It sucks when we don't get enough time for these projects and then to add insult to injury it doesn't go as planned.
I been feeling a similar pain on trying to build a DIY engine stand to hold my engine from the sides so I can install the rear plate and the oil pan.
Same. I’m taking time off just to make decent headway on my tracker and the frame graph. Funny how we swap from all the time and no money to money and no time