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Chosen Solution Is Craftsman riding mower known to leak gas into crankcase? Is this a common problem with Craftsman Riding Mowers? solenoid does not completely shut off the gas and so it allows a siphon action to empty the bowl into the intake manifold. The raw gas then leaks down the cylinder wall and into the crankcase. Hi Patty, Which engine is in your riding mower? I’m assuming it’s a Briggs & Stratton....

Chosen Solution Hello! I just bought a used Nikon N80. It seemed to be in perfect condition, but I took it home and discovered a focusing problem. The image in the view finder is dim. And when I try to focus, the lens goes in all the way and back out to infinity without finding a focus point. I tried a few lenses with the same result. I checked the sensor at the bottom of the chamber, and it’s clean....

Chosen Solution I’ve read many questions, answers, etc. dealing with display inverter problems, whereas in most cases the display beacklight wasn’t working at all or was flickering because of mechanic problems. So I have almost the same problem with one difference: in general my backlight is working, but only at lowest level. As soon as I light it up with F2 button, it breaks down. If I bring it back to zero (with F1) and then 1 up, it comes back....

Chosen Solution Hi everyone, I have a Mid 2011 MacBook Air with a swollen battery since a week ago but I’m still using it until now and apparently it expanded more by day. I use my laptop everyday because I am working on some papers despite having the battery swollen. I’ve already made a schedule to replace it next month but I’m wondering since I still need my laptop to do my work, is it safe to remove the battery and using it with the AC power only?...

Chosen Solution Is screen replacement kit OEM iFixit regular replacement screens are aftermarket quality. They do have an OEM/Hybrid screen called “Choice”, such as this one. Either way, they are both backed by iFixit’s lifetime warranty.

Chosen Solution Hello, My phone wasnt charging i replaced the charging port anyway the screen somehow stopped working i manged to un plug and plug the flex cables many times to get it to work , now its working fine but the homebutton its not working , i was wondering if the home button is connected via screen cables to the motherboard , and which cable ? front camera , or the other two screen flex cables...

Chosen Solution I have a WD Elements 1 TB external hard drive. I would like to find out if it’s a SATA drive in there, and more importantly, if I can pull this out of its external housing and put it into my computer. The P/N is WDBAAU0010HBK-00. Any drive over 400GB is almost certianly SATA, you should be able to try this, as I have a 1TB MyBook, and it appears to be a standard SATA PC 3....

Chosen Solution I believe some condensation got on the L key of my keyboard. It no longer functions at all. In system preferences, only special characters can be remapped. I was wondering if anyone knew of any third-party app that would allow me to re-map one of those rarely used characters to act as the “L” key. I purchased an OEM replacement keyboard, but after watching the instructional videos, I’m not too keen on spending four hours on the repair, and I am definitely not taking it to a place that is going to charge me $300-$400....

Chosen Solution I just had my iphone battery replaced at a reputable third party repair shop. The technician said to charge my phone to 100% and then let it drain to 10% or lower before charging it again. I came home and when I plugged in my phone it immediately turned on, but I noticed some things wrong. The battery indicator in the top right was red, and when I swiped down to see what percent it was at there was no number, I also noticed severe performance issues....

Chosen Solution Prior to repair, I noticed that the battery stayed at 23% charged no matter how long I kept it on the charger. It stayed like that for a few months until it just cut out. It seemed like the battery was the issue. I followed the battery installation instructions on this site and everything seemed to be done properly. However, when I tried to power it back up or plug in the power source, the charge light indicator did not appear and the computer won’t power on....

Chosen Solution My garbage disposal is frozen. How do I unfreeze it. Sounds like your disposal has seized up. This video explains how to get it back into working order. You should have been provided with a hex wrench for your model when it was installed. Don’t forget to cut the power to the disposal on your circuit breaker before you start the repair. Has anything fallen into the disposal (silverware, etc....

Chosen Solution I have an 11 year old Kenmore side-by-side and this past September my refrigerator started smelling like old lettuce - it was vile! It affected the freezer as well as making the water taste bad. I’ve gotten the smell to go away but the water still tastes horrible. I’ve replaced two filters and it’s still nasty tasting. I’ve flushed gallons of water through it and still no change. If I remove the filters, the water tastes normal....

Chosen Solution So some yokel spilled sprite on my ps4 controller, I opened it up cleaned everything with IPA, and put it together. At first everything worked except the R2 button, then took apart reassembled, now everything works but the L2 button. Any ideas of wtf is goin on here? Thanks Fixed this, make sure all connections of the plastic electronics that the buttons rest on are fit correctly to the circuit board

Chosen Solution Sony Camera 5.1 Mega Pixels DSC-W1 MPEGMOVIE VX SMART ZOOM Len could not close after opening and the monitor turn white could not view object to be photoed. Dominic Ching sounds like your lens is off its track or the motor that drives it has issues. Start by following some of these ideas to see if you can fix it. If that does not work consider replacing the lens

Chosen Solution Can the Lens be removed and then further disassembled to clean out grime and get the proper opening and closing of the cover to result? You can find a few simple tips at https://wiki.restarters.net/Compact_came… From the repair guide, it seems removing the lens from the camera is fairly simple, but won’t get you much further. Disassembly of a compact camera is generally possible, but reassembly is much harder. You can get some idea of what’s involved from Canon PowerShot SX200 IS Lens Disassembly

Chosen Solution Electric fireplace insert has two sections that blow heat. I noticed that one did not work, and it became louder. I let it run for quite a while, but one day noticed that the plug was hot as blazes and the wall behind the plug was also hot. In fear of burning my house down, I unplugged it and am scared to use it. Can I fix it. They don’t sell inserts for those things ANYWHERE....

Chosen Solution Hello fellow diy-people, Is it smart/necessary to put some extra/new thermal compound between the heat-sink and the cpu/chipset?? thanks in advance! Guido I wouldn’t do it unless you’re running hot. Here’s a guide on doing it: How to Apply Thermal Paste

Chosen Solution I have looked everywhere for the adhesive strips for remounting the glass. Is there a substitute or a recommendation that anyone has for this. It doesn’t seem like anyone has the strips for a mid-2011. Will the 2012 strips work? Thanks! There is no adhesive strips for the 2011 and older models! These older series use magnets to hold the cover glass on. Review this guide: iMac Intel 27" EMC 2429 Display Replacement Note in step 2 the use of suction cups to gasp the cover glass to gently pull it away from the case (magnetic attraction force holds it on), the glass has metal plates glued to it along the top and sides on the inside surfaces meeting up with the rare earth magnets on the display panel which is screwed into the case....

Chosen Solution Hi, my Macbook Air 13" fell down from a table and now the corner of the aluminium behind the display is bent quite a bit. Is it advisable to try to bend it back in its original state? Is there a guide on how to do it properly? Thanks Lars If the display is working I would leave it alone. You can’t bent it back with the LCD display in place....

Chosen Solution Well, i have a little problem… I borrowed a Mac Mini from a friend to do some tests with an Maudio 2626 firewire audio interface. It has MacOS 10.12.6 installed, but the drivers for the audio interface were not compatible, so i had to install MacOS 10.7 (lion) to make it work. So i removed the original HDD from the Mac Mini, installed a fresh SSD, installed MacOS lion into it, and the drivers ran perfectly....