I just fixed my start this way. I used an long bar attached to my socket to get the top bolts off. It was a 15minute job. Both came off real easy with i extend my socket with bar to increase my force.
This has been extremely helpful. Part of the reason why I want to leave the original lines alone is due to the heat shield. I know if I take it off it probably won't go back without me having to put in new bolts. I live in the northeast and everything is completely rusted.
The exhaust wrap...
So the coolant lines that run to my rear heater core are leaking. They look just like the lines in this post.
https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/overflow-bottle-always-low.463511/
The only difference is that the line that's leaking for me is 87209B, not 87209C. This is the line that runs up...