Mike Makes It

06/05/2024

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Right, now this is a repair of a brand new part I bought from Paddocks. As you will see in the video the finish of machined casting leaves a little to be des...

06/05/2024

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The Defender appears to have an issue. This time the fuel regulator is leaking. In the video I show what I found wrong and how I fixed it, twice!Parts used o...

23/04/2024

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On my regular check over of the truck where I look for stuff hanging off or missing I spotted what looked like fuel weeping from around the fuel filter. On c...

22/04/2024

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I've seen a few of these wall clocks on YouTube and thought I'd try them out in the workshop and the house. So far I'm not disappointed!They come in a variet...

16/02/2024

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I've used flashlamps or torches for as long as I could walk. For business, I always look for the best available and have been through a few I can tell you ov...

16/01/2024

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I bought an electric file from Ryobi. Although I thought I would never use one of these tools, it was only after using one over at a clients site did I see t...

05/01/2024

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I bought a small vac from Ryobi for a spot of bench cleaning in the workshop. Take a look at the video and tell me what you thought of it.Remember with Ryobi...

31/12/2023

Fancy a quick build? 👉👉

Thanks to Christmas I have in my possession a LEGO Land Rover Classic Defender. This is the complete build of the vehicle. Repair and maintenance will be mo...

31/12/2023

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The beam/flasher on the indicator stork (XPB101290G) on my TD5 has been poor for a while now and as I had a couple of hours free and a spare unit on hand, no...

14/06/2023

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I replaced the whole set of filament lamps on my Defender with sealed LED lamp modules thinking I'd never have to do that again. Think again Mike!Link to the...

18/05/2023

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If you've watched the video then you know both of my voltage testers had failed and so after a bit of a search found the Neoteck at Amazon so bought it.It ha...

27/04/2023

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If you've watched any of my previous videos you may have come across the Defender step series where I built from scratch air operated deployable steps. If no...

28/03/2023

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In a previous video I unboxed a Wera C3 wrench that was going to replace my soon to be retiring Norbar torque wrench. Well today, following on from the succe...

12/03/2023

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06/03/2023

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I've been looking for a way to organise the family's calendar (and a whole lot more!) and did a bit of a search on Google and found a number of company's who...

12/02/2023

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I needed to be able to accurately measure a 45degree mitre cut on some wood during the creation of another project and realised I didn't have anything in the...

05/02/2023

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I've owned a Rode Wireless Go microphone system for a few years and its great. I've uploaded a video about mine, link below. I noticed though if you press th...

04/02/2023

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Just came across this by accident!

03/02/2023

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The good people at MJJC reached out to me again and asked if I would like to try their new Foam Cannon V3.0. I said yes please.MJJC state on their website th...

24/01/2023

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When I'm videoing at a bench I find it useful to be able to see the subject matter and this can be difficult if the camera (iPhone in my case) is in a holder...

14/01/2023

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These rollers were ordered from China but they didn't put the flat or hole into the unit. 60 rollers later, all done!

12/01/2023

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We've owned a HotpointNT M11 92XBY UK Heat Pump Tumble Drier for a few years. This replaced an earlier Hotpoint drier. This one died from a possible compress...

08/01/2023

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I released a video a while ago showing some deep hole markers I had been using and found to be very good. One of the markers, a propelling pencil has been gr...

09/12/2022

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If you watched part 1 of this series, link here: https://youtu.be/sdUa6Rgptww you would have seen me use a cheap tacho on my Defender instead of the £300+ fr...

01/12/2022

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Try this, it really works. The piece of rag cart be too thin, apart from that you will find your mirrors stay clean.

18/11/2022

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You may have seen my earlier videos of the Roamerdrive install. The main reason for installing a tacho (rev counter) is to keep an eye on the revs of the eng...

18/11/2022

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Best way to open a bag of tie wraps If you cut the corner off the bag they always spill, may be not straight away but certainly before the bag is empty! Trus...

17/11/2022

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10/11/2022

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I learnt this 45 years ago and I use this technique daily if I only have side cutters to hand. Try it, it really works!

09/11/2022

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These rollers are used in a mailing machine. Over time the foam wears down to a point the roller is unusable. I can machine the ends of the foam allowing the...