Continental, Crown Victoria, Grand Marquis, Mark VII & Town Car

Remove air cleaner, disconnect accelerator and kickdown rods at carburetor and remove accelerator mounting bracket. (With EEC, remove EGR valve and cooler.) Remove fan shroud bolts and position shroud over fan. Disconnect wiring from harness and remove wiper motor.
Disconnect windshield washer hose and remove wiper motor mounting cover. Remove dipstick and dipstick tube retaining bolt at exhaust manifold. With EEC, remove thermactor air dump tube retaining clamp and thermactor crossover tube at rear of engine.
On all models, raise vehicle and drain crankcase. With EEC, remove filler tube and drain transmission. Disconnect starter wiring, remove starter. On all models, disconnect fuel line from fuel pump and inlet pipes from exhaust manifold.
CAUTION: Before disconnecting fuel lines on vehicles equipped with a high pressure electric fuel pump, relieve pressure at Schrader valve on fuel charging assembly.
With EEC, remove exhaust gas oxygen sensor from exhaust manifold and thermactor secondary air tube-to-converter housing clamps. Disconnect exhaust pipes to catalytic converter outlet. Remove catalytic converter secondary air tube and inlet pipes to exhaust manifold.
On all models, remove rear engine mount through bolts and shift crossover bolts at transmission. Disconnect transmission kickdown rod. Remove flywheel access cover. Remove brake line retainer from front crossmember. Using a jack, raise engine as far as possible.
Place support blocks between engine mounts and chassis brackets. Remove jack. Disconnect low oil sensor from oil pan, if equipped. Remove oil pan bolts and lower pan. Remove oil pump pickup tube assembly and place in oil pan. Remove oil pan.

NOTE: Vehicles equipped with dual sump oil pans require removal of both drain plugs to drain crankcase.