out of all the specialized sites I have set up shop in, this has got to be the best one for alien [me] content tolerance. I realize that I'm here on a tethered nickel, a technicality. an elaboration of an engine swap candidate question. Legitimate though diverted down a long dirt road, well off the highway.
Your interest is refreshing.
the issue of being out of get up and go is relative--everything on this globe is an illusion. This is more "work" than I have ever done to a vehicle, and yet, because I originated its design and intent, It's magic, not work. at 50, I could be delegating a lot more and doing other things, but this is where the excitement lies. It's empowering and rewarding when a solution is found and implemented, and terrifying during the discovery phases. My tail really is swaying in the wind. any one issue could invalidate this whole project, but I keep getting solutions. I have a kind of momentum you cant normally get when working for weekly money. I wake every day and attend to the details. a luxury I have never had before.
and yet, it may stop, due to an opportunity I have been given, to go back into aerospace as a master upholstery tech for Gulfstream aircraft co.

I worked for them 13 years ago and was forced out due to nepotism. can things change in 13 years? I dunno-- so I go like hell until the other shoe drops. either way, I am blessed. thanks to all here--todd