Tried that..had a bit of trouble getting the rubber spacers back in!! lol ,...anyway still didn't fix my issue. The 45deg tilt trick worked for all of about 5 mins. I was care about it's long term storage since last year. Didn't get below 5 degrees C where it was kept and it was stored in an insulated case.
Time for a new one I think. (Her indoors said yes!!)
Ordered a new drone now.
Due to not enough public posts on this forum unfortunately cannot post about my old drone in classifieds on here! (but I understand the rules)