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!

Well I sort of fixed my record player... Now All I need is a needle!!

Last year It locked up on me.. The gears got jammed and it wouldnt do anything so I shelved it again and its been down there for months... Last night I got desperate and I was thinking dropping it onto the floor a few inches off the ground might free the gears and sure enough it did!

I had basically a mono speaker setup last year on my 1968 player by hooking both parts of the speaker to both terminals.. (So it came out both channels in 1 speaker)

I was about to put it in my room last year and she locked up...


Im glad I got it back because my 50s MONO player is about shot and I have no cue how to fix that! (Speed selector control is me$$ed up)

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3 springs replaced in door handles around the home. I've only one spare left, so have asked the original seller if he still has stock to sell.

I last fixed my Foghat cassette :) (Thier 1981 album)

It had a crappy pad in it which produced horrible sound!!

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Parents computer, mum messaged me in a panic saying computer password doesn't work...... After I had finished pulling my hair out from her inadequate info on the issue it turns out the keyboard wasn't working and all she had to do was change the batteries!

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I converted an elderly neighbours from fluorescent to LED, removing the ballast, starter and capacitor.

I checked the circuit before starting and found the neutral at 30vac with the light switch off! I suggested he leccy nephew who rewired the house give it a once-over.

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how do you get a signal if your phone is in a foil pouch ?

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So ... you made a tin foil hat for your phone :D

Ah does it give the room MORE LIGHT with the LED bulb? (I gather it does)

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I fixed my SUPER HITS OF THE 50s cassette today :)

It said COPYRIGHT 1978 when I bought it so I was hopefull they didnt ruin the songs..

They didnt but the tape didnt play well and I thought it was because of no rollers but it did have rollers... I put it in another cassette I had and Ill see how she does npw...


I fixed another tape I had that didnt play well in its cartridge (Def Leppard - Pyromania) and it had rollers!!


Thankfully that one plays in the alternate case I put it in... (A few months ago)

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Her old tube was an old Warm White one, so the change to Daylight LED is quite astonishing. It's rated at 4000 lumens, whilst the best Fluo tubes were just a touch higher. She says she can now do her crossword in the kitchen, whereas before it was too gloomy.

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I bought 2 small Faraday pouches for my new car keys for under £3 each. It turned out that the keys work on the same principle as RFID tags used in shops, so can't be "hacked".

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A neighbour's car spent days annoying people as it sounded its alarm.

I went over and asked when it was going to be fixed, and he said that it was booked in at the end of Feb at the dealership.

So I offered to give it a look. The car battery was at 12.2v, probably due to all the short trips he does. The alarm is an after-market thing hidden inside the dash, and it has its own internal rechargeable battery.

Then he said that it only starts to sound around an hour after getting home. 30 seconds, off, 30 seconds, off, 20 seconds, off, 15 seconds, off, 5 seconds, off. Then it was a short "peep" a few times until it goes silent.

I loaned him my smart charger and helped him hook it up still connected to the car.

This morning, the car battery was at 12.8 volts, and the alarm has not sounded once. He drove it to his shopping, got back, and 2 hours later it had not alarmed at all.

I suggested he buy a battery charger.....

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A few months ago, our car alarm kept going off at night, couldn't find anything wrong until the second night . . . when I noticed the large moth fluttering in front of the internal sensor :D

Im surprised the moth was enough to set it off!

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One of my 3 smoke alarms started beeping so I replaced the 9v battery only for it to continue beeping! So put some electrical WD-40 contact cleaner on a ear bud and wiped the 2 connectors which seems to have fixed it for now.

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I had a fire safety inspection of my property via gas service. They put a heat and carbon monoxide alarm in the kitchen (boiler and gas cooker in there). Smoke alarm in the front room. Smoke alarm in the hallway. Mandatory apparently. :shrug: I got a good guy. He said he hated trunking so threaded the wires in the ceiling. Nice job. :tu:

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I modified our own kitchen twin tubes from Fluorescent to LED (at last).

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My tele wall mount in my bedroom was ever so slightly off on the left side so I adjusted the plate the TV brackets sit on. All levelled out. Thankfully nothing major.

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Is the TV you bought after sending the smashed eBay TV back ok?

Edit - you answered in other thread.

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The smashed tele was from vinted who are still investigating :sleep: The seller says he won't request it back so I'm going to either try put a new screen on it or give it to my dad to repair :shrug:

The new tele from eBay arrived safely via fragile courier.

My existing tele broke one of the wall mount screw holes. Plastic everywhere, I need a new back panel that covers the main board. Seems an easy fix granted I get the part.

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I called Hisense for repairs and parts. Parts are non existent. Repair was quoted at £169 + any high value part including screens. I got a full refund from Vinted for the purchase and am now left with the tele. Is it worth repairing or will the screen cost a lot on top of the £169 fee?

55e78qtuk pro

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A vac hose was bunged shut after the lad used it to clean up a gooey spill. After drying, I was able to use a sink-drain rod to clear the blockage. He's got to pay for a new pre-motor filter though, but they are only £6 (after going down a rabbit hole to find the correct item for the model).

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My rickety shed roof felt started flapping about in the wind on Thursday so put some bricks on it before it went Wizard of Oz on me! until I got the tacks and ive just bodge fixed it, so hopefully it'll last a while longer until I decide what I want to do.

I put a GOOD pad in my 8track I just got the other day (W..no pad it sounded horrible and didnt switch tracks as it didnt detect the foil)

Not that it mattered because the recording of that album to me doesnt sound good.. It sounds thinner like it was digitally recorded and seeing it was 1977 that album,it may have been... (Blue lights in the basement (Roberta Flack))

I was expecting it to sound beautiful as the majority of my 8 tracks do...