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Originally Posted by shawn908 View Post
Small change but positive direction. After soaking in penetrating oil for a week I was able to crack half the fasteners on the heat exchangers. The hex bolts. Happiness. Waiting for a box end 13mm off eBay to arrive before entering the next phase of high anxiety while applying torque to the wrench. Will be adding more penetrating oil each day this week. The nuts are a different and much uglier rusty beast. Hoping for the best and mentally preparing myself to use the Stomski jig....
Just saying, heat them up until they are red and then loosen them, learned it from this forum.
100% success this way.
Good luck.
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