Shaggy's top tech tips

Top tech tip #2...

This tip I learned from one of our other members. It has 2 benefits, 1) it will test your pain tolerance, 2) it's good for a bad back. When the lights on your GP200 (Italian of course) stop working, put it on the stand on a cold concrete floor well out of reach of your tool-box. (this is very inportant - see later). Get a screwdrive and remove the rear lens and take the bulb out. Lie down on the cold floor (this is the good bit for the back) and you'll see 2 brass electrical conectors. Now, it's possbile that they need bending forwards a bit. Shove your indexfinger in the bulb socket and try and bend the contacts back. You'll find if you push your finger in far enough, a brass barb will pierce your finger and as you try and pull it out it'll dig in nicely. (this is the pain tolerance test). This is where it's really important that your tool box is out of reach, you need to lie there in pain for at least 15 mins to get the benefit for you back. You can now either rip your finger out - which hurts, or start shouting for help. If your really lucky you may have something to hand to push the barbed contact back and get your finger out intact. Mick T's approach is just to lie there and shout for help.