I found the original thread on the brickyard here:
http://www.brick-yard.co.uk/forum/stick ... 34152.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
And pm'ed Stefvan about it who made a good suggestion about 3d printing parts - which I didn't need to do but hey ho.
I also learnt that baking soda & super glue are a great way of faux 'welding' plastic. When you take this apart basically the plastic bits inside are probably snapped. The springs fly off everywhere so take it apart in a contained space.
Prise of very gently the tabs all around the casing - they snapp easily - I only had 2 left by the time I finished out of 6. hold it all tight as the moment you prise off the lid the springs go
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this is what you end up with. There's 3 spings that are missing from this pic that sit under each button. In stefvans post he had 2 extra pieces. I didn't have these & thought it might not work but seemed to work without them so not sure if it was a different model or what - it looked like a repair had already been done before.
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Next I cut strips of an old AA card to run along the edge & fix the plastic on both sides. I also used bicarb & glue to fill cracks in the middle where I couldn't add AA card.
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Built up a runner to stop it moving around - lubed it with dry lube for bikes. I had to shave off bits from the top of 'B' (the runner) as the buttons wouldn't sit flush - this casused a lot of hassle dismantling & reasembling & trying different heights to get it right.
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By the end I realised there was an easier way of putting it togther each time in one motion, kind of in, down & under - rather than trying to add each one individually & then hold all 3 buttons in place in while adding the top case - either way it is fiddly but once the lid goes on it works like a charm.
Will leave the fridge to sit upside down for a bit (Although it worked well so probably don't need to) & will reasemble tomorrow. Hope this helps anyone who has a working fridge but b*ggerd buttons.
