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Old Jan 26, 2006 | 07:31 PM
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interior engine compartment cover

Is there an easy way to remove the interior engine compartment cover?
Looks like a few other dash components need to be removed.
What am I missing here?
 
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Old Jan 26, 2006 | 07:39 PM
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no other dash parts need to be remove if you want to twist....i usually take out floor cup holder
snap buckles up high on each side of dog house
watch out for sharp edges on metal
 
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Old Jan 26, 2006 | 07:41 PM
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On my 93 aerostar you just have to remove the two nuts that hold on what I think is an amp for the radio. It hangs by a bundle of wires and then you can pull off the large carpeted cover. It is tight but once the little black box is off to the side it is fairly easy to get off the carpeted cover. It is impossible without removing the little back box.
-Dan
 
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Old Jan 26, 2006 | 08:06 PM
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Thats the antilock brake controller, but yes it does make it easier to remove a few items, no real trick, I try to keep the top of it pushed out and the same when refitting it, use the top of it to slide the cover back in as it fits into a gap between the dash and the tunnel, I'm sure everyone has there own way on doing this though.
 
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Old Jan 26, 2006 | 08:36 PM
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Mine on my 1991 4.0 come's out easy just unclip the buckles lift up from the bottom and pull back and up and it's out, hey presto.
 
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Old Jan 26, 2006 | 09:19 PM
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.......it also helps if the gear shifter is all the way to the rear.....
 
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Old Jan 27, 2006 | 03:11 AM
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Originally Posted by cookkd
.......it also helps if the gear shifter is all the way to the rear.....
Assuming that you have a floor shifter.
 
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Old Jan 27, 2006 | 09:37 AM
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Assuming that you have a floor shifter.
91 came with a column shift?????I thought that was from 92 on forward.....
 
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Old Jan 27, 2006 | 01:22 PM
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Originally Posted by cookkd
91 came with a column shift?????I thought that was from 92 on forward.....
I believe it was an option (I could be wrong) but I swear I have seen some pre-92s on e-bay with a column shifter.
 
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Old Jan 27, 2006 | 04:46 PM
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EASY

 

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Old Jan 27, 2006 | 05:30 PM
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I think I also found a new way to reach no.6 plug that day, but still the air con doesn't work.
 
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Old Jan 27, 2006 | 09:37 PM
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"Fire the photon torpedoes scotty x.l.r.i." says Captain Ms Kirk x.l.r.i

Eiy Captain, I don't the engines will take much more
 
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Old Jan 27, 2006 | 10:14 PM
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Originally Posted by x.l.r.8
I think I also found a new way to reach no.6 plug that day, but still the air con doesn't work.
Always interested in hearing how to reach that B*******. Can you share????
 
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Old Jan 27, 2006 | 10:41 PM
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Now that is a convertable to go cruising in.
 
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Old Jan 28, 2006 | 12:21 AM
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Originally Posted by cookkd
Always interested in hearing how to reach that B*******. Can you share????
Hi Cook:

I think he meant it as a joke along with his picture (everything around the engine was gone). Don't get your hope up about that plug. It still requires a blood sacrifice, especially your own.

X.L.R.8.

That's the same picture you sent me. Very funny with your A* up in the air like that. If I do that, I'm sure someone in my family will take advantage of the situation and give me a couple of whacks.
 
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