I'd consider welding but my local dealership was able to get one, the only one in the country. The list price was $133. So, I'll go that route.

It's funny that the biggest problem with the hydraulic valve replacement happened to be one of the more routine maintenance procedures.

I think that these cars are very intelligently engineered. I like the challenge of working on them, very little margin of error. Each step must be performed very deliberately or small disasters can occur. I had such a tough time getting that tensioner tightening bolt out that I thought I may have to have the car towed to a repair shop. What an embarrasment and ego killer that would have been!