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Awwww......crap!

So I'm under the car today checking some things and came to two conclusions. One, the cork pan gasket I used was WORTHLESS. It's saturated through, and hence leaking. Two.....I'm in for a good amount of work. I was checking the pan bolts, and the front drivers side bolt was a little loose. Started tightening, and SNAP! Yup, head came off with some threads, recessed remains in block. Oh yaay. Gotta drive the car so hopefully it won't be a tremendous leak right there.

That sucks, but at least its an easy spot to get to. Craftsman screw extractors should be able to get it right out. You might even be ok with that one missing, since the oil pan as about a billion nuts one next to the other, holding it on.
Toyota sells its own form in place gasket in a tube. Its much better then the normal rtv stuff, might be worth a try.

Yeah, I'm considering the Toyota stuff, but first thing I'm going to try is to see if I can't get a Fel-Pro rubber gasket. Those have worked well for me in the past on other things.

As for the bolt, unfortunately it's located right above the front to back crossmember, so I'm going to have to put the hoist on the motor for extra support and drop that cross member so I can get a straight shot at what's left of that bolt. Would be a good time to upgrade to those motor mount inserts, but I don't have the scratch for it right now.

Oh definitely do the inserts at the same time. You wont want to have to install that rear motor mount twice. Its a pain.