do you really need to get rid?
 

hello everyone, just thought I'd start this thread to see if anyone was intrested.
basically the idea is to stick in tips, for people to try before they get rid of stuff. for example I picked up a stereo the other week but before i did the lady said that it wouldnt read cd's so I sent back maybe she could clean the lens as 9/10 times thats the problem. she didnt try it as she wasnt to bothered so I picked up and cleaned the laser and hey presto it worked! great little stereo too.
So I thought maybe people wouldnt have to buy new stuff if they just had a bit of practical knowlege, I know it means less stuff on JT but hey, you might just make somones day!
please post somthing if you think its a good idea, please dont if you dont!;-))

cheers, jim

hey
 

ye just read this sounds like a great idea , just a quick tip , washing machines and dryers the motors give alot of trouble mostof the times its just the brushes in the motor they are a wearing part , they transmit the power to the rother which is spinning and they just wear , they canbe bought very cheap , i get then in charley shilds in inchore , they are quite easy to fit , just turn over the machine make sure its pluged out u will see the motor its the bit with the small pully connected to the belt , just remove normally jusr 2 or 3 bolts , u will see where the new brushes go they are spring loaded normally just held in by a small screw

true story...psp
 

hi all, not so long ago a jumbletowner was giving away a psp cos he couldnt get the os to load and didnt know how to reset it....i did a quick search and found out how to reset...i sent him the details in time before he gave it away and he was very grateful....needless to say there was a few people not so happy to not recieve this but i just couldnt let him give it away when there was nothing wrong....

being helpful and making someones day always puts a spring in my step...
kind regards all julia

Google
 

I google everything!
My washing machine started spurting water out through the drawer, I rang the repair guy and hed told me hed call the following week(not a possibility in my house) I googled it and found out that there was an internal filter and when my hubbie cleaned it out for me he found loads of €1 coins...so I made money in the end.
I did the same last week when my car started making a funny noise. The guy in the garage told me id blown the turbo so when I asked him if I could have a leak in the intercooler pipe?(thanks to google) He looked at me dumfounded! The job ended up only costing me €50 instead of the hundreds he first quoted me!

Cleaning
 

Hi Propoller, I've read a couple of your threads and they are very interesting, you sound like such a handyman. Without sounding absolutely stupid, how do you clean the lens on the cd players?

Also my son has a stereo that the other lad let fall and the lid doesn't close right and so it doesn't work now. I am loath to dump it because I paid something like 135 euro for it when I bought it. Any suggestions?

By the way I think this is a fantastic thread. I am not shy about trying to fix things rather than dumping when there could be very little wrong. Well done. Kind regards.

good post and very interesting,

Very good idea. My other half's ps3 broke after Christmas. It was 3 months out of warranty.... He enquired how much it would cost to fix it with a specialist ps technician in Munster and he quoted him 100euro for post and packaging (50 euro each way) and then another 98 for him to fix it.

Few weeks passed and he was thinking about how expensive that would be to get it fixed...he googled how to fix it (like someone mentioned previously above with a washing machine) he found out that the laser and possibly the fan was broken. He then ordered new parts online for something like 45-50 euro incl p&p. He fixed it himself and then had parts left over to fix a friends ps3 for which he earned the price of a drink!

If anyone has something wrong with their ps they should look for info online!

Hi moeby, with your cd player, when you open the lid you should see a glass lens about 5-6 mm across, now this is suspended in a sort of spring loaded cradle to stop it jumping when it gets a knock so you need a light touch as its easy to put to much pressure and get the thing wedged. what you will need:- cotton buds or lint free cloth and methylated spirits or nail varnish remover.Method:- take a cotton bud and douse in meths and then in a circular motiongently rub the lens, take your time and dont be shy with the meths then take a dry bud and in the same way dry off the lens. sometimes you might have to do it a couple of times.will answer about the other stereo after I done the shoppin! hope this helps and thanks to everyone for posting

Jim

google search tips
 

google search tips would be cool aswell as I'm good with my hands but not with search criteria! still looking for pics of vivs anglia from the young ones and aint found 1. plan to restore one then paint it yellow with fames down the side

'flames'

flames
 

try this :)
http://www.anglia-models.co.uk/movies-yo1.htm

Thank you
 

Thats perfect neid! thanks a mill now to find a project car!

your next project
 

http://www.carsforsaleireland.ie/use...-Manual-49400/

theres loads out there- cant see one for free though!:)

http://www.anglia-models.co.uk/movies/movies-yo01-1.jpg

Hope this is some good to you.

Oops someone beat me to it!!

haha
 

brilliant! bin lookin for months and you two find it straight away! think I might start a proper thread for these tips though, copy and paste what we already have and then just let people keep adding stuff. What should I call it, any ideas? still having fun with this thread though! and thanks for the links;-))

jim