1999 Town Car fuel tank strap hardware replacement

[@nathanduesing2253]

Found this video yesterday when my 2008 Crown Vic fuel tank strap broke. I used your fix to perform the repair. It worked very well. Thank-you for posting this fix Walter !

[@mayorhp]

No problem. Glad it's still helping ppl. I still have the Lincoln and zero issues

[@rickebel7846]

I’m in the process of replacing the fuel tank on a 2011 Crown Victoria. Doubling up on the nuts is pure genius. Thanks for the tip.

[@MrMarshmallowable]

Had evap leak at top of the tank. This video greatly assisted in reinstalling the tank on a 2000 crown vic. Ordered part off of amazon as autozone couldnt find it in their inventory. Much appreciated for the tip.

[@mayorhp]

@@MrMarshmallowable glad it's still helping ppl

[@daleturner7911]

I needed this video thank you

[@mayorhp]

@daleturner7911 glad its still helping people.

[@akatuksta]

Hey .. thanks I recently bought a 2005 Lincoln town-car. When i went to pick it up the gas attendant filled it with diesel instead of petrol so had to remove the tank and drain and clean it. I live in Africa so the guys working on it were not familiar with lincolns. They had a hard time trying to get the bolts back on until i youtubed and showed them this video. Great help.

[@mayorhp]

Elvin Mutuka Glad to hear this video is still helping people.

[@akatuksta]

Yes it is, this was as recently as last week as on the 9th of July 2018

[@ooldschooll]

Fantastic information. You saved me a ton of aggravation and time. My local Ford dealer had the studs and the nuts. Studs were 4.50 a piece and the nuts were 2.50 a piece. That Dornan flange kit was 1150 at the same store I bought the straps from. Save me tons of driving and effort. Me and my son replace both straps on our fuel tank in an hour or so. Thank you so much for posting this video.

[@mayorhp]

I hate I rarely get notifications from KZbin. Trying to catch up on comments years later. Glad it worked for you. 6 years later I still have the Lincoln and zero issues with the parts used

[@rvg112]

Just bought an 06 vic, no one had the ford studs gonna try this, thanks for posting it!!

[@mayorhp]

Did yours have the stud like this one? Seemed like it was too short and couldn't get it to thread? Mines a 1999 Town Car. I would think the rank strap studs didn't change as the Panther platform remained pretty much the same. I posted this video years ago and still haven't had any issues with this fix that I posted

[@Jamespennington71]

Good information, thanks for the video. That being said, having worked at a parts store for several years. You can’t expect the guys at the counter to hold your hand and tell you everything you need for a job. It’s just simply not feasible. I mean, on a daily basis we get a customer skill ranging between people that don’t know how to pop their hood, to customers that rebuild their own engines. If you come in and buy parts, it’s kind of assumed you know what you’re doing and maybe had planned ahead a little bit in doing the job. A professional doesn’t want to have his time wasted by having some kid at the counter, double checking his preparedness to do the job. Thank God for forums and Internet research these days though right? I once had a kid come in and order disc brake calipers for a Cadillac. He had part numbers and everything. I didn’t have to look up a thing. Turned out, he was using them for a brake conversion on an old truck. He ended up needing lines and brackets and all sorts of other stuff to make the brakes work. He came back super pissed off that we didn’t tell him all this stuff. Really dude are you kidding me? 🤷🏻😂 most places it’s not policy to give too much advice just based on the fact that they can come back and use it against you later on. Had another guy buy a bottle of fuel injection cleaner, asked me if this is supposed to clear up dirty injectors? I said yeah it’s supposed to help. It didn’t help. He came back screamed at my boss screamed at me and asked for a refund. 🤷🏻😂 and I’m sure I’m not the only one that has stories like this working parts counter. Generally, most the time we let you do you and stay the hell out of it if we can ha ! I am totally going to use your trick when I drop the fuel tank on my crown Vic, though. Thanks again. !

[@davelee7296]

thank you brother. Saved me a lot of time & pain.

[@georgeantonaros5580]

Thank you for your great instructional video !! 🤗

[@faxx420]

just bought my first car at almost 17, got a vic with 99k miles that’s been sitting for years, not even knowing what to google i found this and im gonna try it out today

[@heatherw9132]

Thanks 4 doing this video. Helped immensely. Its b.s. that Ford, lincoln n mercury. Doing that. 👿 money corrupts.

[@mayorhp]

It was a weekend and the dealership was closed. My car was on my buddies lift at his business. The plan was to install the fuel pump in a couple hours and go home. Not one of our local part stores Napa, Advance, Auto zone or O'Reilly had this part. Just a quick fix for someone who finds themselves in a bind like I was in.

[@everettwalker3558]

Thank you for the info I have been fighting with these straps for 2 days and got to the point where I almost gave up until you provided this helpful video. I just purchased a set of these. 02 lincoln town car is what I have. Once again thank you so much and God bless!!!

[@darriushurley1]

BIG THANKYOU!!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@mayorhp]

Man I forget this video is still up after all this time. 7 years and the studs still doing their job.

[@christopherpalos3190]

Thank you im doing my fuel pump tomorrow you probably saved me alot of time

[@mayorhp]

Hope everything went well. Still have my Lincoln and repair still holding strong.

[@joli78363]

You just saved me alot of money on my car insurance...🎉

[@tonihrvichair]

How are you able to take the studs out of the trapped bolt? We got the longer studs but we can’t get the originals out.

[@johngarciar4351]

I tried your double nut reverse the bolt out trick. Absolutely did not work for me. What did work however was with the gas tank out the car (gives more room to work) throwing a vice grip on it and just twist off it loosen easily granted I live in Texas. So it’s not like my car is super rusted out.

[@victormiesner7804]

Thank you for your info .you about only one telling us about this prob.

[@92Chevy1987]

Life Saver!!! 😂😂 Thanks!! 🤝🏾

[@mayorhp]

Glad the video is still helping ppl.

[@jcromeo7493]

You the Best !! Thank You

[@midas617]

The kit from NAPA works good, also. Exhaust Stud Kit - M10-1.5 x 62mm Part #: NOE 6003231

[@kale664]

What about the bolt side

[@russellchadd8482]

Thank you so much for your help. Dorman studs worked perfectly.

[@mayorhp]

russell chadd you're welcome

[@03mm24]

Very very very helpful

[@capri8225]

Can I share this??

[@capri8225]

Good video

[@etyrnal]

the old tank strap nuts were 9/16th (15mm too small, 16mm slipped)... so, if the nuts are SAE, won't the captured nuts in the frame be SAE too?

[@mayorhp]

If you are referring to the thread of the capture nut on the frame. I am not 100% positive what the threading is. I know we spent awhile making sure the exhaust flange studs I used were the same thread as the tank strap bolts I removed. I could checked these studs several times since the video was made. They have not loosened up at all. Now I would be surprised if I picked up a set of factory tank straps and the thread was different than the dorman. I used m10x1.5

[@etyrnal]

Nutty SC walked into an "Advance Auto", they, didn't have them, but the "AutoZone" 2 block away did. We'll see how it goes tomorrow

[@etyrnal]

got the tank in! it was a pain in the rear for basically every step... there are ZERO tutorial that show the ENTIRE process... nobody mentions that you'll have to take apart the fuel filler tube and tubes.

[@mayorhp]

I was lucky enough to be near a computer that my has some sort of program like alldata. Can't remember the name. It had every step. The one thing it didn't mention was the dang mounting bolts needed to be replaced

[@nathanielbolden5053]

Hey anybody know what that round black thing Is that's attached to the tank with I think 3 hoses coming from it?...I looked under charcoal canister/ EVAP purge canister and it's not the same thing!...one of the hoses broke off of it and cant find another it's for a 97 Gran Marquis

[@coffeebotography]

My 2008 Grand Marquis tank straps broke. Got new ones delivered. No bolts. So this is the 20th yt I've viewed to get a clue how to attach them without going to the dealer. I'll let you know how it goes...

[@mayorhp]

John Russell I cant remember how the side of the straps closer to the tank attach. I think they swiveled. The other side of the straps bolt into the metal clips that are threaded.

[@thomaskimball992]

Thank you so much I’m in the same situation

[@mayorhp]

No problem Glad to know the video is still helping.

[@7709051005]

Thank you sir

[@mayorhp]

No problem. Glad it's still helping ppl

[@mayorhp]

6 years later I still have this Lincoln and no issues using this repair. After the video Dorman started making the fuel tank studs available. Then they disappeared off the shelves in my area.

[@jakethesnake2095]

You are awesome

[@christen1075]

Only by watching 10 other videos about tank straps do you get the "whole picture...well, 90%. The bolts are designed to be single use and snapped off to lessen the chance of fuel tank puncture in a rear end collision. Ford sold a LOT of Crown Victorias as Police Interceptor models. Since Crown Vic's are on patrol likely 24/7, their likelihood of being rear ended goes thru the roof compared to daily drivers. Ford sells the studs as P/N N808978-S439 4X. Also on the package, #5171863. Four pack. You make a good point about installing the studs, since this is NOT intuitive. Oddly enough, Ford sold Crown Vics with an optional fire suppression system on the Police Models, with a manual switch mounted with a red button to the headliner with a plastic covers you could swing down or just mash up with your hand. Given the tanks location, and bad juju from the Pinto issue with placement of a gas tank, makes a whole lot of sense.

[@SGobuck]

There are no threads to screw studs into after removal. 😵‍💫

[@calebreynolds733]

Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@vette2014]

Just buy a new stud from Ford, remove the original one with a 10mm Stud Remover Socket and use the Stud Remover Socket to reinstall.

[@30pvfd]

I just called dealer he gave me this crap the parts are obsolete

[@30pvfd]

So I bought the manifold stud kit as mentioned works great

[@mayorhp]

@@30pvfd glad to hear it's still working out for people. When I did this video years ago there wasn't a part store that could get a hardware kit. Everyone said Ford dealership but it was Sunday and I was a friend's shop using his lift. Wasn't long after I made the video people posted Dorman came out with the part and it was in stock. I figured parts stores were still carrying them.

[@nathanielbolden5053]

97 Gran Marquis fuel pump job on hold because of this ford crap!...this is why ford is so rich not because they build good cars but because of crap like this!...parts and service depts.

[@nathanielbolden5053]

FORDS SUCKS!!!...GM TO THE RESCUE!!!

[@SGobuck]

GM hasn't had a car that would last 20 years in 40 years.

[@2KCamaroZ28SS]

This video did absolutely nothing. Thanks for wasting my time.

[@mayorhp]

You're welcome. Glad I could assist.