does this count as moneysaving??

john_kent

Theres always a bit of satisfaction on making something you rely on work again for free. In one of my jobs , I see a lot of people on low income who require their PC fixed. Often , a cup of tea an da bit of cake will get them a cheaper job. I do make judgements if I See things like Provident Book , car with no tax on drive , kids running round , also the area has a huge input. I also offer a free estimate and call out.

tryhard_2

well done sammy it's money saving in style

JillD_2

well done you!
reminds me of when our tumble drier broke about 6 years ago. It was supposed to work when you closed the door and then stop if you opened the door. It just stopped working at all. Hubby, who always assumed the worst said "oh well we better buy a new one, its clearly a goner". I however hoked around the door latch thing and discovered the door just wasn't pushing the latch in far enough to make the connection to make it work. I stuffed a bit of folded over kitchen roll in between to wedge the thing the latch had to meet a bit nearer and hey presto when the door closes it works. We have moved it between houses and the kitchen roll has stayed put. Yay me.

Morty_007

How excellently satisfying, well done!

My DH (not renowned for his DIY skill, it HAS to be said) had similar sucesses with our Tumble dryer a few weeks ago and my shower during the hottest week of the summer just gone.

Tumble dryer was tumbling but not drying so DH called local tumble dryer fixors to make an appointment. They couldn't come for 3 days so made the appointment anyway (£30 call out!!) and in the mean time had a bit of a fiddle. Decided it was probably the thermostat, had a little search on the internet, found some instructions about getting thermostat out and chucking it on a hard floor to reset internal thermostat switches and figured what the hell, it's already broken, what more can happen?? Hey presto, one fixed Tumble dryer, one cancelled call out. *Swoon* My hero!

The shower suddenly died during the hottest week of the summer when we had only just moved into the house and were completely SKINT. Just wouldn't switch on. Anyhow, we went and took it apart (learning a very valuable lesson about turning off the water at the mains before disconnecting the water pipes : cue two freezing cold, shocked looking, dripping wet amaturs, one holding the end of a spurting pipe the other runnig frantically down the stairs to locate the stop tap!!) established what we thought it was (thanks in part to a search on the internet) , ordered the part over the internet and fitted it within days. Amount saved on call out and labour? we reckon about £100.

It's oh so satisfying knowing that you can use that money for something else!!

He has since turned into a true MSE much to my delight and admiration.

comping_cat

WELL DONE!!! Its a great feeling when you can acomplish something yourself, and when saving money too, even better!!!!

Aril

Well done you. I've been really grateful that OH is of a practical nature as he's fixed lots of things since he was made redundant. The latest was replacing a bit in the cistern as well as fixing a leak in the loo. It has saved us a fortune and kept our money in the treats pot where it should be!!
Aril

bobbadog

JillD wrote:

well done you!
reminds me of when our tumble drier broke about 6 years ago. It was supposed to work when you closed the door and then stop if you opened the door. It just stopped working at all. Hubby, who always assumed the worst said "oh well we better buy a new one, its clearly a goner". I however hoked around the door latch thing and discovered the door just wasn't pushing the latch in far enough to make the connection to make it work. I stuffed a bit of folded over kitchen roll in between to wedge the thing the latch had to meet a bit nearer and hey presto when the door closes it works. We have moved it between houses and the kitchen roll has stayed put. Yay me.

That's ingenious! Reminds me of when I lived at home and the rail in my wardrobe broke from it's catch (too many heavy pairs of baggy jeans) - my mum replaced the broken plastic bracket with a Daddies Brown Sauce bottle lid - metal - and screwed that in instead. The rail popped right inside. Brilliant! is stil holding, umpteen years later.

BWZN93

I quite like the challenge when things like this happened. A couple of months ago OH was complaining that the heating wasnt working in the car. Out goes I with my trusty repair kit and had a poke around, changing fuses etc, and found a connector had come undone. Clicked it back together and hey presto - one warm car!

A friend of mine's car broke down too, and all the blokes are standing around uhming and ahhing poking around etc and couldnt find the problem. I come out with trusty repair kit in my PJ's and had it fixed in 10 mins with a bit of female ingenuity. One of the battery connector cables had sheared but I had a few bits and pieces and managed to connect it back together again.

Unfortunatley, the car bonnet release cable appears to have stretched and I need to get in there to change a headlight, so it looks like ill be spending tomorrow trying to get it open. Might have to do a battery change myself too as I cant afford to have it in the garage at the mo, and weve had to bump start it twice in the last 48hrs!

Eeek!

Jo x

Morty_007

You might be able to find the cable for the bonnet release by lying on the floor under the front of the car and looking up by where the clip itself is, follow the cable down to its loop and a gentle pull should release it. Just make sure it's the right cable!! :eek: The bonnet release went on my Renault 19 and I had to do this every time I wanted to get under the hood. Ended up wrapping a bit of red insulation tape around it so I could identify the right bit each time.
Good Luck :T

Oh and a battery change is a piece of cake. Just make sure you don't put your hands on both the terminals at the same time or you really will know all about it! :eek: