Thanks Bobb, actually I just got off the phone with my vendor and he is sending me another new one today. He was very nice about and since mine was perhaps the first one out of a new shipment he will probably be checking each one of them....at least the one he's sending me!!
So, we'll see how it does and if not satisfied I'll try your contact. I'll take a look anyway as information.
In the meantime I just finished put my new shiny aluminum driveshaft in the panel....one piece at a time. Gosh, I can almost hear this thing running !!!