Yeah, I know that moment! :) Glad it worked...
And, again, the problem wasn't deliberate, and I believed it as I gave a listing/definition/description of the terms you asked about...but you didn't respond back to me (directly) that you didn't follow those but the thread went off into google searches and such that seemed pretty far afield so I quit following it closely (after pointing out the symptom of the stem itself leaking _had_ to be a misdiagnosis because there's no path to the water for a leak under the handle screw).
Anyway, _do_ come back, ahr is, overall, a pretty friendly group for usenet w/ at least a moderately high signal to noise ratio...
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