Stop in for a cup of coffee

lunch break... it's like a different world when you're on vacation... :p - went and got the HD inspected, I guess he could have rejected me but, he got a case of the "cool dudes" and popped a sticker on it! Whew - I hate having to change a couple of stupid little things for 1 hr...
So, got that done AND the bypass is in! WOOHOO - good God what a PITA!!!

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here you can clearly see how much material I had to grind away to get the nipple and hose in there...

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Fixing things like that us the best kind of progress IMO. Things that don't want to get fixed.