Re: overheated
Your comment about coming apart easily may have a hidden caveat. '88 to 2011 is 23 years and corroded bolts holding the cover on could be a real problem, especially if you are in a salt environment. Harbor Freight tools sells impact wrenches, both pneumatic and electric. Having restored old farm machinery for a period of time, an impact wrench on an old bolt/nut is absolutely priceless. If you twist off just one of your bolts, the replacement cost/frustration will more than pay for an impact wrench.
Soak it good in PB Blaster, or another quality penetrating oil (not WD-40...too weak) for a day or two before you start in on it. Get your tool and set it on a lower power setting (2 or 3 on a scale of 9-10) as the bolts on that cover are small and the wrenches you buy from HF can handle much larger bolts and you have to give them time to work loose. Otherwise you can twist them off with that just like too much wrench. Get on it and let it hammer, watching the socket for signs of movement If the bolt starts to come out but stalls, get off it, soak it some more and go to the next one.
If you don't want to do that, then I would take a 3/8" breaker bar with suitably sized socket and a good hammer and smack the end of the bar in "impact" fashion.
I replaced a cover years ago on a 115 tower and using the mentioned technique made it a seamless process.
HTH and good luck,
Mark
