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I have a GardenLine Garden Vac, The original Collector Bag failed Very Quickly with a Hole in it. A manufacturers replacement suffered the same fate. I think the Manufactures Bags are not worth replacing as they Hole very quickly. I Purchased a so called equivalent Universal replacement, I...

I have an ageing iMac, which Apple (Bless Them )no longer supports and won't/can't upgrade the operating system. The iMac/Gmail is now failing to send email and reports 'Mail was unable to log in to the SMTP server"smtp.gmail.co" using password authentication'.I am able to receive emails but...

I bought a Fielder Lawn Mower from Mowers Direct a few years ago. I see Mowers Direct are now out of business (I think). The drive to the wheels has been failing/slipping for a while, but has now completely stopped driving the wheels. The nature of the failure suggests the Drive Belt (If it has...

I have a Samsung Galaxy J4+ and My Wife has an Alcatel Phone. What I don't understand is that I use the Galaxy-J4+ Diary app and entries Generate a Notification on the day the entries are relevant. What is odd is that my wife's phone also gets these notifications and I dont know how this occurs...

My iMac has the the latest up to date OS which can be installed thanks to Apple not allowing any further updates. the OS is OS X Yosemite version 10.10.5. Apple in their wisdom will not allow any further upgrades and the ageing iMac is stuck in this unacceptable time warp. I have issues with the...

I needed to replace a hot and cold taps in my bathroom, As there was no local isolation valves for these taps, it was necessary for me to Isolate the Cold water supply tap, and as a precaution I also Isolated the supply entering my Hot Water cylinder. There was a very odd result to this...

I have a Garden Line Garden Vac/Blower, Bought from B&Q a few years ago. The machine is excellent but the collecting bag, which is also a filter is absolute garbage and unfit for purpose. I have bought several replacements at a ridiculous price as they do not last very long due to the material...

I have a Scotts Lawn Spreader in Good condition although the Spreader Bar 'Bearings' are becoming rather stiff suggesting a need for lubrication. Has anyone any suggestion as to what to use for this operation. I think there would be a problem using Oil such as '3 in 1' light lubrication oil or...

I wish I had videos my performance for a good laugh. I had a Christmas door wreath with a string of a few battery operated LED light which failed. Clearly it was an easy fix for a reconnection of a loose wire. So off I Toddle to my garage in the dark, switched on the garage lights and a Pendant...

There is a concrete Museum monstrosity on the backdrop of BBC Breakfast TV. I realise the backdrop is a studio generated image, but that monstrosity of a building must exist somewhere. There is a name on the building but it is difficult to read. The name starts with 'Imperial **** Museum ****'...

I have an ageing iMac (Build 10,10.5 running Yosemite) which I might add is still operating OK. The problem is that Apple in their infinite wisdom No Longer support it, I cant upgrade from Yosemite and since Google Chrome updated their system my iMac Apple Mail cannot interface with GMAIL. This...

Workzone Petrol Driven Pressure washer bought from ALDI a few years ago. I need a Washer to Gun re-enforced Hose replaced. Various hoses come up on a web search but none Workzone specific. Karcher hoses come up but the connections look slightly different. Does any one have any Idea who may stock...

I know absolutely Nothing about UK coins and their value, but I have a 1986 Commonwealth Games £2 coin Uncirculated and complete in a sealed package and thought it would be worth maybe £5. So had a look on Ebay and found the identical coin up for sale. The problem is that the prices range from...

I have a bi-annual 'pain in the Bum' job which I have done for the past 20 years as I just can't find an alternative solution that works although I have scratched my head for ideas. The problem is that I have a lot of Pine trees in my garden which are under a council preservation order so I...

I have an iMac(OS Yosemite) with Google installed. I have used Apple Mail with Gmail for years. I had to change my Google Password which was no problem but it obviously stopped the Apple Mail/ Gmail operation. Clearly it was necessary to change the Password in the IMAP and SMTP setup using the...

I have a Canon IS 430 Camera which uses a Flash Drive as its storage medium for photographs. How can I transfer the pictures from a Flash drive to a Mobile phone. The Canon camera is about 25 years old and has no communication facilities to enable the direct transfer but once onto a Flash Drive...

I Have a Sharp HT-SBW182 Sound bar. I have fully set it up and all seems to work but the performance does not match what people are reporting. I have it connected to an LG 55" OLED TV which is only 1 year old. The Sound Bar is connected to the TV via the HDMI-ARC. The sound Bar is operating but...

Bought a New Mountfield 827H Sit on Lawn Mower. All worked on demonstration at delivery. Used for about 10 minuted, Stopped to empty Grass Collector, Restarted OK a couple of times, then refused to start with only the Solenoid pulling when trying to restart. Indicated the Battery was low on...

I have bought a 1TB SSD and tried to back up my ageing PC (12 years old but still working well) using Apple Time Machine. The first back up will take a few hours apparently so left it overnight. No Back up was made. Inspecting the SSD I see that Time Machine has successfully registered my iMac...

I have a reasonably sized lawn at around 1000 Sq Mts. Not large enough for a sit on is the advice from a 'DIYnot' posting from 2009, and I must agree with that conclusion and as such I have used petrol self propelled mowers for many years. However advancing years (I am 80) makes the task of...