OEM 2005 Lincoln Town Car Front Cross-Member

2005 Lincoln Town Car Front Cross-Member Parts Q&A

• Q: How to Service and Repair the Front Cross-Member of the Transmission Support on 2005 Lincoln Town Car?

  A: Repair or service operations on the transmission support crossmember require first setting the vehicle to neutral and hoisting the vehicle. Detach both the right-hand HO2S sensor connector and the RH catalyst monitor connector after which you should remove the RH exhaust flange bolts. The exhaust clamp requires loosening before removing the RH exhaust pipe from its position. The service for the left-hand (LH) side begins with disconnecting both the LH HO2S sensor connector and the LH catalyst monitor connector before removing the bolts from the LH exhaust flange and loosening the exhaust clamp and removing the LH exhaust pipe. Start by taking off the rear transmission insulator nuts then put in suitable transmission jack installation. The first step is to remove bolts of both RH and LH side crossmember followed by the removal of parking brake cable bracket bolts with placement of the bracket aside. The crossmember presses into the pocket of the crossmember thus might need prying but make sure you avoid damaging it as you lower both sides to extract it. To install the crossmember position the left-hand side first into the pocket slot and loosely tighten its mounting bolts before adding right-hand side bolts. Reinstall the parking brake cable bracket before tightening the bolts maintaining a crossmember on both LH and RH sides. You should first install the rear transmission insulator nuts before taking out your transmission jack after lowering the transmission onto the crossmember. The RH catalytic converter assembly requires positioning without tightening the clamp while installing both RH exhaust flange nuts followed by final clamp torque. The installation of the LH catalytic converter assembly continues by connecting sensor and monitor connectors followed by clamps positioning without clamp tightening. Begin by installing the LH exhaust flange nuts, tightening the LH exhaust clamp; simultaneously attach the LH HO2S sensor and catalyst monitor connectors before the vehicle height reduction.