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washing machine

Can anyone tell me what the sparks flying out of the bottom of my washing machine when it turns are. It is a Hotpoint WMA44 and only 2 years old. There is no burning smell just sparks. Thanks

jo90

Stuck hand brake

My sons car has been sitting on the drive for 6 months and he left the handbreak on.It's now locked solid. How do I release it?

albynpark

I have black soot from the exhaust, and is worse when I accelerate. If I'm driving steadily I get a white smoke behind me. When I'm sitting in traffic my temperature guage will light up after about 15...

london hippo

noise at the back of the fiat punto

i recently drove my parents home and when they got into my 3 dr hatchback 1.2 fiat punto it started making a noise - is that normal and also when they got out of the car. is there a problem with the...

cas49

New driver Windows XP

My cd drive is not working and I think I may have to download a new driver.How do I do this ?

RAS

parallel port.

A friend if mine has a failing printer. Her PC does not have USB ports. I am advised that you can no longer buy printers with parallel ports. Is there any way you can connect a USB printer to her PC...

lynbrown

Phone line and computer wee white box

i have a wee white box that has one end that goes into the wall where my phone used to be plugged in, and the other end of the white box (2 inches x 3inches) has 2 places for the phone line and the...

mkt

Transferring from Real Audio to Windows Media Player

Hi I've got loads of music stored on Real Audio Player on my PC but would prefer to have my playlist on Windows Media Player. Is there a way of transferring the tracks from one to the other so that i...

tony mcscaff

smells in fridge

how can you get rid of cheese smell in fridge (blue cheese)

BigEv

Low energy light bulbs...

Hi, can someone please tell me why low energy light bulbs cannot be used in conjunction with Dimmer or Electronic switches?.

The Sherman

am i stupider than a photocopier?

i was told to use the photocopier the other day and i needed 20 copies of a document that was 18 pages long, now i thought i would have to copy them and then divide all the sheets up and then staple...

shortylilly

bent nails?!?!

when my index fingernails grow, they tend to grow bent inwards from the corners. this happens only in one corner of my nail and it looks really weird and i'm getting really conscious of them now. can...

Loosehead

911 Pentagon plane, conspiracy nutters....

Will this finally convince them , at least on the pentagon plane? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4987 716.stm Or will they simply claim the film is part of the conspiracy?

navin123

911 pentagon plane

i might be blind or something after watching the pentagon video. one can hardly see the damn plane so the conspiracy still stands.

Alixw

Car jolting when i drop down a gear

Can anyone tell me if I am doing something wrong? Whenever I drop down a gear, say from 3rd to 2nd turn a corner, no matter how slowly I take my foot off the clutch, the car jolts forward. Is it me or...

biggorilla

escort clutch

if oil level is low in engine does this also affect the clutch

mimififi

huskavarna: Huskylock 90 overlocker

Hi there, Just wondered if anyone could tell me why oh why oh why my overlocker is so blimmin temperamental? It is only 2 years old, I bought it brand new and since day one it has been like this. It...

nik1971

lawn mower in need of repair!!

help! ive just tried to start my petrol mower and pulled to hard on the starting cord thingy (can tell im a woman!!) and it wont spring back in so i cant start the mower! any ideas on how i can fix...

shamshuipo

filter for kettle

I have just received an answer to my question about a replacement for a filter in a kettle model 3067. Whoever answered it has either been looking at another model or has just picked an answer at...

funkymoped

English Long Bow.

there have been thousands of weapons made in the last couple of years, but one of my favourites is the English long bow... read a small article about this weapon some years ago, some were made with a...

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