yes Sam... thank you again.  Apparently whatever he said to Matt lit a fire under him and he finally stopped dodging me after months and months...

And yes John, I got my new parts back, but everything was dirty and covered in dirt and sand... so I'll just have to give everything a real good cleaning.... The work was shoddy and questionable though... and he kept some of my OEM parts that he was supposed to install on the bottom end.... crappy paint job over grease/oil... cases were never blasted like they were supposed to be... amongst some other stuff....