Take a deep breath Easy, that was not some sort of personal attack on your authority. I was working under the assumption that advice was just that--advice! I am trying to work through this problem, just like others have in the past. If I spend a lot of money and time replacing that switch and re-wiring it, and it doesn't fix the problem, you will not have to pay the bill--you will have no responsibility for it. That is why I have to take responsibility for what I think is wrong, and hopefully with the good suggestions and ideas from people who might have encountered issues similar to this in the past. But it would be folly for me to patently accept what you say by cyber-diagnosis, without using my own thinking skills. I do not have more experience that 40 years of a licensed PE, or even of a technician, but I am a physician and a professor at Texas A&M University, and I grew up in a heavy equipment salvage yard rebuilding engines and working on tractor-trailers throughout childhood, so I have at least gotten far enough to trust the outcome when I use my brain and Socratic reasoning. But as a wise person once told me, seek first to listen, and then to be listened to.
I tried to relay my appreciation for all advice and suggestions at the bottom of my last posting, but I get the feeling you have a large psychological investment in being an expert on this site, and in garnering respect for your knowledge; therefore it offends you if you feel disregarded or argued with. I have tried to deal with that in the past by incorporating humor aimed at diffusing you in all my posts, knowing that no post on this site goes unread by you, and you have responded to every first post I have ever made here. I don't think I have offended anyone or been rude n the slightest to anyone here--quite the contrary. So to say that no one will offer me advice if I have the audacity to disagree with the advice is more indicative of your sensitivity and need for control than a statement of my having done something wrong. As such, if for you it would be easier and less anxiety-provoking to not respond to any more of my posts, I understand. But please hear that is not my intention, but I also do not want to walk on egg shells to avoid possibly offending you (since clearly I have unwittingly done so multiple times in the past).
To all those who just read this embarrassingly irrelevant post, I am sorry you just used several seconds of you life. As I stated in my last post, I most humbly appreciate all of your advice and suggestions. I will certainly update this thread when I locate the problem--including if for some reason low and behold it turns out to be the stand switch. Or the ignition cross-fire modulator, or the flute-jack rotary girder. I will even check the muffler bearings.
