Eric,

I give you and Deb a LOT of credit for tackling this project. It must be extremely frustrating to do everting possible to do the job right (which I'm sure you are, given the work ethic of your mentor) and still have to repeat the performance.

Although it was no where close to the work that you are undertaking, I can understand to a small degree what you're going through. I once had to replace 3 BRAND NEW thermostats that I was installing because it was the "right thing to do" while replacing radiator hoses on one of my cars. As hard as it was for me to believe, 2 out of the 3 new thermostats were defective. It was fun taking things apart the first time, but by round 3, well, my vocabulary had changed a bit.

Good luck in getting this job completed once and for all. I'm rootin' for ya !