Yeah, the parts cost was just unbelievable when I was trying to decide what I wanted to do. For not much more I could've bought a whole "new" unit, and kept this one for spare parts. As it was, the whole shooting match cost me maybe $30 at Home Despot with the two other failed attempts, and a couple hours' time forming it and making sure the compound stayed where it was put.

Truly, JB Weld certainly stinks much less than some of the more ... aromatic high-strength epoxies. I learned from my previous repairs with it that you need to use a lot of it to get a satisfactory hold, and to mix it thoroughly or the hardener doesn't work right, leaving a brittle join. Serendipitously, it does mostly match the colour, and another nice property is it does not expand during the drying process, unlike some other polymer adhesives. What you leave is what you get. And I agree it's much less dangerous than some other ones to handle; it just washes off with soap as long as it's not set.