im fitting an omp boss right now!!

[Pugme]

basically iv just pulled off the steering wheel and went to put my omp boss on, but it wont, there is a round black plastic thing which spins, with a connector block on it, which means the boss wont go on!! what do i do!!!

lol

[Pastor of Muppets]

Big hammer!!!!!

[Mark 4]

Ask Nutter John to look at it for you.

[Pugme]

nah im fitting it now :)

also dont think chavtastic steering wheels will be johns thing bud :)

[Pugme]

this thing :)

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h187/P11gme/P1010003.jpg

[Mark 4]

You seriously need to get someone else to do this for you. That is the SRS clock spring. It is what allows the drivers airbag to work. If you cock it up then you will have no airbag. Potentially worse, the airbag will deploy unexpectedly. Contact someone local to you who is well known on here.

[Pugme]

huh?? the airbag is on the floor in the passenger footwell?? if it deploys from there ill be well impressed!! and will get pics to prove! :D

nah nah, im fitting a chavvy aftermarket wheel, with no airbag.

sorry dude, should have explained a bit more in the first post!

[Nutter_John]

Mark is correct it is the clock spring , disconnect it and remove it , and you should be ok , also suggest you disco the passenger airbag just in case

[Pugme]

battery is disconnected, that should be enough

from that pic, how do i remove it?? just pull it out?

[Nutter_John]

IIRC you need to remove the cowling as it is hel on underneath the unit

[Davezj]

that black bit that revolves is part of the clock spring and there are 4 screws around the fixed black bit and if you undo these it will remove the entier thing easily. but you need to take the cowl off top and bottom.

the function of the clock spring is to transfer the electrial signals from the steering column to the steering wheel itself for the air bag deploment and for the horn.

If you are not using a horn or air bag the the clock sping is not necessary. however a horn is required for and MOT.

[Mark 4]

huh?? the airbag is on the floor in the passenger footwell?? if it deploys from there ill be well impressed!! and will get pics to prove! :D

nah nah, im fitting a chavvy aftermarket wheel, with no airbag.

sorry dude, should have explained a bit more in the first post!

That's OK then mate.

[Davezj]

i was a bit late with the reply.

[Pugme]

nah cant thank you boys enough :) right, fag in hand torch in other!! off i go! hopefully will come back with some pics in a bit!! ****, nowyou guys are gonna know how long it takes me!! lol

i obviously will want the horn to work, but i feel thats a job for the weekend :)

[aboo]

The clock is ticking:p

[Mark 4]

Well it better be a feckin good steering wheel then !

[Pugme]

lol!! im back and uploading now, its been sat upstairs for about 3 weeks, i bought it off migweb for £60, i think its a fair old bit better than the wood effect (im 29 not 59) just gotta deal with the dash next!!

ok pics

[Pugme]

from this

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h187/P11gme/P1010002.jpg

to this

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h187/P11gme/P1010007.jpg

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h187/P11gme/P1010010.jpg

i like it, yes the whole inside needs a damn good clean!!

[c0xxy]

nice, how would you go about hiding the foam? between the boss and the cowling?

[Pugme]

its not foam, i have no idea what its made off but its solid, its not as grey as it looks in the picture, i think thats the flash doing that, if you compare the colour of the wheel between the 2 pics, that piece is much darker.

[c0xxy]

is it part of the boss or the car?

[Mark 4]

Oh Dear !

[Pugme]

part of the boss, lol mark, not your cuppa tea then :D

[Mark 4]

I'm a LOT older than you Darren. Just ignore me.

[Nutter_John]

I'm a LOT older than you Darren. Just ignore me.

I thought you were a lot older than everyone on here :p

[Mark 4]

Probably true John. But still young at heart.

[Pugme]

rofl, oh i can seee your gonna adore my modification choices as the time goes by!! cant wait for your views on my wheels, or the ice install when it starts going in :D

[Mark 4]

Bring it on sonny.

[Wal]

Looks good in the second pic mate, nice work!

[The Vee]

Have you had to put a resistor in the loom or has the SRS light not come on. One other thing I've wondered, seen people change their wheels, but are air bags not compulsory on cars that were fitted with them at manufacture?

[Pugme]

not sure about the dash lights as i didnt start it up and a for legality, i have no idea but i doubt it would cause a problem at mot time

[pitslayer]

The Vee, Airbags were compulsory after 1995 on all cars, so it would have to be refitted and made sure it is working for the mot.


Whilst it is your car, that is a dreadful thing to do to a COTY :( (imho)

[elnevio]

on all cars

Got a link to the relevant authority?

If so, I guess I'll have to get an airbag fitted to the Swift of Justice, seeing as it didn't have one from the manufacturer.

[Turbo_Steve]

I'll have to get an airbag fitted to the Swift of Justice
Ditto the Evo, which doesn't have one until much....MUCH later than 1995 - too heavy.

Pugme, I like the wheel a lot. I'm just not sure I'd like to smash it into my chest at 100mph. Do you really hate the wood that much?
Does the Boss it was supplied with have crush points in it's structure?

[Pugme]

yeah its a legit omp one, but after getting it fitted, i drove down the road and the AYC **** its pants!! lol

basically that round thingy i took out is something to do with this! lol so for now the wood is back o, my plan is to notch the back of the boss out (dont worry nothing structual its just the magnetic plate on the rear which would be for the horn) so when the boss turns it will turn the black plastic thingy majicy!!

in all fairness thinking about headbutting the wheel is the last thing on my mind! so im no, im not particularly fussed about an airbag.

"If you have an accident in a car with airbags while not wearing the seat-belt, your chances of survival and injury are the same as having an accident in a car that has neither air bags or a seat belt. This is a fact and a statistic not just something I guessed at." (copy pasted this, just read it and thought i should state i didnt say this! lol)

Better with seat-belt and no airbag than airbag and no seat-belt.

[psbarham]

The Vee, Airbags were compulsory after 1995 on all cars, so it would have to be refitted and made sure it is working for the mot.


Whilst it is your car, that is a dreadful thing to do to a COTY :( (imho)

wronger than a wrong thing on the wrong day

its only a failure if the srs light stays on, if it doesn't light up then how can there be a fault, and besides, the mot test is to ensure roadworthyness, how does the air bag affect that???????
also my old black legnum Vdi had its srs disabled due to the wiring issues and that passed its mot no worries at all.

[psbarham]

aah so you removed the steering angle sensor too? yeh best not do that as you found out /lol

[Pugme]

yep so im probably gonna dremel the boss so it sits over that thing

dont forget i drove with this for 4 years :)

[Mark 4]

yep so im probably gonna dremel the boss so it sits over that thing

dont forget i drove with this for 4 years :)

Oh dear !

[Pugme]

Rofl, oh dear at my dremel plan or oh dear at my spaceship? :p

[Roberto]

yep so im probably gonna dremel the boss so it sits over that thing

dont forget i drove with this for 4 years :)

Ah, that brings me back to my Sound Off days.

[Mark 4]

Rofl, oh dear at my dremel plan or oh dear at my spaceship? :p

Both.

[Pugme]

just no pleasing some folk :D

[elnevio]

just no pleasing some folk :D

I'm not pleased about that...




/lol

[Mark 4]

Both !

[Pugme]

ok got the wheel off again tongiht, and got me a 4" grinder with a metal blade :) sounds bad already! lol

ok before i begin to cut the boss to notch it over the what i think is called the clock spring? is this what also controls my wheel position sensor, i have 3 wires coming out, one for the horn 2 in a yellow case for the airbag? yes?

so basically by me touching nothing apart from leaving the 2 wires in the yellow case disconnected and notching the boss over the box on the spinny wheel, everything should work fine?

[Kryton]

the box on the spinny wheel

Loving the technical terms used /haz You sound like you're about as advanced as I am :d

[Pugme]

youd never guess im attempting to build a C20XE engined mk 4 astra van as well!!

[Mark 4]

You worry me Darren.

[Pugme]

EEEUUURRREEEKKKKKAAAA

lol

iv not test driven yet as thats where it went horribly wrong last time :)

ill save that for tomorrow as right now im quite chuffed with myself :)

[Mark 4]

Ok, I can see your thinking now.