Are you a DIY Person ?

[Dohc-WP]

Im normally pretty schooled in repairing electronics, fixing motherboards etc but

for the past year and a half i have been repairing some of the non mechanical issues on my car myself and realised it works out a helluva lot cheaper than going to the dealer or third party repair shop

eg my central locking has not been working for the past 4 years and the reason for that was that audi wanted R7500 for a Replacement vacuum pump i Decided in december to order a replacement vacuum pump on Ebay took a month to arrive from poland, wasnt too expensive worked out about R1300 including customs fees, had to import it cause the breakers are pretty much collosal retards here in SA. took about 20 minutes to repair

Replacement Pump

Replacement pump Fitter

also tackled the pollen (Cabin) filter, good thing i bought it cause the old one was still the original one that was in the car. it was as hard as Cardboard, scary stuff

Next on my agenda is doing the suspension

 

[Rhymelark]

Am I one? Gawds no.

I am more than willing to pay someone else to do things than letting myself cause a nuclear meltdown.

 

[Flex]

Definitely yes! On PC and mechanical stuff especially bikes.
This was still my favorite bike. Did everything on the bike, from the full exhaust, integrated tail light, xenon lights, levers, pegs, design, too much to mention!

 

[DarthMol]

I'm definitely not a DIY person except when it comes to building PC's

I begrudgingly do the DIY stuff I have to around the home and will happily let someone else more skilled at it do it, especially if I can get one of the relatives to come in and help out for free.

 

[AstroTurf]

Yea, Some things I enjoy more than others.

Mechanics I can do but do not particularly enjoy any more.
Gone are the days when the kitchen table has a stripped gearbox or carburettor on it for a weekend.

Still do everything I need done myself though (plumbing, lighting, dish alignment, fixing household equipment, computers etc).

 

[Donisia]

I try to be, more with home projects though

 

[Flex]

I'm definitely not a DIY person except when it comes to building PC's

I begrudgingly do the DIY stuff I have to around the home and will happily let someone else more skilled at it do it, especially if I can get one of the relatives to come in and help out for free.

I never used to enjoy building PC's till this year. Built these 2 so far



Became a really big passion of mine now

 

[Wenzdayz]

i love DIY! i always try and do stuff myself before getting someone else to do it. the only things i will not even attempt is plumbing and electricity.

 

[Blazzok]

Depends on the DIY to be done.

I fix most of the things around the house, and everyone and their dog brings their PC's/Laptops to me to fix. I should start charging for it perhaps...

I don't do repair work on my car, although I should probably start, it isn't too difficult but more of a time issue.

 

[Avatar]

I don't do repair work on my car, although I should probably start, it isn't too difficult but more of a time issue.

Same here. Spending a whole Saturday on a basic service where a place will take a half a morning does not compute.

 

[Ser_Bunnylot]

Started out DIY - then moved onto woodworking and now I'd say I'm semi professional. Made a couple of furniture pieces and took a commission or two. At the moment we're busy renovating our whole house (I ripped everything out besides the door and window frames) and I'm doing basically everything myself.

Busy building new kitchen cabinets now - it's not too difficult, just boring. Looking forward to making the doors and drawer fronts as that's the part you see and where you can apply a bit more creativity

If you think gaming is an expensive hobby you should try woodworking. As that one joke goes: my biggest fear is that if I die my wife will sell my tools for what I told her they were worth

 

[bradbear117]

Im jealous of people who can DIY.
I have tried to sort things out so much in my life but always make a monumental stuff up somewhere along the line.

I have always said "I am Mr Fuck It Up not Mr Fixit"

I have just rrecemtly learned how to put a PC together and I got my kids room sorted before he was born but that took me 6 months. I am still stumped with floating shelves. Where the hell are the instructions???

 

[Dohc-WP]

Repaired the lCD in my Speedometer cluster during the week, it was nerve wrecking I posted everything at audi-sport.

Audi Dont repair these, they only sell these clusters new at R22 000 ish excluding installation and coding.

i've had the screen in a box for quite a few months already but i was just scared to take on the challenge also ordered a soldering air gun (needed to remove the old lcd ribbon)

This is how it looked

This was the condition of my 1st screen that came it was more cracked up then it should be

eventually ordered another one and installed it during the week, this is the first time im actually doing something like this

cleaned up the contacts

I am actually surprised i got it right the second time (1st time some solder was touching between the contacts and the lcd was just blank)

i also bought some ice white leds for the cluster but im not ready or confident enought to take on that challenge yet

 

[Dohc-WP]

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also picked this up

Front shocks
Front & rear Brake pads
shock mounts
poly front anti rollbar bushes
front wheel bearings
and some matte black caliper spray

hopefully i will have that installed soon

 

[FarligOpptreden]

Oh hell no. Unless you're talking about software and graphic design, then yes. Or configuring home network / streaming setups.

Or felling trees. I felled my own trees recently and it was fun. And 2 were of the Acacia family. I had wounds all over my arms to prove it.

 

[Dohc-WP]

Recapped a friends motherboard this weekend, it had cheap electrolyte capacitors that were failing.

also repaired 2 lcd monitors

 

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Recapped a friends motherboard this weekend, it had cheap electrolyte capacitors that were failing.

also repaired 2 lcd monitors

Perhaps you'll know this: When a laptop's monitor goes, how hard is it to fix that if you've got basic soldering/troubleshooting skills? I've built circuits before, and soldered up a voltage divider literally 4 minutes ago, but I'm sceptical if it's worth me even opening the thing up.. Especially since I'm actively using it as a headless server.

 

[AstroTurf]

Recapped a friends motherboard this weekend, it had cheap electrolyte capacitors that were failing.

also repaired 2 lcd monitors

I built a computer from scrap parts recently, also required new caps on the motherboard and in the PSU.

Fun when it boots up and as an added bonus my wife now has something to do when my playstation is hogging the tv

 

[Dohc-WP]

Perhaps you'll know this: When a laptop's monitor goes, how hard is it to fix that if you've got basic soldering/troubleshooting skills? I've built circuits before, and soldered up a voltage divider literally 4 minutes ago, but I'm sceptical if it's worth me even opening the thing up.. Especially since I'm actively using it as a headless server.

depends if its led or lcd, if its a normal lcd screen then usually its just the inverter that fails, that normally located just under the lcd if u remove the front panel from the screen.

normally you can just google the inverter model number on ebay and find one on there. if its an led monitor then the problem can be deeper sometimes on the motherboard.

 

[Avatar]

depends if its led or lcd, if its a normal lcd screen then usually its just the inverter that fails, that normally located just under the lcd if u remove the front panel from the screen.

normally you can just google the inverter model number on ebay and find one on there. if its an led monitor then the problem can be deeper sometimes on the motherboard.

Thanks, that gives me a nice starting point! Guess what I'm stripping this weekend!