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TheBoy Administrator Offline TBE has an MOT! Posts: 64817 Brackley, Northants Gender: Drives: 98 MV6, 03 Elite, 00 25, 89 ZX10	Re: Newbie - shortly acquiring '95 Elite 3.0 manua Reply #15 - 22. Jan 2007 at 18:16 Quote: "optional driver involvement pack" In an Omega, give me Point and Shoot any day. If I wanted more driver involvement, I wouldn't have the barge
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Reply #16 - 22. Jan 2007 at 21:06

Thanks for all the kind welcomes!

I've not seen the car yet but it was advertised on the Autobahnstormers forum - I'm still a member although I sold my Mk1 Senator 2.5 back in August, and had 2 1978 Opel Rekord 2.0S Berlinas before that Cool

It comes up on the RAC vehicle check as an Omega Elite though, and the seller has been waxing lyrical about the electric, heated memory leather chairs, so let's see what it's like tomorrow evening.

I've ordered the cambelt DVD so look forward to having a go. Any other pointers from anyone who has done the cambelt change before I get going, apart from buying the right tools (e.g. Torx sockets, 30mm spanner)? I'm thinking of ordering the belts and tensioners from Autovaux, they did me well a couple of years back when I was sourcing bits for a Belmont GLSi I was getting back on the road

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Big Steve Intermediate Member Offline Posts: 418 Coventry Gender:	Re: Newbie - shortly acquiring '95 Elite 3.0 manua Reply #17 - 22. Jan 2007 at 21:16 Hi & welcome
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Chopsdad Omega Baron Offline Keep it clean! Posts: 4066 Bouncy Castle in Carlisle Gender: Drives: VW Passat 1.9 TDI Est	Re: Newbie - shortly acquiring '95 Elite 3.0 manua Reply #18 - 22. Jan 2007 at 23:08 Hello Richard & welcome. Vx Dealer told me no-one wanted manual Megga's only auto's - so I bought a manual too Good choice.
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Re: Newbie - shortly acquiring '95 Elite 3.0 manua
Reply #19 - 23. Jan 2007 at 21:30

Hello and welcome from me too... nice find, as has been said manual Elites are a rare beast, which is why I limited my search to MV6s which are plentiful in manual form.

Chopsdad wrote on 22. Jan 2007 at 23:08:

Hello Richard & welcome. Vx Dealer told me no-one wanted manual Megga's only auto's - so I bought a manual too Wink

Good choice. Thumbs Up!

That's because the only people who buy Omegas from the dealers are old geezers who don't know they're being robbed, and have long since lost the ability to coordinate 4 limbs at once Grin

They'll be back in a year's time asking for a new model with automatic steering too!

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Reply #20 - 23. Jan 2007 at 23:02

Right chaps, just back from picking the car up earlier.

It's fantastic, although there appears to be a problem with the knock sensor on the driver's side - might have got caught in the auxiliary belt (which has seen better days) - seller managed to wiggle it to clear the 'check engine' light at the weekend but within a mile of me collecting it, it came on again. A real shame as it felt like it was drinking minestrone rather than petrol on the way home! Cry

Still, everything seems to work (although the Multi-Information Display needed a good thump to stabilise the backlighting, and it seems to think it's 1 January 1992 and the outside temp is 64.5C!) and it cruises nicely. A little rust under the rubber seal on the offside rear door and a couple of bubbles on the window ledges, but otherwise it looks the part. Even has a load liner in the back!

The cambelt held up (the service book is AWOL and the mileage is 126k, so don't know when it was last done - had pukka owners though), and my cambelt DVD arrived today - many thanks Robin Hood - so I will order the parts and watch it several times over the next couple of weeks before diving in.

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hotel21 Administrator Offline Posts: 12766 Doghouse Gender: Drives: into lamposts	Re: Newbie - shortly acquiring '95 Elite 3.0 manua Reply #21 - 23. Jan 2007 at 23:06 Sounds like you have the job well in hand. Just make sure the belt and tensioners are well within the 4 years / 40K limit. Could really spoil your day if you give your new pride and joy some welly and it lets go, giving you a brush and shovel repair!
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bestseany Intermediate Member Offline Posts: 280 Flintshire, North Wales Gender: Drives: Mondeo ST24	Re: Newbie - shortly acquiring '95 Elite 3.0 manua Reply #22 - 24. Jan 2007 at 12:02 Congratulations on your new purchase mate and welcome to the site. I'd love a manual gearbox in my Elite!
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Markie Omega Lord Offline Posts: 7914 Lanarkshire, Scotland Gender: Drives: RS4, X5, Range Rover	Re: Newbie - shortly acquiring '95 Elite 3.0 manua Reply #23 - 24. Jan 2007 at 15:42 Welcome to the forum and congrats on the purchase
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Martin Imber Over Active Poster Offline LPG Omega V6 - Keyfobs Rebuilt Posts: 20110 Worcester Gender: Drives: 2001 Omega 2.6CD LPG & 3.0 cams	Re: Newbie - shortly acquiring '95 Elite 3.0 manua Reply #24 - 25. Jan 2007 at 16:31 Hello & Welcome
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r.welfare Junior Member Offline Posts: 88 Newbury, Berkshire Gender:	Re: Newbie - shortly acquiring '95 Elite 3.0 manua Reply #25 - 25. Jan 2007 at 19:55 Thanks again for the welcome chaps! Ordered my cambelt and tensioner kit, auxiliary belt and water pump from Autovaux, hiring their fitting kit as well. So the weekend after next is fitting time - I'm off to watch the DVD again
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MikeDundee Omega King Offline avatar borrowed from DLK for a bit..... Posts: 10127 Costa Del Peckham Gender: Drives: Irmscher Omega 3.0 V6	Re: Newbie - shortly acquiring '95 Elite 3.0 manua Reply #26 - 26. Jan 2007 at 06:33 Welcome to the Forum Richard
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