I am notorious for violating KISS principal and often get paralysis by analysis.
You gave a solution (thank you) to my random rambling in two ways: one giving a working solution but more importantly you reminded me of my tendencies mentioned in the beginning -- KISS and why reinvent the wheel if there is a good practical solution ....
Any who, now I am just wonder if people just welded a slug over the top or went the extra step of removing the existing plug -- darn, there is that analysis paralysis -- never the less anybody?