Please tell me you are throwing the POS crushed body tube in the junk heap WHERE IT BELONGS and replacing it with a pristine new one worthy of the build.
There is ZERO VALUE in using vintage but JUNK components.

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When in doubt, WHACK the GAS and DITCH the brake !!!

Yes, there is such a thing as NORMAL, if you have to ask what is "NORMAL" , you probably aren't !
Failure may not be an OPTION, but it is ALWAYS a POSSIBILITY.
ALL systems are GO for MAYHEM, CHAOS, TURMOIL, FIASCOS, and HAVOC !