Ha. Yes, Scorron, I do do all of those things already. Tranny fluid is good. I recently added 3/4 Lucas tranny fluid (it seems like a good product; hopefully, I didn't just squeeze away my money). The tranny is feeling good.

I did recently drain the power steering fluid from the banjo bolt; it was a messy process and after some more reading on this site, I opted to finish the process with the cutting edge turkey baster technique. The steering is feeling easier (it was very stiff in cold conditions). Once I get the fluid back to red, similarly, I was going to add some Lucas power steering fluid. I threw a magnet (rather, carefully tied it to a string) for good measure. I wonder if that oil by the column could've been fluid migration from when I drained from the banjo bolt. I'll clean it off with tough (do they actually spell it tuff) stuff and see if it returns.

I checked the timing belt. Written on the TB cover is 60,000 miles, but I wonder if it was done a second time because the belt seems to be in good condition. I did purchase a timing belt and seals (I needed to somehow get my order of retaining pins over $50 for free shipping).

That's good news about the hose. One less thing to worry about.

Finally, freed the bolts on the fuel filter and replaced that. There was a pair of rubber belt clamps in the clearance bin of advanced auto, and I used that to free the back bolt and then slid on an oil clamp to get off the front clamp (albeit with a longer torque wrench I have and a lot of elbow grease and PB Blaster).