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Hello Norm,
I hook onto the passenger door handle....... it was the only way.
You can't put a wire down as the lock knob goes flush with the door top...
Culdn't find a rubber plug, used some matching black tape, looks good.
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Hi Maxwestern, mine didn't have a button on the dash. and it's hard to use a wire to undo the door you at at...... too much bend and you can't get a lever.

Yer Bonnar _bloke, RACQ may have had a better idea, I'm in it , didn't think of that. Couldn't wait.........
I'm planning on a newer car sooner or later, only 149K so it's still ok......22yrs old. but things go wrong.....
Lots of things stuff on old cars..... I'd hate to own John Laws or Clive Palmers collection.....................
I'd have a few speedy fixes..........
cheers
speedy

Try Jay Leno's collection LOL !!!

I had the dog step on the key 2 years ago and lock himself in - has to smash the rear quarter window as RAC said 1.5 hrs even though you have a dog in there (was out and didn't have wire)

Almost had a bit of an issue when I repaired a fan heater yesterday afternoon - it wouldn't heat on speed 1. So I ripped it apart, cleaned the switch, etc and put it all back together, and when I turned it on, it still didn't work.
I was asked if the smell now filling the room was smoke and if the thing was on fire - I said I would know if it was on fire.

5 seconds later and by the amount of smoke now I knew it was minorly on fire

Unplugged and ran it out the front and it went out

Turns out when I put the switch back in, a chunk of fluff got between the switch points. Cleaned that and put it back together and works great now. Wouldn't want to use it unattended - it is only used for 10 minutes at a time to bring the bathroom above 10 degrees on cold mornings

Hi all,

I just saw a story on the 9 Network about this new movement called "Repair Cafes" which are now being run in Sydney with one being held last Sunday. (4/08/19)

These are folks that are divided up in to categories and will repair things that anyone off the street brings in.

This is all about saving things from going into landfill and also passing on old skills which seem to pretty much seem to have been lost in today's disposable society that we here on ODK must sadly endure but are also trying to avoid.

Cheers,
BB.

Umm,..
that is what this topic was originally about ...

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Jack

I guess so Jack, but I just thought I'd bring it up that a story about it was run on the "Nine Networks afternoon Light News Program".

Cheers,
BB.

G'day BB
Yep, hilarious ... just how the Nine Network is so 'networked'.

An entertaining but sooo off-topic topic.
Many thanks for bringing it back to the original message.

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Jack