Do you remember me saying that if you can keep to that schedule you outlined that you are in a different mechanical dimension than I am ?

You are now experiencing the real world of old machines. And then throw in the exotics of MB for parts chasing on weekends and holidays and overdesigned systems to start with.

The kind of day you are having NOW multiplied over a thousand times in the last 35 years... This is where we old guys get our conservative attitudes... they are ETCHED INTO US by adrenaline highs and lows.

When you see a bunch of old guys arguing for pages about mundane subjects which you are sure is only caused by their lack of a Real Life.. think again... When they advise " Always run a tap into holes to clean them before putting the bolt back in " and " to blow out the chips in the hole" or " WEAR GOGGLES WHEN BLOWING THE STUFF OUT OF THE HOLE" or " find a bottoming tap for blind holes to do this correctly" or " you can't get the proper torgue reading unless the hole is cleaned " or " put heavy grease on the threads before inserting the tap to catch the metal shavings" or " use locktite or Antiseize for specific types of situations"..... All these things were learned the hard way back when there was not a method of sharing information like the internet.... or people who could ' feel your pain' when you write about it...

Don't let inanimate objects affect your MOOD....You can lose many battles and still win the WAR by persistance and carefully choose the animate objects you allow to affect your MOOD and motivation.