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Good topic. Don't have any help so I'm always trying to figure things like this out.

Get some speed bleeders for your brakes and clutch. Best investment you can make. You can bleed everything fast. Beats those vacuum devices hands down.

You need to make some extra long leads for your meters so you can clip on things and make tests from a distance and still see the results.

Removing and re-installing hood for radiator service is another tricky one. I just did it alone. On an L model you can lay towels around the bumper and body edges where the hood might chip against the body. The bumper acts to stabilize the hood. It can fall down a little when the bolts are removed and not harm anything. To -re-install, place towels all around and stab the hood back into the space between body and bumper, it will hold there while you get the bolts started.