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Thanks, I'll try them but they'll probably ask for the cluster to be sent in for testing...and then the slippery slope to a £200-ish repair.

Hi all, my 1998 Audi A4 has a fault with the DIS. The display sometimes has the common missing pixels fault but most often recently doesn't come on at all. I've bought a new LCD panel but the last time I used the car the display worked almost perfectly for the first time in ages. Is there a...

The insulation at the front and rear of the combustion chamber appears to be in good physical condition. There are three pre-drilled holes in the oven protection plate with no corresponding bolts visible. The existing cast iron plate is secured by a bolt at the bottom and the head would...

Thanks for the replies :) It's a single burner and the thermostat determines whether two wires are in circuit or not. If I could be sure that it wouldn't cause internal damage by exceeding design temperature I could try a different spec thermostat or just join those two wires for an...

I have an oil fired 1989 Stanley Super Star 60 range which is used primarily for central heating. With both thermostats set to 'idle' the burner runs for short periods before being shut off by the oven thermostat reaching maximum temperature even though the radiators are just about warm. At...

No alteration was made to the ground spike. The engineer only added that short section of cable. I don't know what failed as nothing has changed in respect of appliances or usage. Until recently I've only ever opened the cabinet to allow access for the meter reader.

That paste isn't the best but if you made sure the surfaces were thoroughly clean before applying a minimal amount evenly to both I think you should have had a better result. Make sure that the cooler is sitting squarely on the CPU. Fans vary greatly with air delivery and noise so you'd need to...

The SWALEC engineer just left. He found an imbalance between the N and E resistances and fitted a piece of very thick cable between the incoming box and a junction box with several earth wires connected to the fusebox. Sorry for imprecise terminology! Everything is working now, including the...

They haven't accepted responsibility yet but I've just had a call from the engineer to say he's on his way so should have a better idea soon. This is all new to me as the electrician said that everything after the meter was my responsibility, which seemed a bit unfair with regard to SWALEC's...

Thanks guys! I've just got off the phone to SWALEC/Western Power and they are sending someone round, maybe today with luck. Still waiting for the rain to stop before I fit the new PIR. There's double RCD socket and a fluorescent light in the garage which I'll check but the fault has occurred...

Sure :)

About fifteen years ago the overhead live cable to my house came down during a heavy snowstorm. The repair men appeared after a couple of days at 8pm but couldn't replace the cable because of obstruction from tree branches. They repurposed the earth wire as a live so I've only got incoming live...

I just tried 107 again and it's working normally. I didn't change anything or re-scan channels and the weather hasn't changed much apart from sun this afternoon with little or no wind and now dusk. The other missing channels are still missing. Maybe a receiver bug is at least part of the...

Hi, I'm trying to narrow down the reason for poor Freesat reception on certain channels. I've got a Mk1, region 1 (west Wales) Sky dish with recently replaced Thompson LNB and a Manhattan HD-S2 receiver. The channels which work are perfect and those which don't show 'no signal' or a severely...

Did you take out the heater element as suggested by 'planenut'? I changed one on my Hoover a couple of years ago after removing the front of the machine for access. Sounds scary but it was a very easy job. Unplug before disconnecting the element wires. On mine there was a single 10mm nut to...

I took a gamble on a new PCB and fitted that yesterday. So far the odd noises have gone and the temperatures are stable :D

I cut the wires from the old sensor, fitted 2.8mm terminals to them and connected them to the new sensor. There was no activity from the compressor so I presumed that I'd fitted the wrong part and refitted the old on, soldering the wires and covering with self-amalgamating tape. Still no...

I just removed the freezer drawers and the plastic panel behind them. There's a push-fit module at the bottom right of the evaporator which is the same size and shape as the replacement part but I'm only guessing that this is the defrost module. It's covered in a moulded rubber shroud. The...

I have a Bosch KKU3200 fridge freezer with electronic control panel at the top. It normally runs at the 'eco' settings of -18c for the freezer and +2c for the fridge but recently the freezer temperature has been rising to -12c then cooling down to -18c again. It's almost silent when the...

:( They advertised "RECONDITIONED TIMER / MODULE ASSY 88900044D 47577830 HOOVER A8754 A8756 W1120 W1121" which would have been an exact match but sent a T75 Type 2000 88732006F 04750199 with the Hoover reference number written on in black marker. It's similar in design to my unit but...