I lost your phone number, which is probably a good thing, because it means you missed out on having to talk me off a ledge a couple times. I'm happy to hear that the house went through!! If you need help, I count as a 'friend with a truck', I suppose.
Anyway, I'm eager and scared for you to take a look at what I've done. I did some... unorthodox things... and I'm almost afraid to hear that I did them horribly wrong. I'm still not sure what to do about some unpainted metal I've got hanging around, now...
Still, I'm glad I talked to you about the torsion bar crank. It turns out I inherited an impact driver, and with the right socket, that made the process eeeeeeeeeeeasy.