the easiest way to fix it is drive over here near Fayetteville and get my 89 SWB Montero that I can never seem to get time and/or money to keep running and replace it with my tank that had had the leaky hose situation welded up. You could have saved the 600 that you spent on tires. 2 engines (1 locked, 1 installed, maybe bad) 3 distributors, 3000 miles on tires, clutch, clutch slave cylinder. yadda yadda.

I had issue with it leaking, shop that was doing the work was supposed to fix it, so they did something and welding something in. It quit leaking.