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Hugh	25-11-2013 22:10

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My, what big drawers you have..... :D

Taf	05-12-2013 14:58

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The garden shredder start capacitor blew up, so replaced and now OK. The manufacturer does not sell spares!

Uncle Peter

09-12-2013 22:54

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32 screws later I managed to replace a cr2032 battery

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Something don't smell good around the psu. I may be in here again soon!

Taf	10-12-2013 10:53

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A laptop infected with "Active Hotspot" scareware. The worst bit of malware I have yet come across. I would like to kick the writer in the goolies.

richard s

10-12-2013 12:42

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Car track control arm/wishbone just to replace the lower ball joint... never again.

Tinky

10-12-2013 18:53

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Spare bedroom wallpaper coming off, restuck then repainted the entire wall again. Shortened curtains that match paper.

alferret

11-12-2013 10:48

Beam saw at work had a hissy, one of the control safety switches stopped working (dust and 24v don't go together unlike older machines where dust and 110v/240v were self cleaning) pulled switch apart, cleaned and back together. All is good now!

Osem	11-12-2013 14:47

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Two sets of LED Christmas lights. Just for once, finding the faults was easy! :)

martin201002

11-12-2013 17:09

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My sons laptop wouldn't charge, assumed problem with charging port gave it a whack around that area. Works now.

Cobbydaler

11-12-2013 18:07

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Fixed our UK Samsung TV to the bedroom wall and hooked it up to our UK Samsung Blu-Ray. Plugged them both into a 110 - 220V voltage converter which I got online for $20 and we can finally watch TV in bed on Sunday mornings. Pity there's no Andrew Marr or Sunday Brunch on BBC America though...

Hom3r

11-12-2013 19:43

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Originally Posted by Cobbydaler (Post 35654134)

What about iPlayer (and software which cannot be named here to allow it to ingnore that you are in the USA)

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Well I fixed (via google) my Asus USB-N53 dongle 5GHz wi-fi.

richard s

12-12-2013 09:34

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Originally Posted by heero_yuy (Post 35653834)

Gutty horrible job. Still you'll have saved plenty on garage bills at an expensive time of year. :)

I did one last year on the Metro and it was even worse as one of the securing bolts on the lower wishbone wouldn't come undone, the captive nut had become un-captive and it's inside a sealed subframe section.:rolleyes: can't even pop a dab of weld on it without cutting an access hole.

Ended up grinding and drilling the ball joint rivets out in situe. Horrid as Rover seemed to have made them from the toughest, hardest steel on the planet. At least both sides are now fitted with bolts so next time the wishbones can stay put.

I wish I had done the same as you. I could take the main 160mm x 12mm out but everything inside of the rubber bits had seized, I had use a disc cutter to cut the old arm in two and then the bolt I had to grind the metal and burn the rubber off with a blow torch... 4 hours later!!!. I wish I had bought a new bolt.

Mainly done but for one bolt on the small rubber end to screw up....

Osem	12-12-2013 12:22

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Originally Posted by heero_yuy (Post 35654273)

Sympathy chap. Sometimes the most straight forward task turns into the B'stard job from hell.

I'd go further and suggest that often what appears to be a 5 minute job turns into something quite different... :erm: ;)

richard s

12-12-2013 12:56

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Thanks chaps.. hope to fix it on Saturday, fed up with walking although it is a healthy and cheaper option to get to work.

richard s

13-12-2013 12:12

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Originally Posted by heero_yuy (Post 35654314)

I'm also on Shanks's pony at the moment as the car's cylinder head is in the kitchen-diner in bits while I try to decide whether to get a new hydraulic tappet. Don't think I can trust the old one plus I can't get it apart to see what the problem is and why it's "jacked" i.e. Not retracting to set the clearance correctly and consequently burning out an exhaust valve for the second time. :(

Not that we use the car much because of the price of fuel so I and the OH do a lot of walking anyway. Exercise is good for you etc, etc. :D

Good luck with it heero yuy.

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