Bluebeard - maybe you should laugh with us and let it go. What occurs is that every time this happens, a little more torque is applied. You just happened to be the one that provided the last push to get the torque wrench to click. And once the GREAT CARNAC gets his g0nad$ torqued, he squeaks. The squeaky wheel gets the grease.
This isn't the only reason newbees (and not so newbees) get grief over on this site. Please take stuff lightly and reap the heap of good that comes with occasional grief.
I get it that he gets frustrated- especially since he is doing this for free. But if he doesn't want to get torqued, he should make his instructions clearer. I purposely re-read the instructions literally dozens of times, because I kept wondering "why wouldn't anyone write down the numbers and instead substitute letters?" It made no sense to me. So I made sure -several times- that there were no letters included in my numeric sequences, and yet I still get the rath of cr*p. And he goes off on me about some random lettering on the dash. Hey, everyone has their quirks........ But if he doesn't want the hassle about his pet peeves going off, he needs to be clearer in his instructions.
This is a huge site and it is a bit overwhelming when trying to do searches for stuff. A lot of extra stuff comes up that is tangentially related, so you end up spending a lot of time reading stuff that isn't exactly related to your main topic. Thus, I, in an effort to reduce the time consumed reading, tend to read the first 10 or so posts on a subject and then move on to the next thread if I don't exactly find what I am looking for. I didn't read where anyone else has fallen into his pet peeve trap. I just figured "I guess other people swap letters for numbers" and thought that to be a bit odd, but had no idea of the wrath that accompanies this indiscretion. I get it that he needs the exact numeric sequence to cut and paste to his database. He just needs to make his request clearer and then he won't have to waste his time admonishing every newbie that comes around...... Unless he gets his kicks harassing unsuspecting people just looking for a little info.
I'm not mad- I get quirky guys- ****, we are all a little quirky (who is "normal" that buys military vehicles?) My wife calls the 923A2, the "beast". So no hard feelings on my end.
Either way, I will write this adventure off as my first "skirmish" at Steel Soldiers. Hopefully, I still can get some info from him.... if my information is in the correct format???? I still am not sure what he was harassing me about - other than the lettering on the dash (which WASN"T a numeric sequence). As soon as I figure out EXACTLY what I did wrong, I will submit to him an addendum which he may choose or not choose to add to his instructions to help clarify his requirements for requests of information.