I fixed my KTEL cassette earlier.....

The pad was loose and anyone who loves 8tracks/cassettes know how they sound w/no pad!! (uugghh)

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Is it in your model T ford

No its in my room :)

Ya mean my 8 track player right?

Panasonic 808RS: http://tse4.mm.bing.net/th/id/OIP.Hl...dd&o=5&pid=1.1

Isnt she pretty???

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Toilet Roll holder onto plasterboard wall, previous plasterboard fixings kept failing so I bought some Gripit fixings and they're fantastic and work easily as long as there is space behind for the wings to open up.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Grip-GRPCUR...%2C103&sr=8-10

I got a cassette the other day and its a pretty good album from Gallery....

The earliest cassette I have seen with Dolby (It says 'DOLBY B' on it) - 1972

It was on one of those early 70s cartridges by Ampex!

Now Ampex used to put out excellent quality 8 tracks,casettes,etc..

They had paper labels on the cassettes and they were goregously made and ran well....... In the early 70s they started printing it right on the cartridge itself.......

This one didnt play well,it was aweful..... I opened it and found out why!!

NO BLASTED ROLLERS IN THE SHELL!!!!!!!!!

What kind of a moron would put a cassette together W/O ROLLERS and expect it to run well??

It has a nice pad in it but it didnt play worth shit!


I like the band and songs and luckily I had another cartridge that DOES HAVE ROLLERS and I put it in that one.......

I will say: This was the EASIEST AMPEX TAPE I HAVE HAD TO OPEN! (Usually Ampex tapes are put together so well you cant take them apart w/o ruining them.. (Expecially Ampex 8 tracks!!!!))

2 songs I knew instantly: I believe in Music and nice to be with you.......

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I've fixed a PS5 Dualsense controllers left stick drift by replacing the potentiometer with one that that is meant to be drift proof(Aknes TMR). I had to buy a new soldering iron from AliExpress and a PCB vice from Amazon, could have done with a new set of eyes too!

I was unsuccessful with my attempt last weekend and spent hours trying to remove the lead free solder which has a much higher melting point so had to give up, so I purchased 5 metres of KESTER LEADED SOLDER Sn63Pb37 for £5 which has a very low temperature melting point and with this I was able to remove the old solder from the PCB holes which are very small and install the new potentiometer.

These controllers cost £60-£70 each and I have 3 to fix so financially this is a success.

Im glad ya stuck with it Snoop... Dont give up!!

It makes ya feel g00d doesnt it???

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Fixed my other 2 Dualsense controllers, alot quicker now removing lead free solder using leaded solder, but it still takes a fair bit of time, I could never do this as a side hustle.

Everything is now packed away, probably won't need to use a soldering iron again in like forever!

Excellent.... Very good!!!!!!!!!!
 

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Nothing really difficult but replaced my wiper blades on my Audi A3, it was just a little awkward removing the rear wiper as there were no instructions and so many different model variations so wasn't sure if just pulling it off firmly I wouldn't break the wiper or the rear screen.

I last fixed my ERASER (1996) VHS tape :)

It fell off the ledge and the cartridge broke and its been sitting in my fix pile for months.... I finally got another cartridge out and put the spools in that one..........

She thankfully plays fine :)

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Replaced my centre speaker grill cloth that had a hole in it (no idea how or why it happened).

£12 for the cloth- Now got enough to cover every speaker I have. And now as good as new. Very happy now.

I last fixed one of my VHS tapes 10 mins ago or so...

WHERE THE BUFFALO ROAM - 1980


I have an early release (1983) which I didnt wanna lose becasuse they ruined this movie later on..Changing the music in it,etc........ Totally stupid!!


The tape came off at the end of the movie thankfully not at the start!!

I just put a piece of tape to hold the tape to the spool and wound a little bit of it up,then put it back in the cartridge and put it back together.....

Im trying to find an earlier copy of this movie....... It came out in 1980 so I would think THERE IS AN MCA VIDEOCASSSETTE release which would be even better than this MCA home video release...... ('MCA VIDEOCASSETTE' changed to 'MCA HOME VIDEO' in 1983)

This one has dolby on it... An MCA VIDEOCASSETTE release would not...... (And might sound even better)

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This version?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/157285709453

Thanx for looking Snoop!

Nope that looks much later than 1983....... (Im not sure when the music was changed in home video releases)

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Just noticed package design says 1998.

I fixed 2 of my cassettes today :)

1) Gypsy - First album (Double album) - Paper Labels
2) BB KING - LA Midnight

The Gypsy cassette had a loose pad so I just glued it back on.... Im glad it works as I only have wood glue...

The BB KING tape was on 1 of those crappy early 70s Ampex tapes......No Rollers,The oad was a disgrace....... I ripped that open and just put it in anither shell,she sounds beautiful with a good pad!!!

Isnt BB KING good???

I just fixed my Jim Croce cassette tonight :)

ALBUM: Life and times (His last album)

The cassette it was in had a horrible pad,it sounded horrible....... It DID have rollers which I was surprised at!! (70s Blue cassette)

I put it in another shell that has a good pad........

Makes me sad/mad when I think of all the beautiful analogue material that made it to cassette in the late 60s/70s but wont ever be heard good because they made crap back then which is very sad!

CARTRIDGES WITH NO ROLLERS/Pads..... I have seen cassettes firom 1981 without rollers!!

Who are these idiots that make thie crap and expect it to play??

Most people wont do as I do and put the spools in another shell or whatever........... I value my media and when I get something analogue,I dont wanna lose it if I can help it!!

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Electric shower. It was smoking a bit...
Turned out to be a loose connection, replaced the burnt out connector and wires.
Mrs K's dreams of a new shower are shattered... But I do need her to test drive the repair, for safety reasons ;)
("It was an honest mistake any diy, colour blind electrician could have made Constable..")

I last fixed my ZZTOP 8 track tape!

Well I moved the tape from the cartridge it was in (Which didnt play well) into another cartridge where the tape DID play fine......

This was my first 8 track job.. I love this ZZTop album (Eliminator)

Now that I know I can do it,I wanna get another cartridge and move my Barry Manilow tape into that! (This ones for you)

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Here's an adapter https://www.youtube.com/shorts/BBozn...?feature=share

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Put a new towel rail up in the bathroom that's been loose for 15 odd years and I had been avoiding it because of plasterboard walls but using the Gripit plasterboard fixings makes it a doddle with no fear of them falling out over time.

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Our living room coffee table.

Noticed a screw on the floor yesterday, near the table.
On checking, it had fell out of the table, so one of the legs was now loose.
I put it back and noticed others had loosened over time, so tightened them all up.

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3A fuse in my Nvidia Shield :)

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Replaced the swelling battery in my mobile phone, easy, but a little fiddly.

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Finally fixed the wall around my New Boiler that was installed in May which left small areas of none painted plasterboard around some of it. I couldn't remember what paint I used 25+ years ago so just bought a couple of £2.50 touchup sample paints and on the second attempt I got a close enough match, it was never going to be perfect because the paint had faded and I didn't want to paint the whole Kitchen so it'll have to do!