Man, oh man. That sucks Jim!! And just when you got it back up again!! I hate dumb mistakes! And I sure have made my share of them...That brings to mind the time when I was changing my timing chain and my helper didn't have a tight hold on the wire attached to the chain. I ended up going fishing for the timing chain for the next couple hours. I was afraid I'd have to pull the pan, but luckily I didn't!
Good luck!

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