Have you done any ridiculous fixes?

[Cardboardtubeknight Cardboardtubeknight]

The classic dad, a strange creature, proclaiming the famous "I can fix it!" while doing something only Mcgyver would be proud of. Just did that at my job, not to out myself, so it got me wondering: anyone else put human ingenuity to the test? It doesn't even have to be an actual object, it could even just be a medical thing. One time I "fixed" the tv by smacking it with the very table we were going to use for cards since the tv was messed up. Still proud of that.

 

[Clippy]

One time I "fixed" the tv by smacking it with the very table we were going to use for cards since the tv was messed up.

Percussive maintenance aka the Fonzie Touch works 100% of the time 50% of the time. It's always worth a try first before opening the device, especially with old electronics that were built to outlast your entire bloodline.

 

[qw90700]

One of my proudest fix is regarding me refrigerator.

One day it just stopped being cold. Told the situation to a guy who fixes such stuff. He said "ah yes X part may be broken and Y part may need to be fixed" and the price of the fix was almost as much as a new refrigerator. I said fuck it and used my programmer experience of troubleshooting.

I simply turned it off and waited for a day. I noticed refrigerator leaked lots of water under it like it melting. I was like "WTF". It had nothing in it for it to melt, but it kinda told me that probably its pipe was so frozen or something the cold air couldn't reach to its inside or something like it was filled with ice that was melting now. So I did wait for a week just to be sure and turned on the refrigerator. The motherfucker started to work as good as the day I bought it. I think this shit happened like a decade ago but it still works ok. IDK what was its problem, but if it does the same shit again I know what to do lol.

 

[Dany28]

No

 

[CaptainToad]

One of my proudest fix is regarding me refrigerator.

Just did a similar thing with my dishwasher. It has a touch panel that I could hear was getting phantom presses when running and sometimes it'd be a power button press so it'd turn off mid-cycle. I look it up and it seems like a lot of people have this issue. They recommended unplugging it or turning off the circuit for 30 minutes. I tried that, but it didn't work. I took off the front panel, which was easy. I reseated the two wire connectors on the front panel and boom: it's been working perfectly for a month or so.

 

[Kamako]

My washing lines are currently held together by thick garden strimmer wire.

 

[What's His Face]

One day my oven stopped working. Since it's electric, I decided to buy a new control panel online. Once it arrived I opened the old panel, took a ton of photos of the wiring, then started the replacement. It was a good thing I took photos as three wires were the same colour save for a thin coloured line that was impossible to see except at certain angles - a deliberate "self-fix trap" by the manufacturer. Since I had photos from every angle possible I was able to connect everything correctly.

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My washing lines are currently held together by thick garden strimmer wire.

Ah, forgot that my washing machine lid sensor snapped in half and is held together by a zip tie. Red neck fixes!!

 

[Yousef]

The classic dad, a strange creature, proclaiming the famous "I can fix it!" while doing something only Mcgyver would be proud of. Just did that at my job, not to out myself, so it got me wondering: anyone else put human ingenuity to the test? It doesn't even have to be an actual object, it could even just be a medical thing. One time I "fixed" the tv by smacking it with the very table we were going to use for cards since the tv was messed up. Still proud of that.

They may sound like a weird example but this is my steam deck as a whole. I had a long, long, LOOOOONG line of tech issues with it.
How did I fix them all?
I turned off “quick boot” and “quiet boot”. …….. that’s it.

 

[bjork]

The screw fell out of my glasses once and I spent way too long trying to get it to fit back in. The frame was somehow bent so it wouldn't align right. So I finally gave up and just stuck a staple through the hole and bent it around so it wouldn't scratch me. Worked perfectly for a long time.

 

[Matricks]

I kindof hardcore "fixed" my chipped teeths with a dremel with flexible extension, trimmed and smooth out the rough edges, better than the "is it safe" dentist.