What did you fix today?!?!
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dfiler2
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Can't top that, it will be the most important fix of the day!
Lassen Forge
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Can't think of a better project to break in the new bench. Well done!!!
klassenl
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I fixed the oscillating fan. It needed a new bolt and nut.
LS6 Tommy
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A snack.
Tommy
Tommy
PassnThru
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Fixing the kid's toys.
Yeah - I screwed that one up a long time ago. My kids learned that I could usually fix a toy if it broke. The result was toys that never got thrown out.
Fix a favorite toy that is age appropriate that the kid still regularly plays with. Claim ignorance with a toy that they should have gotten rid of years ago and they haven't played with in a year. Sometimes that's the easiest way to get them to let it go.
It's hard to say nope - can't fix that - when you know you can but sometimes things just have to go.
Pretend it's a coworker asking if you know how to do a brake job
Yeah - I screwed that one up a long time ago. My kids learned that I could usually fix a toy if it broke. The result was toys that never got thrown out.
Fix a favorite toy that is age appropriate that the kid still regularly plays with. Claim ignorance with a toy that they should have gotten rid of years ago and they haven't played with in a year. Sometimes that's the easiest way to get them to let it go.
It's hard to say nope - can't fix that - when you know you can but sometimes things just have to go.
Pretend it's a coworker asking if you know how to do a brake job
niget2002
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Finished a model with my 6 year old. He helped with painting and gluing. My first model since 05.
I tried clear coating the body, but it orange peeled horribly. I sanded it down and gave it a good color coat. The son won't know the difference.
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I tried clear coating the body, but it orange peeled horribly. I sanded it down and gave it a good color coat. The son won't know the difference.
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paredown
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Did a primitive fix on one of these faucets. Somehow (either when the demo was done on the kitchen I have been working on, or after while it was lying around), the hard copper line that the sprayer attaches to was broken off.
Homeowner was heartbroken, but no repair parts available from Kohler, and the line was broken too close to the end of the faucet tail to fix.
Brought it home, took it apart, no way to get to get the copper line out that I could figure out...
Decided the answer was cutting the threaded tail down enough so I could clean up the break on the copper, do the same with the loose piece that had the fancy attachment for the sprayer and use a fancy push connection union. One wrinkle--it turned out to be 5/16" copper--but or local HD had a union that fit!
Took a little work to get the faucets swapped but now we have a nice newish kitchen faucet with sprayer, and we kept something out of the landfill! $5.00 for parts--I call it it win.
Homeowner was heartbroken, but no repair parts available from Kohler, and the line was broken too close to the end of the faucet tail to fix.
Brought it home, took it apart, no way to get to get the copper line out that I could figure out...
Decided the answer was cutting the threaded tail down enough so I could clean up the break on the copper, do the same with the loose piece that had the fancy attachment for the sprayer and use a fancy push connection union. One wrinkle--it turned out to be 5/16" copper--but or local HD had a union that fit!
Took a little work to get the faucets swapped but now we have a nice newish kitchen faucet with sprayer, and we kept something out of the landfill! $5.00 for parts--I call it it win.
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Broken water pipe out front at the meter. Water company came and changed the meter to an electronic one a little while ago. Got it in there kind of crooked and put too much stress on the plastic fitting. Of course they wouldn't accept responsibility since the leak was on "my side" so I just fixed it.
sberry
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I was going to fix every kids toy they invented too but got over it fast. Now I spend the time picking up after their fixing and design work which usually involves at least 10$ worth of deck screws and an hour of disassembling Dr. Suess type creations.
firebirdparts
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I have been piecing together an original style exhaust system on my T-bird Turbo Coupe. All finished now. It should have been easy; I had the Y-pipe and tailpipes and just had to pick a generic muffler and make it work between there.
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Labradorian
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last night was headlight and bulb night for me. Headlight gone on '13 Rav4, '98 Corolla, and tailight on an'05 BMW X3. Tested the battery on the Rav as it was hesitating on start.. It's bad. replace that tommorrow 
cheers
cheers
rburke65
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Re gluing wife’s Chinese jewelry......again. Keeps her happy
junkman104
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The dishwasher leak for the wife, O2 and knock sensor on a 04 silverado for a customer.
turbowoodworker
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A bad gall bladder.
engineer2
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Put in my last cabinet for my kitchen remodel. Lots of pain due to poor quality cabinets. Took three shipments to get useable parts. DO NOT EVER buy Cardell cabinets from Menards. They are total **** and vastly overpriced. Particle board, sloppily stapled and glued, if they even remember to glue everything!
bczygan
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Reset the oil change light on wife's Pontiac Grand Am GT.
It was really bothering her.
Bill
It was really bothering her.
Bill
Dutch01
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Does this count? I did not manage to fix my Healey, but I did manage to fix myself a drink
Does this count? I did not manage to fix my Healey, but I did manage to fix myself a drink
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Miss the Pontiacs
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Thank God nothing
jives
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21 yr old son stopped by with his 2004 Impala -- the "make it last long enough to get through college car." Hole in the muffler. Jacked it up, put the jackstands down, sanded off the rust and grime, used some J-B Weld muffler tape. Easy peasy job, until my son then pointed to the broken muffler pipe toward the front. Long story short, managed to cut some scrap pipe to fit inside both sides of the break, used a lot of JB muffler epoxy, and letting it sit for 24 hrs.
Hate rusty mufflers.
Hate rusty mufflers.
I find it easier to repair from the outside.....look at the very end here:
https://www.instructables.com/id/DIY-Exhaust-Repairs-and-Maintenance/
LS6 Tommy
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Remounted combo smoke/CO detector to the ceiling in the first floor hallway. The original installation used a built in version of one of those sheetrock screw in anchors that pulled out when I went to test it the other day. Crappy design. It has a toggle bolt now.
Tommy
Tommy
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Dutch01
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A bedside lamp, twice . Globe fitting broke and when I removed my hand from inside the lamp shade after tightening the plastic nut, my hand slipped and I broke the fitting again.
. Globe fitting broke and when I removed my hand from inside the lamp shade after tightening the plastic nut, my hand slipped and I broke the fitting again.Henricogolfer
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Fixed sagging stairs on my deck. Also resanded the pavers.
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Bessy
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This could very well become one of my new favourite threads. Nothing "fixed" yesterday exactly, but I did install insulation and heater cable along the water supply line in the garage. so it's pre-emptively fixed before winter.
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HenryAZ
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GE side-by-side fridge was leaking water on the bottom of the freezer side and out onto the floor. Pulled it out and found the drain hose in back was totally clogged (hose that drains water to the bottom evaporator pan during a defrost cycle). 17 years old, so this was not an unexpected find. Some compressed air, and bleach with a tube brush took care of that.
Not quite fixed yet but problem diagnosed and part ordered. The oven quit working and a few tests with a meter showed power coming into igniter but no continuity through it, so new igniter ordered.
I understand the advantages of eliminating the old standing pilot in favor of electric ignition but it seems those igniters don't last nearly as long as the old thermocouples did.
I understand the advantages of eliminating the old standing pilot in favor of electric ignition but it seems those igniters don't last nearly as long as the old thermocouples did.
sberry
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Transfer case on Ford Flex. Welded a washer up in it. It was spozed to catch on that little aluminum ear to keep it from rotating. It's upside down in the pic, I welded a 1/4 nut to the washer and shaped it with cut off wheel. An oil change in the unit would have helped the bearings some but I put it right back together. Didn't have a seal kit handy, we will see how it goes. Total parts, qt of oil, nut and bolt and nut for muffler bearing. Pinch of silicone for the case.
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welder4956
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Replaced the worn out deck bearings on a Cub Cadet riding mower and installed 2 new blades.
Dutch01
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Still with lights. Fixed the kitchen light. Well, I actually only replaced the florescent tube 
driftpin
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I bought a Gladiator 3" square-stock steel workbench frame, 62" X 22" & it's being set-up to store a couple of Honda CB77 vintage motorcycles. My preliminary thought is to use a 3/4" piece of plywood sheet, ripped lengthwise, doubled-up, so that's 1-1/2" thick, glued & screwed. I don't think I really-need eight feet, I'm thinking of cutting it to seven feet in-length.
I bought the frame off craigslist, one of the screw-out steel & nylon adjustable feet was frozen. he also didn't include any fasteners, so I used that to drop the price by 20%, done-deal. Luckily, I'd recently-purchased a set of Cornwell bolt extractors http://corporate.cornwelltools.com/webcat/products/AE5SCST-%2d-5-Piece-Screw-Extractor-Set.html# and this was my first use of them. They worked perfectly. I drilled a~3/16" X 1/2" hole in the metal screw, drove-in the #2 extractor, and the screw backed out, perfectly. I had 'shocked' the pin with a drift punch and PB Blaster, I would have used some heat, but the 'foot' has a poly plastic wide round disc inside the 3" square workbench leg. No pics of the work, but now that all four of the screw-out floor-height adjusters are functional, I can do the workbench top, throw a set of eyelets at the ends for four tie-downs to hold the upper bike stationary, and gain some floor-space where one bike was.
I bought the frame off craigslist, one of the screw-out steel & nylon adjustable feet was frozen. he also didn't include any fasteners, so I used that to drop the price by 20%, done-deal. Luckily, I'd recently-purchased a set of Cornwell bolt extractors http://corporate.cornwelltools.com/webcat/products/AE5SCST-%2d-5-Piece-Screw-Extractor-Set.html# and this was my first use of them. They worked perfectly. I drilled a~3/16" X 1/2" hole in the metal screw, drove-in the #2 extractor, and the screw backed out, perfectly. I had 'shocked' the pin with a drift punch and PB Blaster, I would have used some heat, but the 'foot' has a poly plastic wide round disc inside the 3" square workbench leg. No pics of the work, but now that all four of the screw-out floor-height adjusters are functional, I can do the workbench top, throw a set of eyelets at the ends for four tie-downs to hold the upper bike stationary, and gain some floor-space where one bike was.
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