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no one ever heard of sticking a 2 X 4 cut to the right length under
something, to use it as a support to temporarily make something stay up
there while you start the fasteners ?
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I dunno about anybody else but when I first looked at the housing and saw
the cracks in it, how it was made etc. I got the idea that it was just a
cover and the (relatively) heavy stuff inside was mounted to the upper
frame/roof of the van. Assumptions being what they are, I was therefore
unpleasantly surprised when the whole damn thing started to come down with
the housing as I took it off. I was also working alone as usual, so... you
know the rest.
I'd like to think that I'm not the only one to make that mistake, but I
suppose it's possible. : /

So here's a story just for you, Scott. I was checking my starter/isolating a
starting problem so I broke out my remote starter switch, knowing how proud
that would make you and all. It didn't work. Checked it with the meter, no
joy. Damn piece of junk... only used it maybe fifteen times. It isn't made
to come apart- I'll have to remember to look for that the next time I buy
something like that. I got irritated and decided to spray 'something' down
into the trigger area and so I grabbed a can of carb cleaner. Just about the
time I was spraying it around my dim brain piped up and said 'acetone...
plastic... hello?' (I blame the medications). So I left some fingerprints on
the case, big deal. I was of course wondering what all that did to the
inside of the thing but when I checked it again with the meter- voila!
Continuity! Hooked it back up and fired the engine right off. Sometimes,
(rarely) it pays to get irked and do something stupid. : )

Cya,
Robert