Thank you for your great instructional video !! 🤗

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

You the Best !! Thank You

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

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

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

2 жыл бұрын

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

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

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

6 жыл бұрын

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

@akatuksta

6 жыл бұрын

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

Good video

Life Saver!!! 😂😂 Thanks!! 🤝🏾

@mayorhp

Жыл бұрын

Glad the video is still helping ppl.

Thank you sir

@mayorhp

2 жыл бұрын

No problem. Glad it's still helping ppl

@mayorhp

2 жыл бұрын

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.

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

2 жыл бұрын

I hate I rarely get notifications from KZread. 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

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

@mayorhp

2 жыл бұрын

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

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

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

@mayorhp

2 жыл бұрын

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

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.

BIG THANKYOU!!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@mayorhp

10 ай бұрын

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

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

3 жыл бұрын

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!!!

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

@mayorhp

6 жыл бұрын

russell chadd you're welcome

Very very very helpful

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.

Great information!!!!!! Thanks you!

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

@kale664

8 ай бұрын

What about the bolt side

Thank you so much I’m in the same situation

@mayorhp

4 жыл бұрын

No problem Glad to know the video is still helping.

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

6 жыл бұрын

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.

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.

Can I share this??

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

7 жыл бұрын

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

7 жыл бұрын

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

7 жыл бұрын

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

7 жыл бұрын

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

4 жыл бұрын

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

You are awesome

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

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.

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

@30pvfd

2 жыл бұрын

So I bought the manifold stud kit as mentioned works great

@mayorhp

2 жыл бұрын

@@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.

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

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.

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

@mayorhp

2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome. Glad I could assist.