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[tunnie]

'dangle berries', I forgot to put it on my loss list. Grrrrr.

I think yours maybe at mine? 

[omegod]

Funnel taped to the wing mirror and some tubing does for me!

[Sir Tigger KC]

plastic tubing is a couple of quid per 3'  3 ³/₈" 

Already got that Andy....had to buy a couple of metres when experimenting with the oil extractor. 

Really wanted it on ramps as, although admitting weakness, I hate getting under the Omega. Fekking thing scares the shit out of me. However luckily the autobox sump isn't as far inwards from the side as I thought.... I can JUST about get to the level plug with my hand and only half my face under the car 

Mine was on ramps and axle stands 

Despite the axle stands and ramps, I'd still get the willies getting underneath that!!   

Mines got a nice scuff on the front bumper just like yours!!! 

[Andy B]

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Despite the axle stands and ramps, I'd still get the willies getting underneath that!!   

It was steady as a rock 

Mines got a nice scuff on the front bumper just like yours!!! 

The photo is a few years old and has since been sorted. I bought the car with the scuff & in my naivety thought that the bumper would be made up of several bits like a Senator's bumper was ....... they're not though. 

[SIR Philbutt]

I used a 1 ltr box fluid bottle with a pipe pushed in almost to the bottom. Think it was a wine siphon pipe that was a tight fit through the top

Used it to suck the old fluid out and then filled with new and squeezed, fluid goes uphill. Still got it in my garage for next time. Cost £0.

I did have the car up on a lifter so a bit easier than lying under the car and doing it

I seem to recall someone posted a picture of one you can buy, that's where i got the idea from.

[biggriffin]

I use a fence sprayer, holds 8ltr put the pipe in the gearbox,pump it up and just watch the fluid disappear

nice one BG.... is it the cupriol one you use?

i think it is a cuprinol one, i just cut the sprayer end of. Then you just give it half a dozen pumps,to build the pressure up and whoosh out it comes.

[Webby the Bear]

I use a fence sprayer, holds 8ltr put the pipe in the gearbox,pump it up and just watch the fluid disappear

nice one BG.... is it the cupriol one you use?

i think it is a cuprinol one, i just cut the sprayer end of. Then you just give it half a dozen pumps,to build the pressure up and whoosh out it comes.

Exactly what I was thinking! cheers mate 

to sir tigger and andyb....

I'd be a lot more confident with that set up you've got there andy, especially as those stands look like the big 3 ton each ones.... but I, like ST, get pretty nervous about going under the car full stop. I think its cos of the weight. ive got no issie going under fiestas and astras at school all day long but the omega...  maybe its just in my head.

[omega3000]

plastic tubing is a couple of quid per 3'  3 ³/₈" 

Already got that Andy....had to buy a couple of metres when experimenting with the oil extractor. 

Really wanted it on ramps as, although admitting weakness, I hate getting under the Omega. Fekking thing scares the shit out of me. However luckily the autobox sump isn't as far inwards from the side as I thought.... I can JUST about get to the level plug with my hand and only half my face under the car 

Mine was on ramps and axle stands 

Despite the axle stands and ramps, I'd still get the willies getting underneath that!!   

Mines got a nice scuff on the front bumper just like yours!!! 

Cant seem to get mine up on the ramps , the ramp pushes away from the wheel if you try and drive forward onto them  Would help if the hand brake worked 

[Andy B]

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Cant seem to get mine up on the ramps , the ramp pushes away from the wheel if you try and drive forward onto them  Would help if the hand brake worked 

That's what those galvanised extensions are for  They hook onto a lower rung of the rampto give a shallower angle so the wheel meets the ramp before the lower edge of the spoiler does. 

[omega3000]

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Cant seem to get mine up on the ramps , the ramp pushes away from the wheel if you try and drive forward onto them  Would help if the hand brake worked 

That's what those galvanised extensions are for  They hook onto a lower rung of the rampto give a shallower angle so the wheel meets the ramp before the lower edge of the spoiler does. 

Ah yes i remember you saying a while back now about those