Do you fix your broken things?

[Sano]

The only things I tinker with are computers and networking stuffs.

[darsparx]

I stand corrected, I just finally fixed my gba sp Speaker finally works now I just have to find/buy a new battery cover for it and clean out all the nooks and crannies of it...

[arion]

I'm more like i like to fix things but sometimes i don't really know what i am doing. For instance i managed to fix my saturn so it can read cd's again without crashing.

I did take it a part in order to clean out dust but after finding out that wasn't the problem i put it together again and it worked. I have no idea what got fixed or how but hey i got my saturn back

[Aramonde]

I usually don't fix things. Like others have said, stuff is usually so cheaply made that's it cheaper to just buy a replacement than to fix it.

But im going to have to thank Ziggy587 again. In my intro post here i said my childhood genesis wasn't working and that i might replace it. Ziggy conviced me that i should try to fix it. so i took it apart and i needed to use a Qtip and get all the dust off the motherboard to get it to work. I was so happy to see my Genesis that i had for years finally work again. I almost cried when i was watching the title screen for Sonic 2 play.

Ever since then i've wanted to try and take part more systems

[SoltanGris]

I'll tell you if you tell me how to get remote controls open without destroying them. Removing all the screws is apparently not enough!

Seriously though, I just fixed our washing machine. Wouldn't spin out at the end so clothes were soaking wet. Found a 100 page repair manual through google searching forums. Apparently the thing has a second door lock that engages for the spin (it is a front loader) so your clothes don't get fired out the front of the thing. The lock assembly was not in spec (1500 ohm) so I ordered a new one, put it in, golden!

5 days to show up tho...I nearly had to make my own laundry wringer as our hands were getting a workout

[Hobie-wan]

I'll tell you if you tell me how to get remote controls open without destroying them. Removing all the screws is apparently not enough!

The trick on those is usually knowing where the snaps are and which half is push in and which is pull out to get them to release. I know what you mean though. I've scuffed up a few when I hadn't opened it before and couldn't find pictures of one already open to let me know where the snaps were.

[Luke]

Fixed my wife's windshield wiper, or as my Uncle from Venezuela would say "Vind sheeld Whipper". Stupid convex screws.

[Ziggy]

But im going to have to thank Ziggy587 again. In my intro post here i said my childhood genesis wasn't working and that i might replace it. Ziggy conviced me that i should try to fix it. so i took it apart and i needed to use a Qtip and get all the dust off the motherboard to get it to work. I was so happy to see my Genesis that i had for years finally work again. I almost cried when i was watching the title screen for Sonic 2 play.

Glad I could help!

Seriously though, I just fixed our washing machine. Wouldn't spin out at the end so clothes were soaking wet. Found a 100 page repair manual through google searching forums. Apparently the thing has a second door lock that engages for the spin (it is a front loader) so your clothes don't get fired out the front of the thing. The lock assembly was not in spec (1500 ohm) so I ordered a new one, put it in, golden!

Isn't it awesome when things work out that easily? I wish that was always the case.

Speaking of a washing machine though, that reminds me of a book I bought a few months ago.



That thing is like a text book, it's a few inches thick.

Fixed my wife's windshield wiper, or as my Uncle from Venezuela would say "Vind sheeld Whipper". Stupid convex screws.

Screws on a wiper blade? How strange. Usually they're just stupid clips that take an hour to figure out but then you go "Ohhhhhhh" once you finally figure out how dead simple it is.