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blades,i can't offer any suggestions on the technical issues you raised, but... and nothing untoward you meant by this, but fwiw... i feel almost compelled to ask you to consider this may be "someone's" (i.e. nature's) way of telling you this may not be the car/environment for you. call it my "old guy" mentality (48 next month) but if it was me going through all of this, i have to confess that i'd consider these to be caution flags.i began seriously factoring these kinds of events in my high risk activities after my first parachute jump and the parachute on the guy just before me <i was #2> didn't open; i reviewed local white shark population stats against my diving practices when a close friend was severely mauled by a white some years ago... and modified my diving appropriately.be well and best of luck in bringing your car back to mint+ condition.hal
blades,
i can't offer any suggestions on the technical issues you raised, but... and nothing untoward you meant by this, but fwiw... i feel almost compelled to ask you to consider this may be "someone's" (i.e. nature's) way of telling you this may not be the car/environment for you. call it my "old guy" mentality (48 next month) but if it was me going through all of this, i have to confess that i'd consider these to be caution flags.
i began seriously factoring these kinds of events in my high risk activities after my first parachute jump and the parachute on the guy just before me <i was #2> didn't open; i reviewed local white shark population stats against my diving practices when a close friend was severely mauled by a white some years ago... and modified my diving appropriately.
be well and best of luck in bringing your car back to mint+ condition.
hal