I gave this a try this morning with mixed results, I was able to switch to a non-hybrid part, but it didn't allow me to cut an paste the operations out of the old part body all in one shot I had to do each branch of the tree one at a time, in doing this any branches that linked to anything else...
Thanks Jackk, I'll give that a try on Monday. I inadvertantley had the hybrid enabled and had created several parts, even though it probably doesn't matter if they are hybrid or not, I would just like to have them all the same. FYI I'm not actually on the 777 that is just a handle, currently...