Cyril:
First of all, very nice thread. I really enjoyed vicariously watching you get your hands slimy with hydraulic fluid. I have always wondered what the innards of a three point look like. now I know. I have to admit that I have not dropped a socket into quite that unrecoverable of a spot, tough, but not that tough. It reminds me if I ever need to do somthing like that, sacrifice a socket and an extension with a spot weld.
Egon:
Just make sure you bring that machine to the proper part of the state, west of the mountains. Average rainfall 30 to 36" per year, little at a time, all the time. BTW it has not gotten above 75 degress in Seattle yet this year, a new record by more than three weeks.
Now east of the rocks the climate will preserve and shrink that machine with rainfall at less than 10" per year up to about 15." Most of that is in winter time snow. Has been a bit chilly over there this spring as well, not been much above 90 yet. Wheat farmers are compaining about rust. First time ever.
So, make sure and ship that green machine what needs growin' to somewhere around Seattle, unless you wanna get a jump start on the growth, then send it to Forks (where all them vampires hang out) 130" of annual rainfall. It'll grow quick and it is a good thing it has green blood, it'll be safe from the toothy ones.