Guys, what a joy it is to have others that have been on this journey before and those that a just watching and learning. I encourage all to have the same frustations and joys I had both in a short peorid of time. Last night I could not get the tank over the frame where i need it to go.
Woke up 2 hours ago and woke up my wife and told her I was going to the shop---asured her that I would not use and power tools. It had come to me in my sleep that just because there was a seam that apeared to be on top may not mean it was. With the help of 2 ratchet straps (the LSR bodymans friends) I got the tank back off. Rotated it to where the drain was on the very bottom and the seam was slightly off and tried again.
This time with 3 ratchet straps pulling on and a huge wood block and a BIG hammer it now resides where I wanted it. When I lengthed the cage 2" longer to help keep my arms in I didn't quite drop the frt hoop enough---you can just see where it is on the outside of the tank skin. We have a lomg way to go but we hear the renlentless rustle of the calander pages as they turn, bringing us ever closer to SPEEDWEEK and the hoped for shake down runs and qualifying for the LONG COURSE