Removal (Crown Victoria, Grand Marquis & Town Car)

Remove air cleaner. Disconnect accelerator and kickdown rods at carburetor (police model) or throttle body on all others. Remove accelerator mounting bracket. 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. Remove thermactor air dump tube retaining clamp and thermactor crossover tube at rear of engine.
Raise vehicle and drain crankcase. Remove filler tube and drain crankcase. Disconnect starter wiring and remove starter.
On 5.0L fuel injected models, fuel pressure must be released prior to disconnecting any fuel lines or hoses. Remove fuel filler cap. Attach a fuel pressure gauge to pressure relief valve, located on fuel rail assembly. Release fuel pressure through fuel gauge into container. Disconnect fuel lines using Spring Lock Coupling (D87-9280-A for 3/8" or D87L-9280-B for 1/2" lines).
On 5.8L models, disconnect fuel line. On all models, disconnect inlet pipes from exhaust manifold. Remove oxygen sensors 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. 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. Remove oil pan bolts and lower pan. Remove oil pump pick-up tube assembly and place in oil pan. Rotate crankshaft as necessary for clearance and remove oil pan.