Thanks guy's.
Please don't think that I tell you to get pity, cause, it's definitely not my style.
Just needed you all to know that if you never see me on here with my finished stuff, you'd know what happened.
I know the ex left due to my

RC obsession (as she put it) less than 12mths later & she's married some other poor sucker.

Suffer in ya jocks mate.
Nope, the fire was an electrical fault, but, not from lipo's. Oh well, cest la vie.
I'll be out of action for at least 1 mth after the op, so, that's why I'm trying to get things sorted before hand.
Thanks for the help on the Neu end bell cover, I'll break out the dremel & give it a buzz.
Now I just gotta hear from my specialist about when I'm going in, the sooner the better, cause, I am seriously over this shit. No work for 6mths is driving me crazy, not due to lack of $$, but, from pure boredom.
Thanks for the well wishes too.