Category Archives: Tech

Tech Repairs and Suggestions for Electronics, Appliances, etc.

Droid Incredible 2 won’t turn on

Posted on by September 10, 2013avatar

I have a Verizon Droid Incredible 2. I have loved the phone — it’s fairly slim and has a good set of features. I moved recently from Texas to Tennessee and started having problems with the phone. I plugged the USB into my computer and it didn’t seem to hold a charge all that well. After a couple of weeks I went to check it while it was charging and it wouldn’t turn on. It wouldn’t do anything. I was upset. I checked online and people said they pulled the battery for a while with mixed results. I left the … Read more…

Replacing hatch struts on vehicle

Posted on by September 10, 2013avatar

Symptoms of the problem I drive a 2006 Xterra and noticed this past winter the struts that hold the rear hatch door up were wearing out after I whacked my head on it a few times. The weather warmed up and the struts started doing a better job of holding up the door, but on cooler mornings I was slamming my head again so it was time to figure out how to change them. Research I started looking on the internet for my specific vehicle model and year and found several forum posts on the subject. I was interested in … Read more…

Replacing refrigerator condenser fan

Posted on by September 10, 2013avatar

This was mentioned in a previous post about my home warranty company failure. I ended up purchasing and installing the fan myself. What to do If you hear a loud whirring sound from your refrigerator, pull it out from the wall, remove the cover from the lower part of the refrigerator back and verify the noise coming from the fan. This is a part that commonly fails. When I got down there it was blaringly clear the sound was coming from. My guess was the bearing had gone bad in it. While I wanted to replace the fan ASAP to … Read more…

Great source for appliance parts

Posted on by September 10, 2013avatar

When the fan on my refrigerator started sounding like an airplane propeller and my home warranty company completely failed me I started looking for the part on my own and found a company that sells on both Amazon and Ebay. They are awesome. They suggest in their ad that you call and verify it’s the correct part before ordering. I emailed the model number of my refrigerator and they promptly responded that I had the right replacement fan. I asked for an ETA and after supplying my zip code they told me they had the part in a warehouse in … Read more…

Replacing pull chain for whole house attic fan

Posted on by September 10, 2013avatar

One evening I pulled the chain on my whole house attic fan to turn it off and thought at the time it sounded a little funny. The next morning I went to turn the fan back on and found out why — the switch for the pull chain had broken. I am not a big fan of getting up in my attic since I live alone, so I got a ladder and checked to see if the switch was accessible from the house instead of the attic. It was. I had to reach through the grate and it required some … Read more…

Lawnmower maintenance

Posted on by September 10, 2013avatar
Lawnmower maintenance - TheDIYGirl.com

My history with mowers I have fears regarding lawnmowers. My dad, who had me work with him on almost everything, wouldn’t let me near a lawnmower after a little girl in our neighborhood ran up to her dad while he was mowing and lost the part of her foot. This left a deep impression and fear of lawnmowers in me. My mom and dad were out-of-town when I was 18 years old and dad’s beloved yard was looking really scruffy and I didn’t want him to come home to a mess so I pulled out his mower, figured out how … Read more…

Nikon D70 camera fix

Posted on by September 10, 2013avatar
Nikon D70 camera fix - TheDIYGirl.com

This post isn’t really about my camera – it’s about working on something I’m afraid of. I bought a used Nikon D70 camera from a professional photographer friend in January 2009. Since then that poor camera has been bounced, vibrated, and jiggled over thousands of miles on my motorcycle. For two months it was in ocean coast conditions so humid the lens fogged and had to be sent back to Nikon for repair – but that was under warranty. All to say the camera has not led an easy life in the 3 years I’ve had it. A year and … Read more…