Valve housing changes really were one of the few jobs that worked out better when left to the premier trade
, the background of the said GE normally dictated how quickly the job went.... Faeries & DF's normally took an active interest , but ran away at the first sniff of OM15, the riggers were usually eager to help but the dragging knuckles could interfere somewhat!
I was fairly fortunate as an SVC , many times I had no faults at all, although 7 days U/S in Rio due to dual VSI failure could be seen as the best of bad luck?