Mend it and make do

[MontyVeda]

You can use Euro 20 cent coins in shopping trolleys. There's no danger of accidentally spending them either.

Several times a day, a customer will ask me to release a trolley for them because they haven't got any change... some of them mention our 'special' key...

..free with every tin of corned beef.

 

[classic33]

You can use Euro 20 cent coins in shopping trolleys. There's no danger of accidentally spending them either.

You could use the €1 coin in place of a £1 coin in vending machines.

 

[Threevok]

Several times a day, a customer will ask me to release a trolley for them because they haven't got any change... some of them mention our 'special' key...

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..free with every tin of corned beef.

I'm ashamed to say, I have been caught without my trolley coin

So I have gone into the store, taken a key off a tin of corned beef and gone back outside for a trolley. I never even replaced the key.

Some poor sod is probably shredding his hands and cursing Morrisons - trying to open it with a tin opener, right now as I type this

 

[lazybloke]

Several times a day, a customer will ask me to release a trolley for them because they haven't got any change... some of them mention our 'special' key...

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..free with every tin of corned beef.

Oi, that's the spare key from my first car!
(Austin Maxi 1750cc 1977)

 

[MontyVeda]

I'm ashamed to say, I have been caught without my trolley coin

So I have gone into the store, taken a key off a tin of corned beef and gone back outside for a trolley. I never even replaced the key.

Some poor sod is probably shredding his hands and cursing Morrisons - trying to open it with a tin opener, right now as I type this

I almost always go for the tin opener rather than the key

 

[fossyant]

Fixed a sewing machine foot for my wife earlier in the week. It was a 'non-official' foot for her machine that was for freehand embroidery. The 'hole' in the foot wasn't quite centered, so the foot kept snapping the needles. Out with the dremmel, and centered the hole - no snapped needles and extra brownie points.

Tonight's job is to bodge a GXP end cap that keeps sliding out of my MTB's BB every ride (it's been fine for 2 years). Bodge is either a couple of o rings to act as a spacer between end cap and chainset spider, (I haven't any), or the usual remedy of a zip tie, or even better, a piece of old innertube - an off cut of a road tube should be fine.

 

[MontyVeda]

Fixed a sewing machine foot...

I need to do that too... claimed the machine off a friend years ago who'd bought a new one. They reckoned it couldn't be repaired but i reckoned it was worth a try. Not actually sure what the problem is, other than the foot drops off. I've not actually got round to looking at it yet.

 

[KneesUp]

I need to do that too... claimed the machine off a friend years ago who'd bought a new one. They reckoned it couldn't be repaired but i reckoned it was worth a try. Not actually sure what the problem is, other than the foot drops off. I've not actually got round to looking at it yet.

I reckoned it was worth a try ... I haven't tried.

Story of my life.

 

[KneesUp]

The top hinge on the dining room door had been clinging on for dear life for some time - the holes are too big for the screws. Someone at some point has tried poking rawlplugs in, and has succeeded only in cracking the door frame. The other day it gave a new 'clunk' noise as I opened it so I decided I'd better do something before the 'clunk' noise was the door impacting on a person.

I remembered some advice I was given ages ago, and so once I'd taken out the screws I used a thin screwdriver to pack the holes out with strips of kitchen roll that I'd mixed with wood glue. I left it to dry for 48 hours and re-hung the door this morning - it seemed solid, or at least I'm fairly confident that when I get home it will still be up! Worse case it's cost me a bit of wood glue and a sheet of kitchen roll.

 

[Moodyman]

Remove, clean and refit. Solves many mechanical/electrical faults.

Three garages told me I needed a new EGR valve as car kept going into limp mode. Removed valve, soaked over night, cleaned and refitted. Car back to normal. Saved £100s

 

[Threevok]

Remove, clean and refit. Solves many mechanical/electrical faults.

Three garages told me I needed a new EGR valve as car kept going into limp mode. Removed valve, soaked over night, cleaned and refitted. Car back to normal. Saved £100s

Zafria 1.8 16v ?

 

[Moodyman]

Zafria 1.8 16v ?

No, Lexus diesel. But same applies to most cars.

 

[Threevok]

No, Lexus diesel. But same applies to most cars.

Lost count how many times I did it with ours. And the breather hole at the back of the carb too

 

[colly]

I need to do that too... claimed the machine off a friend years ago who'd bought a new one. They reckoned it couldn't be repaired but i reckoned it was worth a try. Not actually sure what the problem is, other than the foot drops off. I've not actually got round to looking at it yet.

The foot is usually held in place with a small screw. It's not uncommon for someone to over-tighten the screw and eventually strip or almost strip the thread and the foot gets so as it can't be tightened properly. With the right tools that should be easy enough to remedy.

 

[fossyant]

Remove, clean and refit. Solves many mechanical/electrical faults.

Three garages told me I needed a new EGR valve as car kept going into limp mode. Removed valve, soaked over night, cleaned and refitted. Car back to normal. Saved £100s

Yep - was an issue on my car with air bag lights - system very sensitive. unplugged, refit. Then I sprayed the lot with contact cleaner - disconnected all the connectors, sprayed everything, then re-fitted. Don't do this unless you have the re-set sequence, otherwise it's very expensive dealer issue. Nissan's have a way to access the computer via ignition key turns and various presses of certain buttons.