What have you fixed lately? - Page 62

SnoopZ · 15-09-2025, 10:40

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Originally Posted by Dude111

Thanx for looking Snoop!

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

Just noticed package design says 1998.

Dude111 · 18-09-2025, 03:31

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???

Dude111 · 20-09-2025, 07:19

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!!

Mr K · 28-09-2025, 19:28

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..")

Dude111 · 10-10-2025, 13:24

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)

Taf · 12-10-2025, 13:16

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Originally Posted by Dude111

I last fixed my ZZTOP 8 track tape!

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

SnoopZ · 09-11-2025, 12:33

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.

**Paul** · 09-11-2025, 15:43

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.

thenry · 22-11-2025, 19:53

3A fuse in my Nvidia Shield

Jimmy-J · 26-11-2025, 22:06

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

SnoopZ · Today, 16:25

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!