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    Building furniture....

    I once made a sofa and 2 reclining swivel chairs with mk1 Capri seats, also a bed from pallets and floorboards, fire surrounds from timber salvaged from our old raised deck, even made an octagonal dressing table mirror, coasters and place mats from the oak bar top from a pub we refurbished and...
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    'powdering' of alternator belts...

    before going to the trouble of running temporary wiring etc first check earth strap connections to body and engine and battery connections as this sounds like a high resistance at one of the connection points.try a jump lead from battery earth to alt casing. if you try the temporary wiring set...
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    Citroen C4 hatchback high brake light fault.

    the wiring in the rubber boot that goes from tail gate to car often breaks the copper cores but not the outer insulation so would be worth checking either side of rubber boot for power - unfortunately car manufacturers use loom cable that isn't meant to flex to the degree that tailgate wiring is...
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    Right angle screwdriver

    I've had one for over 20 years and wouldn't be without it, bought it from mac tools for about £15 when i worked as a car audio fitter - it was ideal for dash speakers on merc's and audi's but have since found it ideal for loads of jobs where access is tight. The handle comes off so you can use...
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    can anyone help me out with some advice?

    haven't done much on auto electrics in recent years but it certainly seems to me that the most likely cause of problems would be the relays - I would try replacing the dim-dip relay which may have failed and gone to "get home mode" - have had trouble with these in the past on vauxhall's and...
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    Radio fitting problems

    glad you have got the radio sorted - as i said kids love putting things in cigar lighters (little angels), Next problem... my other car is a 2001 seicento. think this might be just sensor problems. 1. abs seems to be on all the time (that juddering) took abs fuse out and brakes are ok except...
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    Record for stuffing cables into a terminal box?

    "Most I have seen they have the cpc's out the 4 fixing holes in the back then twisted together" i have seen some like that but in this part of the world mostly they are screwed to the joists or roof trusses with the cables clipped side by side right up to the jb
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    Record for stuffing cables into a terminal box?

    that's how they used to wire lights years ago- 1 or 2 jb's per circuit / floor, 2 or more cables per room plus 3 core 2 way switching cables, feed in and out to next jb if needed and earth's unsleeved and usually just twisted together often over the jb lid so they had to be untwisted to open the...
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    Radio fitting problems

    (1) connecting illumination wire to earth has blown the dash light fuse (2) when illumination wire connected to yellow wire radio worked with headlights on leads me to conclude that the accessory wire (yellow) had no feed to it , this would most likely mean that the accessory fuse is blown -...
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    council advice

    appology offered to marvo and the forum, I went off on one and will calm down , can't stand people who make judgements and personal attacks without knowing facts. this armchair electrician ( the free drugs reference was meant to be tongue in cheek ) would have got my apprentice to do the part of...
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    council advice

    sorry for the rant guys have had a bad day and was right grumpy, do not take too well to being accused of being a lazy, half assed wannabe scrounger by someone with no knowledge of me, personal attacks like that bring out my dark side I understand the way council work is handled as the firm I...
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    council advice

    no just defending myself from a lazy half assed judgement from someone who doesn't know me or my situation and wasn't there , I'm a pacifist really right up to the point I have the red mist blackout
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    council advice

    apologies in advance to mods if this is out of order meggerman - who the ************do you think you are calling me a ************ on crutches wannabe spark but cant". you don't know me or my situation, (1) I'm not a sponger I still work for a living even on crutches , (2) been a fully...
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    Where do you get your personalised stickers for fuse box?

    hate to say but try fleabay i had some from there which were really good and reasonable price - will try to find name of seller for you, have also used Electrical Labels - Custom Labels - Label Experts The Label People Ltd
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    council advice

    well he finally turned up 3/4 hour late, had a look and said "there's a nail through the wire" then got out hammer and bolster to chop out conduit (flimsy oval not real conduit) to "repair" wire, I pointed out (1) my young daughter was asleep 10 feet away (2) easy job to pull the nail out,pull...

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