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Today I have been fitting an isolating valve in the hot water supply to my kitchen sink mixer. The valve is one intended for wall mounting, with 1/2" male thread which goes into the wall and 3/8" male outlet at 90 degrees which fits the stainless flexi hose to the mixer. My problem is that if...

No, I don't have an SD card. I did manage to get into settings/apps/Google Play Services and tried to press "disable" but nothing happened. I do find sometimes I have to press the screen quite hard before it responds. I tried letting it report the fault but that made no difference.

Go to a glass shop and get a piece of perspex cut to size.

They are all pretty reliable as the compressors etc. don't vary that much from one make to the next. Worth looking at the Gorenje NRCI4181CW. I have a Gorenje under counter freezer and I'm happy enough with it.

I can't use my phone because I keep getting an error message "Google Play Services has stopped working" If I click OK the message comes back about a second later. I've tried rebooting and it makes no difference. Sometimes I get a different message offering to report the fault but so far I've...

Could be a motor fault. The motor can be unplugged from the wiring harness so you could check if it still trips with it unplugged.

Yes, most DIY shops sell small packs of those nuts with screws as they are used for bolting kitchen units together. They come in different thread sizes so you should find some suitable ones.

I was not suggesting you just buy the part and change it. I gave the link so you could see what the part looks like and then find it and check as described. Diagnosisis is often a process of elimination but a visual inspection is the first step. This means getting the oven out of its housing and...

Yes, it sounds like a faulty TOC (thermal overload cutout) which looks lik this: http://www.partmaster.co.uk/electrolux/eob53001x-94971254500/thermostat-thermal-limiter/product.pl?pid=864387&path=78825,49426:78853&model_ref=6592031 That price seems very high though, it should be about £10. If...

Yes, any make of bits should fit. Start with a small hole and make it bigger. I have concrete ceilings in my house in Croatia and have had to run pipes and wires through them. Main thing is not to bear on too hard as the bevel gears on the cheap machines are easily stripped. Just be prepared for...

I did remove the rotor by pushing a length of rod down the hole for the fixing bolt and then tightening a short bolt screwed into the tapped hole at the end if the rotor shaft. I saw this on a Youtube video so it was not my idea. I did not get the crankshaft out as I could not see the dot mark...

There are 2 possibilities. It could be a faulty water inlet solenoid valve which is not shutting off properly when not energised. To check that you just need to turn the water supply to the machine off and see if it still fills up. The other possibility is that it is back filling with waste...

Yes, when I was in the trade, bearing jobs were a nice little earner but not so much today. One possibility is to find a donor machine for spares. The other most common reason machines are scrapped is circuit board failure so such a machine can be used to get a replacement tub.

Yes, I also have the Evolution Rage. It has done a lot of work because some of my firewood comes in thicknesses small enough to go in it. The only frustrating aspect is the blade guard which limits the size of material you can cut more than the size of blade itself.

Ah, I didn't know they were a bolt up big end, that makes it a lot easier. If I can get the valves out I will grind them in while it's apart. I have valve spring compressors but they are for overhead valve engines. It is a horizontal crank.

I inherited a very old Clarke generator, model CPB1200, fitted with a B&S 3.5HP engine, model 130292, type 3204 01. I can't get it to start and tried a compression test and only got 30psi. I suspect the rings are rusted in the piston as it probably has not been run for about 20 years. The...

It is usually stuck with a bitumen type product which softens when heated so I would think a hot air gun with scraper would be the tools of choice for lifting the parquet. If you then let the bitumen go cold it will chip off with the scraper, just leaving small amounts of residue which should...

Some months ago I purchased an old Hercules bicycle that is fitted with Woods type tyre valves. Within a few weeks of getting the bike the tyres started getting soft but so far I've not been able to pump them to the correct pressure (65 psi) I've tried the normal bicycle pump and a car foot pump...

I was just looking at a few Youtube videos on laying cork tiles but the methods used look very time consuming. I was just wondering if it is possible to treat cork tiles the same as ceramic tiles i.e. apply tile adhesive, comb it and put down the tile? I realise a roller or something would be...

One other thing you could check is the pressure switch as that only allows the heater to come on when it senses the water is at wash level. If you disconnect the hose at the pressure vessel end you can blow in it and check the switches with your resistance meter. Normally the wires for the...