Q: How Can You Safely Service Fuel Tank Straps on Mercury Cougar?
A: Service the fuel tank straps while maintaining safety by staying away from both smoking and open flames close to fuel-linked components because highly flammable vapors exist. You should first elevate and stabilize the vehicle for commencement. The first step consists of disconnecting exhaust hanger insulators while providing support to the exhaust system. The next step involves removing the center exhaust heat shield and breaking free stabilizer bar clamps together with links. Install proper packing to safeguard the fuel tank bottom before removing its strap bolts and partially lowering the fuel tank. You should then proceed to remove both the stabilizer bar and fuel tank straps. You should execute an inverse installation process when reinstalling the system.
Q: How to service the Fuel Tank Straps on Mercury Sable?
A: Service the fuel tank straps by elevating the vehicle for support then add a security support directly under the fuel tank. First remove the strap bolt then position the strap pin correctly with the body bracket hole and take out the pin. Repetition of this procedure will be needed for all additional straps requiring removal. From beginning to end follow the removal steps in reverse order when installing the fuel tank straps while carefully supporting the fuel tank. If you remove the fuel tank, the hinged end of the strap attachment will stay in position using an alignment pin.
Q: How to Service Fuel Tank Straps on Mercury Mountaineer?
A: The procedure of servicing fuel tank straps should start by achieving NEUTRAL gear position and hoisting the vehicle. The service requires removing four bolts together with the nut and the fuel tank skid plate before tightening skid plate bolts to 40 Nm (30 lb-ft) when reinstalling all components. The initial step involves extracting the driveshaft followed by installation of appropriate jack support for the fuel tank. The next step requires you to eliminate the bolt holding the fuel tank rear support strap along with a 35 lb-ft torque setting for reinstallation. You should remove the nut which supports the front side of the fuel tank and tighten it to 48 Nm (35 lb-ft) when reinstalling. The procedure ends by performing the removal steps in reverse to finish the installation.