Quote Originally Posted by Peter Laidlericon View Post
The problems start when you're doing mechanical stuff where something is a roll-sealed unit - such as an expensive but internally simple internal fault with a alternator or window winder motor. Plug in electronic units are simplicity itself - if you can get them. Just my take on these things
So true Peter, but in most households these days anything that stops or needs repair normally ends up at the tip or recycling centre as they are now called, the other problem is the diagnostics of certain things, the TV seemed straight forward after a lot of searching (you tube) and reading a few snippets. Similar to the sealed unit you mention, the two things on the PCB that failed are now obsolete which is a ball ache as these are probably the easiest bits to change on the whole board apart from the capacitors.............