Looks like your gunna have to tear into it. May as well rebuilt it with good stuff. Good parts are cheap and the TF is so easy to build a 10 year old girl could do it & that's not a joke!!
J par, this is the best advice I can give you. Look around the neighborhood for about a 10 year old girl, and turn the project over to her! All this technical stuff, questions, and you were told on the 1st page a 10 year old girl could do it.
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