This channel helps you fix mechanical and electronic things, by showing you how I do it. I hope it inspires you to have a go at fixing stuff! This will become more of an essential skill as we strive to move away from our throw away society.
I cover repair, maintenance, servicing, refurbishment and upgrade of cars, motorcycles, bicycles, garden machinery and home electronics. There might be the occasional tricycle thrown in as well. Topics will range from the simple (e.g. bicycle brake adjustment) to complex (e.g. clutch replacement on a car).
I've been doing this type of thing for as long as I can remember and it gives me a great deal of satisfaction. I recently decided to start sharing my fixing knowledge through this channel and my website, andrewfixes.com. There are tutorials, hints and tips and tool reviews as well as the fixes. The tool reviews will cover hand tools and power tools including air tools.
مرحبا اخي انا امتلك مثل هذة السيارة في جمهورية مصر العربية واريد شحن مجموعة مواسير مياة التبريد بالكامل لانها ليست موجودة في بلدي هل من الممكن انا تساعدني في الحصول عليها
My new-to-me A3 8P 2.0 TDI just developed this fault. When two bulb warnings flashed I realised it wasn’t likely to be blown bulbs & googled. Glad to find your video. A quick check shows the same wear on that one pin, so I can get the right parts order in & fixed fairly cheaply! (£40 for the holder though!!!). Thanks 😊
Very helpful video, I have the truck too. My truck clutch plate is broken. please give me an explanation. I don't have any money right now. I Adjust my truck gear cable . Thats harmful gearbox? Please explain❤
Over haul calipers ,, replace piston seal kits. Sand blast caliper bodies and pad frames . Paint with either high temp caliper paint /engine enamel . Prime first .
Causes of heavy pad drag causing uneven and rapid pad wear . These calipers are either raw steel /cast iron . All calipers made of corrosive material have rusted since the 60`s . 1/ Corrosion restricts pad movement by pushing hardware onto pad . The pad movement is very tight . 2/ corrosion on caliper accumulates around piston/dust boot causing tightness of piston boot onto piston .
From Denmark: Thx Andrew for sharing. I am thinking of converting my ICE SPRINT FS to EL Assist prior to embarking on a trip to Turkey next year, over the Alps/Austria and following the Danube route to Greece. So, your How2 video comes in handy. I am 80 years old and last summer I completed a trip of 2.886 Km, NO EL Assist with a ZIFLEX trailer in tow for my camping gear and spare parts, which took me from Ebeltoft (Denmark) to Frederikshavn (DK), Ferry to Gothenburg and Triking to Stockholm, Ferry to Turku (Finland), Triking to Helsinki, after 6 weeks in Finland, I took the ferry back to Stockholm, Following the East Coast, south bound to Ystad (SE), I made a stop at the Swedish Island of Gotland, Ferry from Ystad (South-East of Sweden) to the Danish Island of Bornholm and 2 weeks stay there, Ferry to Køge (38 km south of Copenhagen, Triking to the Danish Island of Ærø with a couple of ferry crossings and back to Ebeltoft. Only problem: the ALUMINIUM nipples on the back wheel kept breaking down one after the other, so I changed all the spokes/nipples on the rear wheel, once I found a bike shop in Stockholm on my way back, that had spokes with the proper length (180 mm)... The Tetra T-Mount looks perfect as support for the accessories....
Thanks for the video. i have Westwood v20-50. when ive jump started the ride on mower it wouldn't start - can you help - other times it will start without jump starting. After driving and turning engine off and re-starting....it may not drive. Can you help? Does it have a safety switch which i may have accidentally moved?
I have a c800h countax Honda engine BUT can’t identify which engine it is to get parts for service. No stamp nothing. Can you help? There’s no oil filter either 😮
The excess play in the steering box is a massive fault by Ford . Not all steering boxes have this issue . Its caused by the way the gears are machined . SOLUTION IS 2 FOLD 1/// Adjust with a crows foot spanner ,, wheels straight ahead Technique adjust till there is zero play and back off adjuster till there is the very very smallest play between adjuster and internal gear . Caution this ""play"" will change when u do lock nut up . If it does redo over . 2// Wheel alignment set the caster to average 2.5 degrees . This will make vehicle very sure footed on road ie more stable feeling
YOU MISSED 3 ITEMS and NB ****************** 1 / never trust a radiator ,, always have the one of the tanks removed and rodded out at specialist shop 2/ this vehicle might of had an egr leak under warranty , At that point overheating occured and caused damage that did not show till later on AkA when u purchased it . 3/ EGR coolers block externally because of to much soot . The cooler then splits due to it overheating internally which never shows on the cabin temp gauge . Once the coolant loss has occured the damage is done already NB WHEN THESE ENGINES ARE MASSIVELY OVERHEATED THEY CAN EVEN SPLIT No. 4 cyl bore . Just so happens your no 4 cyl gasket leaked also . Cracks around injectors is a new one to me .
Hey Andy, I have a countax c60 2015 and my drive/clutching belt (the one that turns the wheels) keeps popping off at the rear. I’ve changed the belt and managed to cut the grass then just as I was about to put it away the belt popped off again.
Thanks for posting, I have similar model with the older classic 40 engine and the rear roller rolls as soon as you start it. I think the clutch is permanently off, any ideas?
Generally it's a good idea to know what you're doing before you start trying to tell other people what to do. As for your camera work, we've all had a good look at the back of your head and your gloves. 2/10.
Yes I had the same problem of binding brakes when reversing. This was remedied by braking hard from time to time. This cleans the discs and completely solved the problem
Thanks for sharing. This was a problem with the parking brake rather than the main 'driving' brakes, so braking hard wouldn't do anything to help it. Driving slowly with the parking brake on might do something!
@@AndrewFixes Corrosion(rust) on the discs because of little use due to regenerative braking was the cause of my problem. The foot operated parking brake which moves the shoes inside the hub of the rear discs is not subject to corrosion as the disc is.
Very good, shows how long they can last if the car is driven regularly and the brakes are serviced from time to time. I suspect this car had been left standing for some time by a previous owner. The brakes definitely hadn't been serviced!
Great video mate. Particularly interested in the carb cleaning part. Your video far clearer than the overwhelming instructions in the carb overhaul kit.
Hi Andy, i was hoping you might tell me the size of the breaker bar i should buy to open the nuts 17mm and 24mm on the vario and clutch? If i buy the 24" breaker bar would it be too long, or would the 18" be a better size
