Well, I definately can't afford new assemblies. My intimidation really just comes from lack of experience and knowledge rather than lack of confidence, so I think I'd like to try it myself.
You wouldn't happen to have first hand knowledge of this project yourself would you? My most imedieate concern is that I would like to order the parts tonight from and want to be sure I get everything I'll need up front so I don't get stuck missing something that can't run an get at Ace hardware in the middle of the project.
I know I'm starting to flood this board with questions, I'm just trying to get a lot done and each project I research just seems to lead to another one that I have to to do first.