Rich, thanks for the kind words...but hardly! I'm not nearly as hand skilled as most who post here...the paranoia that I'll really screw things up creeps in, so I limit myself to the simple stuff, scream for help if I even think I'll get in trouble. The reason I knew N. Hollywood had the new rubber rings is that I just shipped a press/temp gauge down there for Evren's project. The gauge was from a car being parted out, so they are going to check for function, repair & restore as needed, and give it a new rubber ring, since it arrived here without one. Once I get it back, plus the senders & washers I ordered from Pelican, we'll figure out how to get it all to Evren. Helping him with a project in Istanbul has made me realize that we here in the USA don't have any problems at all...