What have you fixed lately?
09-03-2014, 17:20
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Re: What have you fixed lately?
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Originally Posted by ThunderPants73
My mudguard strut to my bike frame with a zip tie. Whoever invented them deserves a medal.
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Agree. He/she has probably made more than enough money to mint their own medals.
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10-03-2014, 10:29
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#137
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Re: What have you fixed lately?
Saturday morning, visitors due...
Vacuum cleaner stops working; food processor motor running, but rotor stops turning.
Vacuum cleaner: speed control board had died. Followed friend's suggestion ("what's the worst that could happen?") and bypassed it. Now OK.
Food processor: cooling fan had come loose and shifted the drive belt gear wheel up the shaft. Levered things apart, glued the fan to the gear wheel and hammered it back together. All good again.
And in a separate thread: Found and tested a cheap way to upgrade my oldish XP machine to Win 8.
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12-03-2014, 18:54
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To err is human
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Re: What have you fixed lately?
Painted outside window cills (10), brushed down garage outside walls with Jeyes fluid, cut the back lawn, raked up debris, hung out washing. My to do list is finally getting smaller. Now enjoying a large glass of wine.
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12-03-2014, 19:31
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Re: What have you fixed lately?
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Originally Posted by Tinky
Painted outside window cills (10), brushed down garage outside walls with Jeyes fluid, cut the back lawn, raked up debris, hung out washing. My to do list is finally getting smaller. Now enjoying a large glass of wine.
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Well done that lady! Enjoy.
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04-04-2014, 15:41
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Re: What have you fixed lately?
Just replaced the main headlight bulb on a Renault Modus... 1 hour..
Loosening the bumper only on the side you are replacing the bulb x4 screws.
Remove inner wheel arch lining x4 plastic press studs button type.
Bend the plastic wing away a fraction.
Remove inner plastic light unit holder x2 screws
Unscrew headlight unit x2 bolts. Remove headlight unit ... pull off bulb holder.
Replace new bulb. Plug in the connector.
Reverse assembly. GO UP THE PUB AND HAVE A COUPLE OF PINTS.
The smaller the car bonnet length the harder it is to replace a bulb!!!!
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04-04-2014, 16:06
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Re: What have you fixed lately?
Fixed our faulty outside PIR/halogen security light. Well when I say 'fixed', I replaced it with an LED version which isn't as bright but still does the trick. Running and fixing the conduit was the hardest part.
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08-04-2014, 19:00
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Re: What have you fixed lately?
Not exactly fixing but just finished cutting and working the body for my new guitar project (Telecaster/Strat Frankenstein jobby)
It's ready now for routing of the pickup cavities and drilling. I made the pickup templates ages ago for a different guitar... sod buying them from Stewmac.
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12-04-2014, 17:22
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Re: What have you fixed lately?
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Originally Posted by Uncle Peter
Not exactly fixing but just finished cutting and working the body for my new guitar project (Telecaster/Strat Frankenstein jobby)
It's ready now for routing of the pickup cavities and drilling. I made the pickup templates ages ago for a different guitar... sod buying them from Stewmac.
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You should post some piccies.
I just fixed the wife's car. Well replaced the battery anyway. It failed a few months back but after an overnight charge seemed to be working ok until a few days ago when the car wouldn't start even after an overnight charge. £60 battery from Halfords with 4 years warranty seems to have done the trick even if it was a pain to fit.
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15-04-2014, 14:33
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Re: What have you fixed lately?
What car is it Osem.
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15-04-2014, 14:52
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Re: What have you fixed lately?
Solar LED strings in the garden. They are marked as "outdoor" but corrode very quickly (especially the battery contacts and the switches). Luckily I have fibreglass cleaning sticks.
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15-04-2014, 15:48
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Re: What have you fixed lately?
Is that on the metro? If so I can guess which bit it is (centre section to back box).
With firegum/gungum the best thing to do is once it dries a bit (say an hour) run the engine at idle for a while to heat the exhaust up and dry the paste out. If you managed to get shot of any loose rust and the rest of the pipe is good then it should last a while.
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15-04-2014, 20:49
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Re: What have you fixed lately?
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Originally Posted by Osem
You should post some piccies.
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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  )
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15-04-2014, 20:51
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Re: What have you fixed lately?
A moto g phone.... Nice
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16-04-2014, 08:40
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Re: What have you fixed lately?
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Originally Posted by Taf
Solar LED strings in the garden. They are marked as "outdoor" but corrode very quickly (especially the battery contacts and the switches). Luckily I have fibreglass cleaning sticks.
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One good tip I have discovered is to use silicon spray on the solar panel, this keeps it clean, algae free and more water resistant.
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16-04-2014, 09:49
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Re: What have you fixed lately?
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Originally Posted by Uncle Peter
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 ) |
That sounds a very pleasant place... 
---------- Post added at 09:49 ---------- Previous post was at 09:48 ----------
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A moto g phone.... Nice
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You fixed one?? What was wrong with it?
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