I know the feeling. I started my wrenching career in Rhode Island and know what you run into. I think that even once you get the T-bar out of the socket, the rust inside the socket will probably flake out and make the hole too big and sloppy to reuse anyway. On a side note......I was standing outside the main gate at Quonset Point one day waiting for a ride when a Volkswagen Bug when blasting through the intersection. It was an intersection that has a dip going in and a dip coming out. By the time the bug was completely through the intersection, it was in 5 pieces! The engine/transaxle went one way, the front end another, the right door fell off along with a front and rear fender. After it slid to a stop on the pan, the driver got out, shrugged his shoulders, and walked away. It was one of the funniest things I ever saw. After I picked myself up from ROTGL I walked over and took a look at it. It was a wonder it made it that far without falling apart. Every part of the car was rusted through. The only reason the drivers door didn't fall off was that it was welded shut!
