I am gathering that you would not recommend that I ask Tom to assist with the Little Red Riding Thing...
(Concerning which device there is more to the continuing saga. But I don’t feel like writing about it now. Something to do with frustration levels and such, which could only be topped by finding that the replacement B&S 17.5 hp used motor that I snagged off EBay turns out to be a oily doorstop. It is presently in the hands of the FedEx peoples who report its last known location as of 2100 Tuesday was DuBois, PA.)
A year from now, when Tom has completed his diesel engine mechanics course, then you can ask.
Tom sympathizes with your engine shipping saga: his new computer, which Fed Ex said would be here before 8:00 last night, is actually in Japan.