What have you fixed lately?
25-04-2014, 10:38
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Re: What have you fixed lately?
Fixed some shoddy wiring to a socket spur installed by a previous occupant of my house.
Nearly 10 years and I'm still stumbling across little bits of bodgery here and there.
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27-04-2014, 12:44
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Re: What have you fixed lately?
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Originally Posted by heero_yuy
Couldn't get the bathroom scales to operate with the original switches so I just fitted a simple miniature push switch through the base and wired it in. Made up a couple of spring loaded feet ( Large headed screw, spring, washer and nylock nut) to hold the base up off the switch until you step on it. Basically the same idea as originally but more reliable.
Works a treat. 
The battery compartment is still rubbish but I can't really do anything about it. |
Ingenuity at its best! 
I used something similar to a broken release button on some telescopic garden loppers a couple of years ago. Still working...
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29-04-2014, 14:55
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Re: What have you fixed lately?
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I sure will over the weekend, just had a prep coat of Wudtone and drying in the workshop (my big shed where the wine lives  ) |
About 10 more coats to go! been having some small problems with a bit of oil that must have been in the wood.
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06-05-2014, 21:17
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Re: What have you fixed lately?
Front brake pads on the wifes Renaultsport Megane series2, the uprated Brembo 4 pot calipers are notorious for seized pad pins, and low and behold 3 out of the 4 were solid, Renault's answer was to buy new calipers costing silly money, but an angle grinder, extra long pin punches, a large hammer and a lot of tenacity saw the stubborn buggers come out.
Cleaned and rebuilt with decent pads and the brakes have never been so keen, almost to the detriment of a car behind her today coming home from work .
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06-05-2014, 21:20
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Re: What have you fixed lately?
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Originally Posted by pabscars
Front brake pads on the wifes Renaultsport Megane series2, the uprated Brembo 4 pot calipers are notorious for seized pad pins, and low and behold 3 out of the 4 were solid, Renault's answer was to buy new calipers costing silly money, but an angle grinder, extra long pin punches, a large hammer and a lot of tenacity saw the stubborn buggers come out.
Cleaned and rebuilt with decent pads and the brakes have never been so keen, almost to the detriment of a car behind her today coming home from work . |
I love fixes like that!
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07-05-2014, 16:02
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Re: What have you fixed lately?
The front wheel bearings on an R6.
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07-05-2014, 16:33
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Re: What have you fixed lately?
Some bugs in the new version of an online booking system I designed for work.
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13-05-2014, 23:11
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Re: What have you fixed lately?
Caliper had seized on the front of my car. so I fixed it.
I'm good with my hands, ladies.
and gentlemen.
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14-05-2014, 12:54
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Re: What have you fixed lately?
Replaced the cracked screen on my iPhone 4s using a kit from ebay costing £5, took 2 hours though!
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14-05-2014, 14:07
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Re: What have you fixed lately?
An HP Touchpad, installed latest 3rd party release of Android KitKat on it, works like a charm now
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16-05-2014, 23:22
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Re: What have you fixed lately?
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Caliper had seized on the front of my car. so I fixed it.
I'm good with my hands, ladies.
and gentlemen.
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My rear ones are partially seized but the nuts are seized too so i cant get the buggers off.....
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16-05-2014, 23:29
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Re: What have you fixed lately?
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The front wheel bearings on an R6.
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Nice one hubby's pal has one, hubby has a kawasaki ninja and lately it seems is always needing fixed  money pitt IMO he should get himself a nice reliable car. He say's no chance the bike or van for him.
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17-05-2014, 16:24
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Re: What have you fixed lately?
Our new porch. The stuff was delivered but the French doors supplied were handed incorrectly i.e. they were rebated to open inwards not outwards as specified.
Anyway since it wasn't such a big deal and to avoid further delays I decided to modify the frame and layout to suit the inwards opening doors. This involved using some of the many useful tools I've acquired over the years which have been waiting for their time to come. Most satisfying of all was cutting a new groove in the hardwood sill to accommodate the weather seal in its new position. First time I've used my router and it was a pleasure - superbly accurate result which fits perfectly.
I'm due some Brownie points from the missus anyway... 
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18-05-2014, 07:17
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Re: What have you fixed lately?
Hope to fix/replace the fill valve on the loo later.
Seems to have sorted itself out? Turned the water off all night & now seems to behaving normally. 
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20-05-2014, 20:30
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Re: What have you fixed lately?
- I have moved some of my network boxes for Network storage and a relocated computer.
- Fixed a leaky tap
- Unbocked my kitchen sink
- Stripping the paint off of my stairs to reveal the naked wood
- Built a router out of an old computer and network card.
- Soldered and glued the headphone socket on an mp3 player
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