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rudeguy

rudeguy

Lifer
Dec 27, 2001
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Yesterday I replaced the window motor in my car. Today I installed a deck and Bluetooth adapter.

My hands are tore up but I feel super studly.
 
GodlessAstronomer

GodlessAstronomer

Lifer
Oct 27, 2007
17,009
5
0
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SlitheryDee

SlitheryDee

Lifer
Feb 2, 2005
17,252
19
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I replaced the heating element in my clothes dryer a while back. The damn thing is situated directly behind the drum, so I just about had to take the dryer completely apart. Never done that before and just sort of winged it the whole way through. It was a bitch, but now it gets hotter than it ever has since I've been using it.
 
mmntech

mmntech

Lifer
Sep 20, 2007
17,501
12
0
Fixed some VTR units at the college TV station that went all screwy and somehow got stuck on autoplay. New system. That was last week. Was supposed to put new gels in the lights but people kept recruiting me to do stuff for them.
 
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chusteczka

Diamond Member
Apr 12, 2006
3,399
3
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A laptop with corrupted drive sectors, registry, and operating system that overheated due to dog hair deep within the heat sink. I disassembled the laptop three times before I finally found the dog hair in the heat sink.

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chusteczka

Diamond Member
Apr 12, 2006
3,399
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SlitheryDee said:
I replaced the heating element in my clothes dryer a while back. The damn thing is situated directly behind the drum, so I just about had to take the dryer completely apart. Never done that before and just sort of winged it the whole way through. It was a bitch, but now it gets hotter than it ever has since I've been using it.
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Very nice. That makes the effort worth it.
 
PottedMeat

PottedMeat

Lifer
Apr 17, 2002
12,363
475
126
A FT2232H board. Apparently putting a transient voltage suppressor across the D+/D- lines interferes with high speed usb enumeration. Seemed to work fine with a low/full speed host, but with a high speed host it just fails. I guess it's the added capacitance.
 
zanejohnson

zanejohnson

Diamond Member
Nov 29, 2002
7,054
17
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i actually just had to superglue a fan back onto my radiator that i broke trying to route wires around the radiator/fan assembly in my home workstation... there's no mounting holes to install the fan (it's kind of a homebrew setup)...so superglue does the trick...
 
BudAshes

BudAshes

Lifer
Jul 20, 2003
13,991
3,348
146
Replaced the air suspension and shocks on my ford expedition with standard coil suspension. It was a considerably bigger PITA than I expected but not having to deal with that leaky suspension is worth it.
 
SooperDave

SooperDave

Senior member
Nov 18, 2009
615
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And to answer the original question I removed the leaking windows on an old travel trailer and re caulked them.
 
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iGas

Diamond Member
Feb 7, 2009
6,240
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Yesterday I installed a clothwasher heat booster, and today I installed gas/water line for 3 commercial driers.
 
Meghan54

Meghan54

Lifer
Oct 18, 2009
11,684
5,228
136
Front brake pads and rotors on my Blazer. Was done more to replace the rotors as they were beyond the wearout point, but they did last 195K miles, so can't complain too much. The pads weren't really necessary, but since it was apart, why not.
 
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Ronstang

Lifer
Jul 8, 2000
12,493
18
81
Last Saturday I fixed the short in the remote generator start circuit of a 51' SeaRay pleasure yacht.
 
Leros

Leros

Lifer
Jul 11, 2004
21,867
7
81
I replaced the starter in my 2000 Nissan Maxima a few months ago.

It was the first really mechanical thing I've done on a car, so it was an interesting experience.
 
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ra1nman

Senior member
Dec 9, 2007
333
4
81
Fixed the throttle cable on my snowblower. As far as electronics go, I replaced the laser on my PS3.
 
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