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Whew! That was a lot. At least it sounds like you might have it good to run for now.

I don't have an impact wrench at home so I was on the good old ratchet and breaker pipe. I'll probably have to drill the bolt out at least in part, maybe an easy out will get it, maybe not. Hopefully I can keep the threads of the hole in good shape. I sprayed some PB Blaster in there, figured it mig...

Yeah, I've been spraying it with PB Blaster every day. I thought I didn't have any when I started with the fuel tank removal so I used WD-40 but then I remembered there was some in my other car. Might have not broken the 14mm bolt if I had used PB on it but those bolts didn't look rusty even and the...

I knew the risk of one thing leading to another when I pulled the tank... But those lines really don't look good so good I did anyway.
That makes sense for removing the bolts. I'll use something stronger than Wd-40. Sounds like I might be in for a lot of thinking for the lines. Sigh.
Thank you both!

Well, One of the 14mm bolts snapped off when I had it turned about 3/4 in out. And the lines on top look about to be rusted through. How tricky is it to replace them?Possibly without snapping all those little bolts holding the plate on, that would be convenient. I was wondering how it is sealed arou...

I sometimes do better to start replacing parts if they aren't hard or expensive to replace. If I think I have to diagnose a problem first sometimes I won't do a thing because I don't know how to diagnose the problem... I replaced the thermostat, I don't know where it was made, it did not fix the iss...

Thanks Paul, I did spray with WD-40. Not the strongest stuff but better than nothing. The tank protector bolts actually looked in good shape if I remember correctly. There was more rust toward the back of the car than I realized... I'm thinking then that I'm just going to end up starting to take it ...

Hi, Just finally got to actually looking at removing the fuel tank. Could you clarify if I figured this out correctly? I think the trim and screws for the filler neck are obvious enough but:

Thanks garyfish, just used that.

I had asked my dad through e-mail what he thought but he is in a camping and not always checking communication devices way right now and it took him a few days to reply, I didn't know if it would be a week or more, but he too suggested replacing the thermostat first since it's pretty cheap and easy ...

Thanks, feeling the radiator with my hand is a test I can do with what I have. I don't have a laser thermometer and don't know if someone I know has one but now I think I do see some of your and Ace's point about knowing what the actual temperature is. I had this idea that I recently changed the wat...

When I was looking to borrow one I think the price was more than I wanted to pay but maybe if I looked around I could find one cheaper.

But the radiatior seems more likely to be an issue to me.

Thank-you. I don't think it has any other common symptoms of a head gasket issue. How do you check compression for free? The one auto parts store around here that loans tools I asked about a compression tester for something on my Tercel and was told they don't have one in their loaner set. I think m...