Black & Decker SpaceMaker ODC325 Coffee Maker "heating element wrench size" Questions

heating element or just the thermostat and fuse? (that's if I can get the screws out) thank you! By sticking a small screwdriver where the pin is inside the torx type fastener, I was able to break the

...heating-element leads, you'll see one is blue and carries your line power/hot (coming from the top light), while the other is brown, and is connected both to the bottom light and to the thermostat PC ...

...heating element. Barely enough to grab, but I pulled out the valve, turned it around and replaced the hose by opposite ends. This worked great. I would feel better if I could just replace the tubing ...