Yeah, it was the taking apart, part, that stopped my thought in its tracks... I actually found a huge crack in the whirly base that we thought was intact, today, when cleaning up the old unit to save for potential part-swapping later... poor thing won't make it for swapping into, but maybe for swapping out of...

:-)
Lea

: Love that Mr Fix it logic, LOL.
: I've used the carafe from a newer
: blender on an old one, then
: switched it back to the newer one
: after the old one died, but that
: didn't involve taking anything
: apart.
: Allison