

Crank sensor changed and all is well with the engine. Yay!
The clocks on the other hand have stopped working again. Back to the vibrating rev counter needle and no speedo. Very hard to determine how fast I'm going as I pass speed cameras.

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Omega General Help / Re: mv6 misfiring

« on: 19 March 2007, 23:38:21 »

Filled up at tesco last week but I thought the dodgy petrol was only way down south.

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Omega General Help / Re: mv6 misfiring

« on: 19 March 2007, 23:25:30 »

Oh and the "superchip" I ordered from Germany arrived today and I can't try it.
Bugger!!