Originally Posted by
Andrew R Stewart
Francis- It wasn't you that I was talking about directly. But your reply did fall into the radiated zone of my comment. ...
That's OK, I didn't take it personally. My point is that there is sometimes a place for meatball surgery. It creates a middle ground between "costs more than it's worth" and scrapping something.
If you read the OP it asks the question "can I get more life out of it cheaply?". That's what I answered, and why I suggested the not so good, but can be done cheap repair option.