evening all,
while we are approaching the season of goodwill and happiness I thought I'd share a nice tip that I discovered today. Btw I am a complete DIY novice.
I ordered a replacement spare key direct from Honda some years back. The battery inside died last week so I ordered a duracell cr1616 online. However today when it arrived I just couldnt get the screw in the casing to budge. Not wanting to knacker the screw I did a quick search online and found this was a common problem as the screw is threaded in with locktite.
After some more searching I came across the most ingenious solution on a US site to get the screw out.
Put the metal part of the key (blade) into a cup of boiling water for 1 min. Take care to avoid getting any boiling water onto the plastic casing. Remove the key and voila the screw comes out with almost no effort at all Apparently the heat generated loosens the glue.
I found the following youtube video to be most information as regards how to replace the battery
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZ8QhvtkUQk
thanks
while we are approaching the season of goodwill and happiness I thought I'd share a nice tip that I discovered today. Btw I am a complete DIY novice.
I ordered a replacement spare key direct from Honda some years back. The battery inside died last week so I ordered a duracell cr1616 online. However today when it arrived I just couldnt get the screw in the casing to budge. Not wanting to knacker the screw I did a quick search online and found this was a common problem as the screw is threaded in with locktite.
After some more searching I came across the most ingenious solution on a US site to get the screw out.
Put the metal part of the key (blade) into a cup of boiling water for 1 min. Take care to avoid getting any boiling water onto the plastic casing. Remove the key and voila the screw comes out with almost no effort at all Apparently the heat generated loosens the glue.
I found the following youtube video to be most information as regards how to replace the battery
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZ8QhvtkUQk
thanks