haha far from an ideal situation I know but to be fair I am a pretty patient guy and the majority of the swearing is now coming from my wife due to the amount of time I am spending on it lol. She is away this weekend to visit her parents so I am hoping I can get as much time as possible devoted to getting this sorted then.
I had planned on replacing the cable so I think that will be my next step. I think the motor seems to be doing ok now but I could be wrong. Still think the box isn't great but its what I have to work with for a few weeks yet. If I didn't already have 2 zegemmas I probably would have looked at getting a different box around the £100 mark to get me going till I get the dreambox. Are the signal meters on amazon around £50 any use to use? I don't like letting anything like this beat me as I am usually more than capable but would it if I hold my hands up in defeat would I be better getting a meter or just paying somebody to do it "right"?