defiant encore top front bolt access

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    Defiant Encore 0028 (1988purchase); Top Front Bolt Access

    We moved the stove (lifting it by the top) for a chimney cleaning. I now have a leak (smoke oozing from front right top corner of stove). I have, in the past, taken the stove apart to replace gaskets and replaced fireback kit. At that time, I had the stove top removed and I remember replacing...