Indeed, it was the combination of extensive nylon hardware and thin cardboard shims on the perimeter panels that really got me.
Mr Evans might be of the mind that there’s no such thing as bad publicity, but holy crspballs, as good as it might sound that’s a mechanical accident just waiting to happen.
Manufacturer quoted repair of £6,000 to track down and replace a $.10 tantalum cap? Never did hear what Mark charged, but at least it included a repair manual. 😵
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This is a time bomb with a handful of tantalum capacitors.. Or an IQ test: find the shorted tantalum capacitor without disassembling the whole stuff.
There is smelly fruit and then there is:
A good friend and former colleague of mine got thrown off one of the local mini-busses once:
Driver, braking hard:
- Who is it??
- Who brought Durian?
- You? -> Get off! Out!
That was in southern China 😉
