Recent content by Dougie212

Further to my last post. My daughter’s hamster has nibbled through the cables at the back of our Hotpoint Fridge Freezer. The cables affected are the red blue and green coming out of the bottom connector in the pic above. Will repairing these with some standard cable suffice or does it need...

Hi all But confused.. I’ve just been repairing some broken wires at the back of our fridge freezer courtesy of my daughters hamster - and have just noticed that the pipe over the drip tray seems to have some kind of tape over it.. should the tape be on there to steady the flow of water to a...

Thanks for your reply Mottie! Didn’t even think to use the wheel as leverage!! Brilliant idea! Managed to get it done and the difference is huge! Blimey… a small adjustment makes a world of difference!

Cancel cancel - thanks all. Job done. Was stuck on the lip in the drum. Absolutely caked on. Yeh, I’d taken everything off including the torx. I’d put two wheel bolts back on to hit with a hammer to try and unseize it all. I’d gone into try anything mode. But all done and adjusted now.. thanks all.

Any suggestions how to get the drum off???? I’ve done what I thought was the hard part of getting the hub nut off but the drum won’t come off now. I’ve tapped it with a hammer. I tried with the wheel bolts all out and the tamper proof out too and it seems to be stuck … it won’t come off...

Awesome, thanks Mottie. I’ll get to it shortly then.

Hi there My wife’s MG3 has an MOT looming and had an advisory at the last one for the handbrake tension. I’d like to tighten it before the next test. could I ask the best way to do it? I’ve seen the adjustment on the rear drums is the preferred method, but did also wonder if the adjuster by...

Hi.. I’ve just bought an air compressor on eBay and the connections aren’t as I expected.. I’ve been onto screwfix and completely confused myself now with sizes and what not…. I’ve put a picture of the connection on the compressor. Could anyone offer any guidance with what I need to get just to...

Thanks Wayners. Any idea the best way to tackle it? Online seems to show a lot of car spraying solutions but nothing for painting and gloss.

A pic of what’s happening on the door.

Hey there A pal of mine is currently painting his composite door and is having a bit of a nightmare. He’s sanded the door down, washed it down with sugar soap, primed (using exterior wood and metal primer from wilko), wet and dry sanded, primed again, wet and dry sanded again. Put one coat of...

Fair point, thanks..

Will do… thanks for your help. Do you know from the pics what float valve is currently in there so I can get like for like please?

Thanks both for your replies. It’s reaching the overflow. I’ve turned the adjuster on the float but that doesn’t make any change.

Hi there I have a toilet that won’t stop filling and results in the water running out into the pan - like it’s constantly flushing. I seem to remember having a problem like this before on another toilet and it was the flush valve - I think. Could anyone tell me if this is the likely cause...