Well as much as I paid whats a few more ten spots..lol. Thanks everyone. After talking to X101, and the seller I found out this is the way it is. And that the C2 screws are titanium.
He still could have cleaned out the old
juice though...
Very early on when I dove into buying Reos I bought a "lot" of RM2's with lots of spare parts for them, some for RM3's, Reo mod parts, other odds and ends, etc that were pictured in a plastic storage box that was not a very clear picture. When they came not only were they all filthy dirty, some are so old they must be an early RM2 run as far as I still know that are not like the other newer RM'2's I have (no air intake hole/modded deck), most with no posts/screws, some no ceramic base, other odds and ends IO had no clue what for and they were actually "floating" in old grimy
juice, lint and dirt. The whole mess was flushed under hot running water for quite a while with copious amounts of antibacterial soap, then processed through the UC several times before I actually touched any of it. All of it was useless stuff for my uses even as a new Reo user with little gear for them yet, just wasted money spent. It showed to go me though that there are dirt bags in the land of Reo like there is everywhere else now days.
