"I trust my work over an unknown rebuilder."

Amen. It isn't that hard to do either; at least you don't need that lathe you figure on using. Big vise will do, although an arbor press is better. 60-watt or heftier soldering iron. And the parts are cheap, but the labor is guaranteed to be better than the sweat shop chain autoparts rebuild spray and pray core recyclers, I think. No single flaw in a 240 has caused me more tow truck calls than lack of charging.


--
Art Benstein near Baltimore

A husband
in his back yard
is trying to fly a kite.

He throws the kite up
in the air,
the wind catches it
for a few seconds,
then it comes crashing
back down to earth.

He tries this
a few more times
with no success.

All the while,
his wife is watching
from the kitchen window,
muttering
to herself
how men need
to be told
how to do everything.

She opens the window
and yells to her husband,
"You need a piece of tail."

The man turns
with a confused look on his face
and says,
"Make up your mind.
Last night,
you told me
to go fly a kite."