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JCTs Fascinating Hobbies
United Kingdom
Приєднався 2 вер 2006
Welcome to JCTs Fascinating Hobbies, a place where I tend to post videos, relating to my hobbies, interests and anything else that may be of interest.
I have recently decided to try to make my channel a little more interesting, so will be filming my various hobby exploits, and uploading them for the world to enjoy!
From cars to computers, retro tech and a lot of things in-between, I cover what I find interesting, I hope you do, too.
Feel free to subscribe, and don't forget to like those videos, should you enjoy what you see.
I have recently decided to try to make my channel a little more interesting, so will be filming my various hobby exploits, and uploading them for the world to enjoy!
From cars to computers, retro tech and a lot of things in-between, I cover what I find interesting, I hope you do, too.
Feel free to subscribe, and don't forget to like those videos, should you enjoy what you see.
2000 Almera N16 Brochure Review
Lets take a look at this N16 Almera UK Brochure from the year 2000, now just over 24 years ago!.
It's interesting to see how things have changed but not as drastically as you might think. A 24 year old car in 1980 would've been hopelessly out of date but a 24 year old car now is still just as usable and capable as something a lot newer.
The Almera is a case in point. It still looks fairly fresh, there's enough comfort on longer journeys to make it practical and it's not a bad car to drive.
Lets see what the brochure has to say.
#nissan #automobile #car
It's interesting to see how things have changed but not as drastically as you might think. A 24 year old car in 1980 would've been hopelessly out of date but a 24 year old car now is still just as usable and capable as something a lot newer.
The Almera is a case in point. It still looks fairly fresh, there's enough comfort on longer journeys to make it practical and it's not a bad car to drive.
Lets see what the brochure has to say.
#nissan #automobile #car
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Kirby G5 in action - Using the Kirby Carpet Cleaning System
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Three times a year I extract the Kirby G5 and use it for a deep clean. I also use the Kirby Carpet Cleaning system with the Kirby Carpet Shampoo. It delivers pretty good results and is fun to use. Near the middle of the video I cover how to assemble and disassemble the carpet cleaning solution. #kirby #kirbycompany #g5 #vacuumcleaner
Nissan Almera N16 Twister Brochure Review and an Interior Tour of an actual Almera Twister!
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A brochure review with a difference. Today, I review the Nissan Almera Twister brochure, but I also compare the actual car to other competitor offerings specifically the Opel/Vauxhall Astra G. I discuss the expectation versus reality shown in the brochure and remark on the various features of the N16 Almera. A review of sorts, you could say. All for entertainment purposes. #nissan #brochure #cars
Replacing a driveshaft on the N16 Nissan Almera Pulsar Sentra Bluebird Sylphy
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In todays video we start off with some welding updates. Next, we replace the offside (right hand side, when looking from the back of the car to the front) driveshaft. The original one has bent!. The hardest part was extracting the shaft from the gearbox. You need to persist with tapping the pry tool onto the inner CV housing. Eventually the shaft will pop out. It is advisable to replace the fol...
Thank you for 2000 Subscribers!
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Well, I never thought I would do it.....but, here we are. Two Thousand Subscribers!. A big thank you to everyone whom has subscribed and everyone who takes the time to watch, comment, like or dislike. Long may this channel continue.
Ford Cars UK Range - January 1980
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A Quick Look at the Ford UK model range for January 1980.
Nissan Almera N16 Front Brake Overhaul
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In todays video, I cover replacing the front disks, calipers and pads on my N16 Almera. Before starting, make sure you know which brake setup you have, there are two different configurations. ABS cars have discs all round with larger front discs. Non ABS cars have a Disc/Drum setup with 257mm diameter front discs. I have included the torque values taken from the Haynes Manual relevant to this m...
Replacing the wiper blades on a G30/31 BMW 5 Series
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In todays video, I show you how to replace the wiper blades on a G30/31 BMW 5 series. To get the wipers into the 'Service' position, get into the car with the key. Press the 'Start' button but do not start the car. Press and hold the wiper stalk down on 'demist' for approximately four strokes. Release when the blades reach the top of their stroke. It is now safe to replace the blades. The front...
Magazine Haul from South Molton Salvage Fair
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A couple of weeks back, I visited the South Molton Salvage Fair. The Salvage Fair occurs once a month on a Sunday and consists of a number of exhibitors selling all sorts of weird and wonderful items. It's well worth a visit as you never know what you'll unearth!
Nissan Almera N16 Mud Flaps - Fitting some generic Mud Flap/Splash Guards
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In this video, part of the N16 Almera series, I take some of the cheapest muf flaps/guards I can find and fit them to my N16 Almera......with reasonable results. They look good at first glance, despite being a 'one size fits all but not brilliantly' kind of a setup. I carried out this work on a windy day. Sadly, my channel is very small....along with my budget, so no fancy camera or microphone ...
Fitting a replacement radio to my XJ40 - with help from TEMU
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Reuploaded without the backing music. In this video (part one of two), I take a look at the challenge that is fitting a replacement radio to my XJ40. I have opted for an early 00s Alpine CD Player and some replacement speakers. I also decided to try out the weird and wonderful resource of Temu. In this episode I try out some of the solder jointed shrink joints when building up the new radio loom.
Servicing a Ford ECU2 Cassette Player - Fitted to Fords European range from the late 80s
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In todays video we take a look at what is involved in stripping down the Ford ECU2 cassette player. We look at inspecting the drive belts, replacing the illumination bulb and servicing the Auto Reverse mechanism.
Fitting Spot Lamps to a Mk2 Ford Granada
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In this video taken at the NEC Classic Car Restoration Show 2024, I take some time to help a mate install some Spot lamps to his Mk2 Granada. You will need: - Suitable gauge wire - Wire cutters - Bullet connectors or solder and heat shrink insulation - A suitable relay, suitable relays start with a Part number of 77180 - Correct spec Ford Spot lamp brackets - Suitable spot lamps - 10mm socket a...
Fixing the seat recliner in an N16 Almera
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In todays video we take a look at the recliner on my N16 Almera. I discovered that the cap holding the seat recliner rail in place, had popped off. This meant that the belt and cog had come adrift. This results in a seat that will not recline. #nissan #almera #seat #repair #repairing
How to renew the cabin air filter on an N16 Nissan Almera #n16 #almera #nissan
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How to renew the cabin air filter on an N16 Nissan Almera #n16 #almera #nissan
Replacing car boot hydraulic struts #n16 #nissan #almera
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Replacing car boot hydraulic struts #n16 #nissan #almera
Samsung ChodeVision Television - It looks like a mushroom!! #crt #samsung
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Samsung ChodeVision Television - It looks like a mushroom!! #crt #samsung
AIWA AD6500 Recommissioning - The project is now complete!! #retro #cassette #aiwa
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AIWA AD6500 Recommissioning - The project is now complete!! #retro #cassette #aiwa
New (to me) Pioneer and Alpine audio components for the Jaguar XJ40
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New (to me) Pioneer and Alpine audio components for the Jaguar XJ40
AIWA AD6500 - Reassembly, mild disaster strikes!!
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AIWA AD6500 - Reassembly, mild disaster strikes!!
Fixing up a very early 'Personal Cassette' player - Precursor to the Walkman or Personal Stereo
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Fixing up a very early 'Personal Cassette' player - Precursor to the Walkman or Personal Stereo
Renovating an Aiwa AD6500 from 1976 - Repairing the motor
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Renovating an Aiwa AD6500 from 1976 - Repairing the motor
Aiwa AD 6500 Renovation - Troubleshooting and the first rebelting
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Aiwa AD 6500 Renovation - Troubleshooting and the first rebelting
Resurrecting an Aiwa AD6500 cassette deck from 1976
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Resurrecting an Aiwa AD6500 cassette deck from 1976
How YouTube has helped my mental health
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How UA-cam has helped my mental health
Changing a CRT - The final touches to the Ferguson TX85
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Changing a CRT - The final touches to the Ferguson TX85
CRT replacement - the purity ring magnets
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CRT replacement - the purity ring magnets
Yeah my problem is that the passenger window doesn't budge at all....
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I got bit on one as well. Mine ran but would not suck up the oil. The engine oil was warm and should have came out. Ended up using a hand pump model extractor that a frend had.
i ordere one of of ebay last week because i love this kind of old vhs camera colour reproduction im going to use it for recording a arg did you buy it in box or used
I bought it used, it’s now with a friend. I have another full size VHS camera in the form of a Panasonic M40.
I also had a fuse blown on the new machine and now I know why I changed the hoses and the greater flow of the sucked oil, the fuse didn't last
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Hi, were can i find new driv belts? Kjeld sweden
I found a pack of varying sizes of square belt, on eBay.
What type of plastic is the bumper made
Changin injector to Jaguar XK8 2002 4.0, do you have, a video?
Usually many newer devices that have composite output don’t normally have macrovision protection in streaming apps like Netflix (probably because companies don’t care about low quality analog copies of their content, plus most devices that have Netflix today don’t normally have composite). That’s usually dvd that has this protection. Even many newer DVDs, I’ve tested a dvd that came out in 2023 and still has macrovision.
Wheel studs is the term you’re looking for. wheel bearing grease on slide pins makes me feel super uncomfortable, never seen or heard of that one tbh Where did you learn that?
I do mention in the video that I’d rather use copper grease but had none available. Since filming, I’ve renewed the pads (these were here just to allow me to bleed the brakes) and lubricated with copper grease. I’m guessing you may have a link to a more suitable video where the process is carried out correctly. Let me know and I’ll post it in the description.
But your Netflix recording will have their annoying display over the beginning.
thanks for sharing this, about to start replacing the exhaust rings on my 88 xj40, and dreading doing the rear most nut!
The trick, or so I found.....is to soak everything in the area with penetrating oil, once a day for at least seven days in advance. I used Plus-gas, however....I have recently discovered Innotec De-Block. It's a bit pricey but it works surprisingly well.
Love it thank you! Parts finally arrived, got it done today.
😂 you didn’t pick the belt out before your video come on, man😂 always unplugged the unit😂
Thanks. Can you provide me with the link to your video? I can add this to the description and point people to see how the job is done, properly. Thanks in advance.
Any update on that link?
Used to you could back in the day on Xbox 360 PS3 Nintendo Wii and Even Blu ray Player with Composit input.
Hello JCT. Can you tell me the offset number for your alloy wheel. And the size of the wheel nuts? I have regular steel wheels on the four wheels. But I wanted to keep the trunk cleaner with an alloy wheel. So, I need to ride around with spare tire wheel nuts that are different. I think yours are similar. Do you know if that can be done (alloy as spare). The special wheel store showed me a nut with a long stud but i think he is wrong and it should have looked like yours (cap like). I realize one is a locking nut. Thanks. 60 degree taper? ('98 Micra)
The alloys on my K11 are from an SE+. The have the same centre bore and offset as the standard steel wheels. The PCD is 4x100 5.5Jx14 ET45, centre bore is 59.1mm. The wheel uses nuts rather than bolts. For the alloys you will need a different set of buts, the steel wheel nuts are markedly different.
I've heard 5 minutes in the microwave is good too. Just have a BSR P157 on the bench. I cleaned the belt last night by wiping it down with a rag soaked in alcohol. Then put it in a plastic bag with rubber restorer overnight and I'm just about to head over to my brothers place this morning for a coffee and will stick it in his microwave for 5 minutes. Be interested to see the results. Thanks for your video.
People like myself are recording movies offline putting them on vhs tapes everything proven what ever the internet does gos on the vhs tape itself
There you go, that's how you convert it to physical media, so you can keep it and Netflix won't take it down or whatever.
Of you course you can. DRM does nothing to protect against analouge recording.
This is the best idea ever used for retro people and when recording there is no macrovision encoding.
Thank you for sharing this mate, much appreciated 🙏
No problem 👍
Thanks 😎
Welcome 😊
Hi. Sorry to write a negative comment but the very thing I needed to see was not in your video because it was outside the camera shot! Next time please get someone to hold the camera so the video is actually of some use. Thank you :)
What did you need to see? Not exactly hard for me to re film and re upload .
Any pointers as to what element you would like to see? Really no trouble at all to film the process in more detail.
Similar Almera to mine glad to see it still around
Hello my friend! I got here cause another guy solved the issue which happened to me as well. The BLACK cable has a fuse in between the connections covered by the heatshrink, all you have to do is replace it for a more capable one or just bypass the fuse connecting directly. 10 months since you posted but I hope some other people find it helpful.
In this case, the impeller had been poorly machined so would not rotate with the cover in place, that wrote it off unfortunately.
Beauty...one with me but in ruins
What’s wrong with it?
Great system. Just picked one up myself and given it a good bit of cleaning and restoration. I will never tire of the fast boot times on these machines.
I've modified it a little since this video was made, it now sports a 200MHz StrongARM and a softload of RiscOS 4.02. The StrongARM is quite obviously throttled by the RiscPCs slow bus, but......it was up to the minute in 1994 and the StrongARM is several years newer. They are superb machines. I have owned one since 1994 oddly enough. The original went a long time ago, I had an old School one that suffered battery leakage destroying the motherboard so during lockdown, I purchased this one. I use it once a month or so....mainly for nostalgia and also to see just how well it can handle 'modern' tasks!
Thank you ,it was very helpful. I was able to do everything right.
JCT do you still have this manual?
I think so….
I’ve got an ‘89 Legend Saloon down here in NZ so I’m keen if you are interested in selling it?
Kann mich an die Prospekte erinnern, als wär es gestern. Ein schönes Auto.
Long live the uk :) England 🇬🇧
Great car !
You need dvhs
If I could find a deck at a reasonable price, I would have one.
To your knowledge, can this laptop simply be run from HDMI without the screen? I just got one of these laptops and if the screen actually breaks, I will probably just opt to use it more like a desktop.
I'll be honest, I've never actually tried that. Theoretically it could work if you can use the keyboard shortcuts to force the output over HDMI.
does this work for dvd drive belts?
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Se encuentra en el top 5 de mejores reproductores LD Pioneer?
Thanks for this. I have a RX-CT840 with a similar control setup on the face plate. Nice thing Matsushita used the same cassette mechs through all of their RX-CT800 line of boxes or this would have been a pain.
I’ve got one in the loft and a couple of vhs machines
One CT 450 cassette deck of pioneer is having the same operating switches but inside the mechanism the control is of solenoid ,do not kniw whether tgat smsll ceramic part us their or not .
i have found this camera in my grandma’s garage, where can i find a battery for it as i don’t trust the battery in there currently which is probably lead or something, and it doesn’t hold a good charge
A quick google has turned up a few potential sources for new batteries.....which has surprised me to be honest!
I bought one from Woolworths in Dublin when i was 13 or 14, (1976/7) I still remember it to this day, One of those simple lifetime events that stick with us. The display was mesmerizing and I also recall a lovely smell from it !
I noticed that you correctly located tge broken part.Thst grey colour part is not of plastic,it is of ceramic only and if you get this one from scrape decks of pioneer CT 760,CT 660,CT 960 and other of similar mechanism,you will be able to fix it.This is the main issue with these particular type of mechanism of pioneer .This part is very much brittle and theain culprit to get btokdn ,which can not be glued because of the very small surface area.You remove this part and will get the complete idea of the design and size of it .
It does seem to be very fragile, that's for sure!!
You have reached proper place .Tgere is one small grey coloured gear,a key shape type whuch has two small protuding parts and these parts engages the cam wheel move ment and it has broken it seems and must be inside the deck furniture .The only dpring attached to it is hanging out.If you open it further you woll find out.I sm gaving CT 760 deck with tge same issue.I gir spare from this 1060 deck only from US but I am not able to reassemble the deck.That small piece is very crucial.
I tried this with all the white equipment doesn’t work
Yeah, mine has steel wheels with plastic original wheel covers, four rounded headlights, light brown clothed passenger compartment, chrome fender trims and is a 4 Litre. On the other hand has the same body colour as yours.
I really thought you were gonna say since it was Lucas that it came with a spare sensor. 😂
LOL!!!!!! It's always worth having some spares!!😂
I tried this it doesn’t work