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Indeed, be wary to not let any debris fall into the engine. I liked his care with the Q-tip trimmed and rag running the groove with acetone.

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Every few months it will leak at another spot.

@@muhammedk9648 maybe depending on your gasket conditions I guess. Putting in some AT-205 will help renew it.

That's all well and good if the leak is on the outside, and you don't plan to keep the car and want to offload the problem onto a potential buyer. But as the gasket continues to age, leaks can develop around the spark plugs allowing oil to seep into the cylinders. Unless you're afraid to turn a wrench, this is a cheap (less than the cost of gas or an oil change) and simple repair that anyone can successfully tackle. It is also a good idea to check or replace the PCV valve. A sticking or clogged PCV valve can cause excessive pressure in the head and be the reason the valve cover gasket developed a leak in the first place, not just age. The only caveat I would mention is that the ignition coil pack connectors might break and crumble when you disconnect them. However, your Toyota dealer should have the connectors, and they are fairly easy to replace.

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Please enlighten us so we may all learn something :-)

Meaning a lot of trash could have went down in the spark plug whole. So when you do take the spark plugs out that debris will be in there and fall in at a later time. Causing trash to be in the cylinder. My opinion.

@@clarencehunter3360 Thank you for the comment, that is a good point. My concern at the time was getting as much debris off the top of the valve cover as I could so it would not fall off into the engine when I removed the cover. I will have to remember to blow out the debris from the spark plug hole before I replace them next time.

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Glad to know the hair dryer will do it cause my heat gun is nowhere to be found, thanks guys

Unless you have someone holding it up fpr you lol

Sorry for the late response. For the steam to work, you have to add Lionel smoke fluid to the smoke stack and also switch ON the smoke unit ON/OFF switch located on the bottom of the engine. The manual also cautions "When the smoke unit switch is in the ON position, always keep a small amount of smoke fluid in the locomotive’s smoke generator; the generator’s element can become damaged if operated without smoke fluid." Here's a link to the manual. www.lionelsupport.com/media/servicedocuments/73-1936-250.pdf

I got one for sale

@@sKid-zy1ss . Where ? Price ?

Thank you for the positive feedback, I'm glad you had a good outcome, aside from the broken LCD, I'm sure that was upsetting. Alas, my daughter's laptop hinges are once again having the same issue, but it lasted about 4 years this go around - I told her to keep her lid open and only close it when she had to :-) I think I'll start looking on ebay for a used one that has some other issue with it, maybe make one good one out of the two, we shall see ... in the mean time, keep those lid open/close cycles to a minimum ;-)

Hello, it has been working fine with no problems so far. I change the pad out every year before the heating season, they are around $13, at which time I rinse out all the mineral deposits from the removable pad housing. I see a fair amount of mineral deposits when I change the pad, so if I didn't change it out every year or so, the deposits could build up to the point where it could cause clogging I think. We continue to use the outdoor thermometer feature on the humidistat almost daily, it's a quick and easy way to check the temperature. Thanks for your question!

I would look on ebay for someone selling one for parts/repair. Not sure what's wrong with yours but if the motherboard is good and it boots up and just the body is damaged, you might find someone selling one with a bad motherboard or one that won't boot fairly reasonable. I don't repair laptops for a living, so I don't know what would be involved with your particular model. Good luck :)

That's a good idea. My laptop is functioning well but the body is fairly damaged like the hinges are broken and due to use with broken hinges now the bottom plastic near the battery is broken due to strain. I will look for someone selling a non-working laptop on ebay. Thanks for the advice.

You might consider a refurbished laptop, considering the labor & cost involved to replace the entire case. Back up all your personal data to an external drive first.