Hard to believe EZ on hard times. If he got a divorce and she took him for everything maybe but everything he has is paid for including several rental properties.
My EZ just runs and runs and runs without problems for the last six years. I have still have not blew a coupler yet. I've had diesel heater problems but I look at that not part of the machine plus it is a different heater than what came with it. Four to five years problem free on my diesel heater. I will call him here in a few days and see what he is doing

. I can almost guarantee you he will call me back if he don't answer. I haven't talked to him in several years either.