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I am laughing at your whole story. I too had the same difficulties with my 95 automatic LX. stupid set-up for sure. i did not get fluid in my nose. doubt that most quick lube places are going to be able to remove that pan. and for sure, sucking out the old fluid will not clean off the magnets or remove the sludge at the bottom. if you are worried about a slow leak then clean off the area if you can reach it and apply some LTV sealant around the outside of the seam. Ya- it is not the "right" thing to do- but it will probably be fine..... I also broke my gasket and I broke one of the bolts in the removal process. and the bolt was one of the ones that it was impossible to get to for removal and/or rethreading of the hole. that was over a year ago- no leaks at all- None. I did sort of cheat and take a bit of a chance and slightly overtighten the bolts on both sides of where I broke a bolt.
I an not even going to think about it. the worse situation is trying to remove the speedometer gear unit on the manual transmission- I would really like to know what idiot designed that system - some come out easily and some will just not come out without using a lag bolt and a slide hammer- which then ruins the speedo gear unit.
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