Stuff that’s broken today

[Melvyn Best]

The angle Grinder was going flat out, however the disk wasn’t moving???

On closer inspection….

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….. oh that explains it!

Time to get yourself a lottery ticket, oh wait, you’ve just used all of your luck!

 

[sako243]

Pop goes the hydraulic hose...

Luckily there's a chap up the road who's got all the fittings and crimping stuff so a couple of hours later all sorted.

 

[Jelly_Sheffield]

My skin.

Just knocked the valve on one of my air drops whilst disconnecting something, with my arm positioned such that the grit on my overall cuffs was blasted into my wrist at great speed.

I think I may need to either fit claw blanking plugs, or add some kind of valve restraint.

 

[Seadog]

Bugger...

The switch internal from my Wilo pump

Superglue to the rescue, I hope. Unless I can find a scrap pump.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Bugger...

Was not said by you was it.

 

[MattF]

Bugger...

The switch internal from my Wilo pump
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Superglue to the rescue, I hope. Unless I can find a scrap pump.

You don't do things by halves.

 

[Seadog]

Was not said by you was it.

No, far stronger words.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

No, far stronger words.

We heard.

 

[Seadog]

Having identified this as a problem and then ordering a replacement,

I turned my attention to the motor which, for some reason, refused to turn.

No surprise there, then. How it had been run enough to chew a groove in the ferrite magnet I can't imagine
It must have made one hell of a racket.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Having identified this as a problem and then ordering a replacement,
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I turned my attention to the motor which, for some reason, refused to turn.

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No surprise there, then. How it had been run enough to chew a groove in the ferrite magnet I can't imagine
It must have made one hell of a racket.

That will clean up with wd40

 

[Bullet2012]

All looks absolutely fine. just replace all the parts with a complete new assembly and it will be good to go

 

[pedrobedro]

All looks absolutely fine. just replace all the parts with a complete new assembly and it will be good to go

You can fix anything with a new one

 

[Bullet2012]

You can fix anything with a new one

Only if new are available .

 

[cheb]

One of the skips at the local tip is looking even more secondhand. The floor was mostly rotted out but being on fire rally didn't do it any good.

 

[Brad93]

I thought my Mitutoyo micrometer had packed up. Tried a brand new RS Pro Silver cell and nothing.

Thought i'd quickly try the panasonic out of the vernier. Works fine.

The other battery in another micrometer, also RS pro has also died well before its time.

So avoid RS components batteries - they're crap.

 

[hunter27]

Last week my wife's 2012 Hyundai I30 failed to crank after being started 5 times earlier in the day. The starter has never been noisy or given any warning sign's. Luckily I had arranged to meet her at the library car park, a short walk from the school after collecting one of the grand kids. It started straight away after me pushing it for a bump start on the tiny carpark. I removed the starter and opened it up. I was surprised that it lasted as long as it did looking at the state of it inside.