The job was a technical challenge on several levels, but it all worked out just fine in the end.
Whoa, great job.
It would be interesting to know how you managed to solve it though since his replies in the first page don't look like it's a simple password issue that can be solved by bruteforce alone.
Have he provided you any possible passwords, parts or token file?
Or perhaps the password is just too short and simple that you succeeded with bruteforce?