[TorqueHead]

The good news is I have new rubber on all four corners. The bad news is that I did not look very closely when I thought I had a torn CV boot on the front. Upon closer inspection it is the steering rack boot which seems to indicate I need a new rack. Crap. This must be age related as I would not expect a rack to leak after only 25,000 miles. I barely touched the boot and it came apart and a bunch of oil came out. Sigh. I also did battle with the fuel filter replacement. Eventually I won, but it was not easy.
Getting the rear filter connection undone was easy, the front, not so much. After giving up and reading everything I could find on the net, I went back at it and in the end, undid the filter from the stuck coupling thinking I would have more room to work on the coupling. Well yes, but now there is nothing to support the lines making it difficult to exert any torque without damage to the lines. So I went deeper into the engine bay and undid the next connection point which was not stuck. This allowed the line with the stuck connectors to be removed and placed into my bench vise and finally I freed up the stuck connectors.

Does anyone put any paste or tape on the threads to prevent this hardship in the future?