@@manuelh.4147 Yes, Manuel you are absolutly right. It is an etxra step to produce and this step is done by another company. The costs are around 10% of the engine. Regards, Juergen
true. but sometimes the value comes from a company only doing a limited run in gold plated, therefore making them more collectible which drives the value up.
@@davidcoe7095 That would be true if the item was hard to find but because it is still sold as a regular item (the cost is 300 dollars I think) it isn't a collectible nor does it have more value. If anything because it was a repair it will decrease it's value, at least if he is honest about it lol. However he can still make profit, the item may be worth 200 dollars or even a little bit more.
Hello. I came over from Vince’s challenge seeing as he used some of my videos to help him. I am interested in all you guys mechanical challenges. This engine as really cool machine , much easier to work on than a watch ! Well done on fixing and I hope you make profit on this item.
@@Tronicsfix My ps4 has a kinda weird problem. Today, when I turned on the console it said something like: "Installing update please don't turn off the console" or something like that, so I waited. Then it restarted itself and the PS logo aperared in the middle of the screen and then it dissapeared and a completly black screen is now on my TV. No music, but the blue light from the ps it's on and something else that's very strange is that even the cooler is very quiet. I tried to restart it, unplug it, change the resolution and I know not the HDMI is at fault because when I restart it, it sais somenthing like Checking database, then it gets to 100%, then the logo and after the logo dissapears Black screen, no music, nothing. Yesterday it was completly fine. PLEASE HELP !!! 🙇♂️🙏
I love watching your videos and how informative and no nonsense they are. Also thanks to your videos I was able to comb through local ads and buy a "broken" ps4 that just needed a complete tear down and deep cleaning. Spent less than $100 for the unit, IPO, thermal pads, thermal geese, canned air, and q tips. And now I get to catch up on a lot of great games!
It is meant to swivel a little on the base as this is kind of the speed regulator. To increase speed you would put the hot air exchanger directly over the flame.
@@Tronicsfix Watching the others and laughing my head off. Its an eclectic mix of people doing this challenge. From 'experts' to self trained to hit it with a hammer and see if anythings changed. The temperature regulator on the mini stirling isnt that effective. A speed govenor would be better.
If it's made of 24k gold, I believe you could have sold it at a higher price by listing it both as an antique and a gold item. Thanks for the videos, I really enjoy it as an educational entertainment.
@@oldbatwit5102 Yes, the "thickness" better said the thinness of gold plating is around 2 or 3 1/100mm. The thickness of silver plated engines is around 4 1/10mm. Regards, Juergen
Wanna throw this out there....don’t forget in some “vintage” items....the patina of it aging might make it “worth” more; so careful cleaning the items that are truly antiques/vintage. Anyways, COOL repair & awesome vid. Really enjoy this series & glad have some diff ppl participating this year. Have good one ✌🏼
shaun morrissey No, but on the items that are, especially old metal toys, motors, etc....cleaning the patina off could possibly devalue the item a little. But this isn’t one of those. Should had made that more clear in original comment, my bad. Thx for reply, take care✌🏼
Sad that you didn't replace lever arm from original, silver part on new detail misleading color scheme on the whole engine, also gold part of the lever arm, looks like a bit thinner and cheaper, than on original.
@@Tronicsfix theres a few wm-f10s aka the smallest portable cassette players and i also saw a wm-f100 ii with the battery container, just as a place to start looking or you could go for the sport walkmans
That model is 280 USD new. Ref: KR22100 This is a beautiful desktop Sterling model engine like found in HAMMACHER SCHLEMMER magazine. It runs on air and does not require water! It also runs on Alcohol and does not require the more expensive esbit tablets to run. This engine is 24 KT Gold plated and is absolutely beautiful to look at and watch run. Size 2 1/5 in Wide X 5 1/2 in Long X 4 in High
I actually collect these things and I'd be happy to buy this one if you haven't sold it yet. It'd be cool to have one from one of my favorite UA-camrs. I've checked eBay and can't find it. I'm not sure if their are rules against fans buying things in the competition. If you still haven't sold it shoot me a PM with the listing.
This is completely unrelated but I found a bag of 20 broken PS4 controllers, I was gonna throw it away, seems like a waste though, any thoughts as to what I should do?
My friend , great hands on . Repair.. If I send you my two broken Xboxs to repair or combine to repair the other. Could you work your magic , and if you have a Xbox ONE repaired and a good price! I'll take it . Mahal o from HILO HAWAII ,
I watched your video on a Nintendo Switch not charging and I’m starting to lose my mind because of all the games on it. Any advice is greatly appreciated. Thanks
My samsung s7 is display is broken i wanted to fix it by my self but the back is from glass so i dont know how to open it so i need to do it whit this a 2 core😪
Hello your videos are hella cool wish I was able to do what you do. Do you know how to repair a PlayStation 3 it his power issues after being stored away for awhile. Also I have another PlayStation 3 that doesn’t let me play black ops 2 online it freezes. How ever it lets me play the game offline and allows me to play any other game I have tried online. Can you help me?
I'm sure theres gotta be a reason for the video splitting it seems very purposeful I just haven't figured out what it is yet maybe you explain later in the video?
Search for a Samsung phone on a auction on Ebay, you can find really good phones as a Samsung s7,s8 or s9 that won't power on or something like that for the price between 25 to 75 bucks, also u can look for a iPhone if u like.
Hey I have a question about my ps4 Everytime I turn on my ps4 it keeps showing the logo and then the screen goes black but still the logo just went away nothing is a problem but it's like a long before actually showing which user to choose from and once I load it to the home screen the screen feels slow and delayed and not allowing me to choose anything if I did it takes a minute to load in which is annoying and the images for the apps doesn't load so its delayed and when I choose fornite it takes too long to get in and mid way it goes to rest mode and my ps4 is clean and nothing wrong with till 3 days ago and It keeps mention the ce-36329-3 when I go to error history everytime I turn on my ps4 it shows that error everytime it turns off plz help me on this issue
11:26 You forgot to add the cost of the gloves and cleaning liquid in the fix cost. I would say add the earbuds cost as well but they are available normally at home for you, just like your tools so you can get a pass at them... but not adding gloves and that liquid in the cost....... cheating.... =)
@@Tronicsfix Well, this going to sound like BS but...... About forty minutes ago I googled them and found the official German site that showed a price of 136 Euros for that model. Five minutes ago I googled again but that site didn't show up and the first site selling them has a price of....... $279. Edit... tried again.... www.stirlingmotoren-haeussler.com/hog-engines/ 136 Euros but might be an old price.
Check out this same HOG MOTOR from a video on UA-cam from 2009 powering a small computer fan which in turn powers a small LED light! 😊 (Open in a new tab): ua-cam.com/video/x4LIO_xs1es/v-deo.html
@TronicsFix
Great! I am glad you had no problems to fix your HOG Gold.
Best regards, Juergen
Yep, it wasn't too hard with those parts you sold me. Thanks again!
Gold plating is deceiving, it’s such a small amount it it doesn’t change price really, like a few molecules deep.
Yes, I'm sure that's true
@@manuelh.4147
Yes, Manuel you are absolutly right. It is an etxra step to produce and this step is done by another company. The costs are around 10% of the engine.
Regards, Juergen
true. but sometimes the value comes from a company only doing a limited run in gold plated, therefore making them more collectible which drives the value up.
@@davidcoe7095 That would be true if the item was hard to find but because it is still sold as a regular item (the cost is 300 dollars I think) it isn't a collectible nor does it have more value. If anything because it was a repair it will decrease it's value, at least if he is honest about it lol. However he can still make profit, the item may be worth 200 dollars or even a little bit more.
Beautiful item Steve, I would like one myself!!!! Never seen one of these before. Enjoyed this video very much :-)
Thanks Vince! Yes, it's a really cool item. I would have kept it if it wasn't for the challenge!
This made my day!!! The fact you fixed something you’ve never laid your hands on blows me away (because of my inability to lol)
We built these things in school. The video reminded me to try mine out again.
Wow, that would have been a cool class! Wish I could have done that in school!
Hello. I came over from Vince’s challenge seeing as he used some of my videos to help him. I am interested in all you guys mechanical challenges.
This engine as really cool machine , much easier to work on than a watch !
Well done on fixing and I hope you make profit on this item.
Vince is so good with watches. I haven't had the nerve to try them yet! Glad you're enjoying these!
This video was so fascinating! Good stuff man, your a beast at fixing things.
That was awesome! Love the electronics side of things but this is a beautiful piece of "old" tech!
Ya, it was a cool one for sure!
Very interesting...i like how you combine nice shooting with explanation and a relaxing music...😁
Thanks...I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks Jörgen, very cool
Next time one of the categories should be "8-bit home computer" like a broken C64.
That's a good idea
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@@Tronicsfix My ps4 has a kinda weird problem. Today, when I turned on the console it said something like: "Installing update please don't turn off the console" or something like that, so I waited. Then it restarted itself and the PS logo aperared in the middle of the screen and then it dissapeared and a completly black screen is now on my TV. No music, but the blue light from the ps it's on and something else that's very strange is that even the cooler is very quiet. I tried to restart it, unplug it, change the resolution and I know not the HDMI is at fault because when I restart it, it sais somenthing like Checking database, then it gets to 100%, then the logo and after the logo dissapears Black screen, no music, nothing. Yesterday it was completly fine. PLEASE HELP !!! 🙇♂️🙏
Thank you so much this really helped coz my brother had broke the glass and this was a really good demonstration 👍
Cool! Glad this helped!
I love watching your videos and how informative and no nonsense they are. Also thanks to your videos I was able to comb through local ads and buy a "broken" ps4 that just needed a complete tear down and deep cleaning. Spent less than $100 for the unit, IPO, thermal pads, thermal geese, canned air, and q tips. And now I get to catch up on a lot of great games!
Wow, that's so cool! Glad that worked out for you. Thanks for the comment.
Awesome vid love your all videos! & Greetings from Estonia🇪🇪
Thank you!
@@Tronicsfix you're welcome!
That is a neat little steam punk item you have there.
Ya, I thought it was pretty cool too!
"It totally works!" haha loved that part.
And now I need to buy one of these for my young daughter. How freaking clever is that little machine!?
Nice fix man! Excellent as usual ;)
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed.
wow, thats crazy but so cool. great find!
Thanks! Ya, this was a cool one. If it wasn't for the challenge I probably would have kept this one.
It is meant to swivel a little on the base as this is kind of the speed regulator. To increase speed you would put the hot air exchanger directly over the flame.
Good to know! Where were you when I needed you!
@@Tronicsfix Watching the others and laughing my head off. Its an eclectic mix of people doing this challenge. From 'experts' to self trained to hit it with a hammer and see if anythings changed. The temperature regulator on the mini stirling isnt that effective. A speed govenor would be better.
I've always thought Sterling engines were fascinating, so simple yet so cool. This was a nice change from the usual, nice vid my man.
I never knew much about them until this video. Glad you liked it!
Stirling Engines are so cool. There are even ones that can work off the warmth of your hand.
Wow...didn't know that. I might have to check that out.
If it's made of 24k gold, I believe you could have sold it at a higher price by listing it both as an antique and a gold item. Thanks for the videos, I really enjoy it as an educational entertainment.
Thanks for watching!
So entertaining, love this channel!
Looks like a cool looking machine
That is awesome, I remember we had one at home when I was a kid, the sound of it was just amazing!
Ya, the sound is cool!
Awesome video as always 👍🏻❤️
Thanks!
MechanicsFix today? Good episode!!
Yep! Thanks!
For a second with that music, I thought I was watching a Tech Yes City video 🤔
Never heard of them. Might have to check that out.
Nice video Steve.
Thanks!
Really cool to see old tech being repaired and working again.
Ya, I love that. That's a lot of the reason I like this challenge.
"Thick tarnish on the gold plating",
Probably a lot of tarnish because it's made of brass, not gold.
Gold coated brass
The gold plating is so thin it is porous. The tarnish is from the brass underneath, leaching through.
Interesting. Haven't heard of that before.
I like the polished up look, it does make it look cleaner for sure.
@@oldbatwit5102 Yes, the "thickness" better said the thinness of gold plating is around 2 or 3 1/100mm. The thickness of silver plated engines is around 4 1/10mm.
Regards, Juergen
Quality video! Came out looking lovely! Shame you’re in the US or I probably would have hassled you for that!
If it wasn't for this repair challenge I probably would have just kept it! It's a cool one. I'm just checking out your video now.
Wanna throw this out there....don’t forget in some “vintage” items....the patina of it aging might make it “worth” more; so careful cleaning the items that are truly antiques/vintage. Anyways, COOL repair & awesome vid. Really enjoy this series & glad have some diff ppl participating this year.
Have good one ✌🏼
Glad you're enjoying the series!
In this particular item, cleaning it doesn’t devalue it.
You think this is a "vintage" item?
Matthew Ward yep, know that....thx for reply. Appreciate it👊🏼
shaun morrissey No, but on the items that are, especially old metal toys, motors, etc....cleaning the patina off could possibly devalue the item a little. But this isn’t one of those. Should had made that more clear in original comment, my bad. Thx for reply, take care✌🏼
These engines are so cool! the ones that use the heat of a hand are my favorite
Someone else mentioned that. I'll be checking those out.
Sad that you didn't replace lever arm from original, silver part on new detail misleading color scheme on the whole engine, also gold part of the lever arm, looks like a bit thinner and cheaper, than on original.
I was thinking the same thing. You could easily spot the difference in quality :[
Yep, a little bit of perfectionist hell.
Omg that item am I only one geeked out how simple and efficient it is ? Heat light and power ?
YES! This one is a really cool item.
I want one just to watch it work. Simple and elegant.
That’s probably the coolest thing I seen
Ya, I love this one!
Nice cleaning job😊
Thanks!
*I wish that I was a mad man plays*
Me: is this tech yes city
A great fix, way out of your comfort zone, well done. Love the johnnyq channel about little engines for some time, nice to see you do one.
It ended up being a pretty easy fix but still a fun one and something I'm not familiar with
Great job! Very cool item....
Hey thanks!
You forgot to mention what you used the clean it with. ?? Thx
Amazing video I’ve never seen a motor like that, didn’t know exist great job Steve 👌🏻
😳 I want one of these Hog Motors on my desk! That's beautiful.
Agreed! I'd kind of like to keep it but the show must go on!
Tech Yes City music... 👌🏼
what i think you should try are one of the many broken sony walkmans off of ebay
That's a good idea
@@Tronicsfix theres a few wm-f10s aka the smallest portable cassette players and i also saw a wm-f100 ii with the battery container, just as a place to start looking or you could go for the sport walkmans
Very nice!
Thanks!
Good job on the vid!
Thank you!
There is a big clock in Hill Valley that needs to be fixed 😂🙈😉
Man, you're really active with your fans, it looks like you've given a heart to about every comment!
I try to read most of them when I have time. It gets tough if the video gets a lot of views though. Glad you noticed!
Love this channel
That model is 280 USD new.
Ref: KR22100
This is a beautiful desktop Sterling model engine like found in HAMMACHER SCHLEMMER magazine. It runs on air and does not require water! It also runs on Alcohol and does not require the more expensive esbit tablets to run. This engine is 24 KT Gold plated and is absolutely beautiful to look at and watch run.
Size 2 1/5 in Wide X 5 1/2 in Long X 4 in High
This engine is new for 136€ (around 150USD plus shipment to USA).
Regards, Juergen
Ohh a German invention :3 nice to see :)
I always enjoy your repair videos :) much love from Germany
Hi Germany! Glad you're enjoying these!
Robert Stirling was Scottish, not German...
@@jamesstricklerii5384 this stirling machine is from Germany... ;)
i have been looking forward to this series for a long time, better than netflix lol
Thanks for watching!
I actually collect these things and I'd be happy to buy this one if you haven't sold it yet. It'd be cool to have one from one of my favorite UA-camrs. I've checked eBay and can't find it. I'm not sure if their are rules against fans buying things in the competition. If you still haven't sold it shoot me a PM with the listing.
Bummer man, it's already sold.
@@Tronicsfix Well I hope they're enjoying it. :)
Hope todays item is gonna be worth it! Keep up the great videos
Thanks! Either way it was a fun one!
so cool. I've always liked these. never tinkered with one, though.
Thanks! It was a fun one.
bravo !!!
Thanks!
This is completely unrelated but I found a bag of 20 broken PS4 controllers, I was gonna throw it away, seems like a waste though, any thoughts as to what I should do?
Try to fix them! Or sell them on eBay at least. They actually go for a good amount most of the time.
what did you use to clean the gold plating it came out really nice
Just 99% IPA
What did you use to clean it? IPA?
Yes
Danke schön, Jürgen. ;)
Ja Dankeschön
@@Tronicsfix
Thank you very much for this video!
Best regards, Jürgen
My friend , great hands on . Repair.. If I send you my two broken Xboxs to repair or combine to repair the other. Could you work your magic , and if you have a Xbox ONE repaired and a good price! I'll take it . Mahal o from HILO HAWAII ,
How much percent size beetwen displacer and cylinder?
What is with the TAX? :)
Jöërgen!
What did you use to clean that? I have an identical one, in silver, at home. Its tarnishing as well.
Probably 99.9 Percent IPA.
@@xxcr4ckzzxx840 Probably, I'll have to try it!
99% IPA
This was a cool fix :-)
Ya, it was a fun one!
Where did you get the parts to fix it? thank you.
Links in the description
I watched your video on a Nintendo Switch not charging and I’m starting to lose my mind because of all the games on it. Any advice is greatly appreciated. Thanks
Hi Sr. Greeting from Costa Rica
Hi! Wish I was there about now!
@@Tronicsfix Nice country to visit for sure, you are welcome to come whenever you want! Thank for your reply! Awesome videos, cheers
That thing was way cooler than i was expecting
Ha, ha..glad you enjoyed it!
No links in the description
My samsung s7 is display is broken i wanted to fix it by my self but the back is from glass so i dont know how to open it so i need to do it whit this a 2 core😪
how do you sell these kind of stuff?
You changed the entire thing instead of just the glass.
Why have I got a spare BUT NOTHING ELSE....
It cannot be replaced...
This motor is really cool
I think so too!
Do you know by chance how to repair wireless PS4 controllers or have a video showing how it's done?
I think the engine was loose so that you could move the bulb away from the fire. To regulate speed maybe?
Interesting...hadn't thought of that.
Was going to say the same thing
wow nice, did you adjust my advice? :)
Hello your videos are hella cool wish I was able to do what you do. Do you know how to repair a PlayStation 3 it his power issues after being stored away for awhile. Also I have another PlayStation 3 that doesn’t let me play black ops 2 online it freezes. How ever it lets me play the game offline and allows me to play any other game I have tried online. Can you help me?
That is sooooooooooo cool! I want one.
Wish I could keep this one!
I have a ps3 that overheated I tried to fix it using some Technique it work for a bit like 1 week then it when out again can you help
I'm sure theres gotta be a reason for the video splitting it seems very purposeful I just haven't figured out what it is yet maybe you explain later in the video?
Video splitting?
@@Tronicsfix yeah at 8:56 also ive got to say I love your videos keep up with the amazing entertaining work.
I love the fixing the Nintendo switches
I'll be doing more of those.
Search for a Samsung phone on a auction on Ebay, you can find really good phones as a Samsung s7,s8 or s9 that won't power on or something like that for the price between 25 to 75 bucks, also u can look for a iPhone if u like.
ok but
what about fixing a chromebook?
what happen here 8:55 -8:57??
Can I install a gtx 1050 with 310w Power supply in my PC ???
@@Tronicsfix I mean inside a 2010 PC (windows 7)
Sorry, misread that. I thought you asked if I would do it. I have no idea if you can do it or not. Don't know much about PC's. Sorry
@@Tronicsfix ok thanx 😅
I meannnn yeah it's a nice item for sure, but a bit of a kop out Steve, just a bulb change 😉
Cop out? I've literally never even see one of these before. I didn't even know that's all it would need when I bought it.
@@Tronicsfix Don't worry I'm just teasing. #teamvince
Hmm seems like the lovely wife won't let you buy anymore junk lol
Hey I have a question about my ps4
Everytime I turn on my ps4 it keeps showing the logo and then the screen goes black but still the logo just went away nothing is a problem but it's like a long before actually showing which user to choose from and once I load it to the home screen the screen feels slow and delayed and not allowing me to choose anything if I did it takes a minute to load in which is annoying and the images for the apps doesn't load so its delayed and when I choose fornite it takes too long to get in and mid way it goes to rest mode and my ps4 is clean and nothing wrong with till 3 days ago and It keeps mention the ce-36329-3 when I go to error history everytime I turn on my ps4 it shows that error everytime it turns off plz help me on this issue
Go to his website and ship it to him
11:26 You forgot to add the cost of the gloves and cleaning liquid in the fix cost. I would say add the earbuds cost as well but they are available normally at home for you, just like your tools so you can get a pass at them... but not adding gloves and that liquid in the cost....... cheating.... =)
I reuse the gloves and the liquid is IPA so I probably should have added about .02 cents
@@Tronicsfix also add room rental, electricty, wear and tear on your clothes and that cup of coffee and chicken sandwich
Did his recording mess up that one second or was that my tv
I believe these are only about $160 new.
$279 unless there's somewhere I don't know about to buy them
@@Tronicsfix Well, this going to sound like BS but......
About forty minutes ago I googled them and found the official German site that showed a price of 136 Euros for that model.
Five minutes ago I googled again but that site didn't show up and the first site selling them has a price of....... $279.
Edit... tried again.... www.stirlingmotoren-haeussler.com/hog-engines/
136 Euros but might be an old price.
@@Tronicsfix It's only 136€ on the website you have in the description
This is one of those things I'd be tempted to keep if I'd fixed it.
Me too! I was very tempted
I don't know what this thing is, but it's kinda cool. On another note, I thought Gold didn't tarnish?
Man it would be really hard to sell that, I would want to keep that so bad after fixing it up
You got that right! This was a tough one to sell.
Check out this same HOG MOTOR from a video on UA-cam from 2009 powering a small computer fan which in turn powers a small LED light! 😊 (Open in a new tab): ua-cam.com/video/x4LIO_xs1es/v-deo.html
I usually don't allow links in the comments but that's awesome!
@@Tronicsfix that totally makes sense, man. Let me know if I should delete it! :)