Trailer Hitch Installation - 2007 Ford Crown Victoria - Curt
Today on this 2007 Crown Victoria, were going to install part number 13707 from Curt. Now this is what the hitch looks like once its installed on the vehicle. Next well go ahead and give you some measurements to help you out in selecting some accessories such as ball mount, a bicycle rack, or cargo carrier. From the top of the receiver opening down to the ground will be 13-1/4 and from the center of the hitch pin hole to the edge of the bumper will be about 5-3/8.Now well go ahead and show you how the hitch is installed. First thing were going to do is to get underneath the vehicle and our two straps have to be moved from the frame. Well reattach these straps at the end of the install.
Swagman XTC2 Wheel Mount Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2007 Ford Crown Victoria
Today on our 2007 Ford Crown Victoria well be test fitting part number S64670. This is the Swagman XTC2 two bike carrier for both inch and a quarter and two inch hitches. Now with our two inch adapter already secured to the shank were ready to fit it to the vehicle. Well slide the bike rack shank into the hitch, line up the hitch pin hole, and install and tighten down our anti-rattle bolt. With our bolt tight our bike rack is secured to the vehicle. Now well go ahead and give you a few measurements.
Thule Hitching Post Pro Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2007 Ford Crown Victoria
Today on our 2007 Ford Crown Victoria well be test fitting the Thule Hitching Post, part number TH934XTR. Now, with the included two inch adapter already installed on the bike rack, well slide the bike rack shank into the hitch, line up the hitch pin hole and install and tighten down our anti-rattle bolt. With our bolt tight, our bike rack is secured to the vehicle. Now well go ahead and give you a few measurements. Our ground clearance at the bike rack is 10 inches, and from the closest point of the bike rack to the back of the vehicle is five and a half inches. Well now go ahead and pull the pin at the bottom of the bike rack mast to allow the mast to tilt down.
Pro Series Eclipse 4 Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2007 Ford Crown Victoria
Today on our 2007 Ford Crown Victoria well be test fitting part number 63124. This is the Pro Series Eclipse four bike, hitch mounted bike rack for two inch hitches. Now all well need to do is slide our bike rack shank into the hitch, line up the hitch pin hole, and install and tighten down our anti-rattle bolt. With our anti-rattle bolt tight our bike rack is secured to the vehicle. Next well go ahead and give you a few measurements. Our ground clearance at the bike rack is 10 and 3/4 inches and from the closest point of the bike rack to the back of the vehicle is three and 1/4 inches.
Yakima DoubleDown Ace Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2007 Ford Crown Victoria
Today on our 2007 Ford Crown Victoria well be test fitting part number Y02451. This is the Yakima Doubledown Ace four bike carrier for both inch and a quarter and two inch hitches. With the adapter already on our bike rack shank well slide the shank into the hitch, line up the hitch pin hole and install the attached hitch pin. With that done well then simply move to the back of the shank and turn the knob, tightening down the anti-rattle device, securing our bike rack to the vehicle. Well now go ahead and give you a few measurements. Our ground clearance at the bike rack is 10 inches, and from the closest point of the bike rack to the back of the vehicle is three and a half inches.
Thule Doubletrack Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2007 Ford Crown Victoria
Today on our 2007 Ford Crown Victoria well be test fitting the Thule Doubletrack platform style two bike carrier for both inch and a quarter and two inch hitches, part number TH990XT. With the included adapter already on the bike rack well slide the bike rack shank into the hitch, line up the hitch pin hole and install and tighten down our anti-rattle bolt. With the bolt tight, our bike rack is secured to the vehicle. Now well go ahead and give you a few measurements. Our ground clearance at the bike rack is 10 inches, and from the closest point of the bike rack platform to the vehicle is three inches. Well now go ahead and unfold the bike rack platform and give you a few more measurements.
Pro Series Q-Slot Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2007 Ford Crown Victoria
Today on our 2007 Ford Crown Victoria well be test fitting the Pro Series Q Slot platform style two bike carrier for both inch and a quarter and two inch hitches, part number PS63134. With the included adapter, well install our bike rack shank into the hitch, line up the hitch pin hole and install our hitch pin. Well then put the safety clip on the other side of the pin, which will secure out bike rack to the vehicle. Now well go ahead and give you a few measurements. Our ground clearance at the bike rack is 15 inches, and from the closest point of the bike rack to the back of the vehicle is six and a half inches. Well now go ahead and unfold the bike rack platform and open our trunk.
Rain-X Latitude Wiper Blades Installation - 2007 Ford Crown Victoria
Today on our 2007 Ford Crown Victoria, well be installing Rain-X Latitude Wiper Blades with 22-inch beams, part number RX5079279. To begin our installation, well need to remove the old wipers from the vehicle. To do this, well push the tab on the bottom side at the wiper here. Well push that in we can then pull it off of the wiper arm, being very careful not to allow the wiper arm to slap off against the windshield as it may break the windshield. With our old wiper removed, were now ready to install our new wiper. Well take our wiper and slide it in to the wiper arm allowing it to lock into place.
Glacier Square-Link Snow Tire Chains Review - 2007 Ford Crown Victoria
Today on this 2007 Ford Crown Victoria, well be installing Glacier Chains Square Link Tire Chains, part number PWPLC1142, in conjunction with the rubber chain tensioner, part number PW100. To begin installing our chains, well remove the chains from the packaging and lay them out flat, making sure we get any tangles that are in the chains out. Once weve done that, well drape our chains over the tire, making sure that the tension holder cam is on the outside of the tire. We also want to make sure that the cross chain links that attach to the side chains hook toward the outside. Well move to the inside of the tire, here at the 6 oclock position, where well connect the two ends of the side chain together, taking out as much as the slack within the side chain as possible. Well then move to the outside of the tire, here again at the 6 oclock position.
Rain-X Wiper Blades Installation - 2007 Ford Crown Victoria
Today, on our 2007 Ford Crown Victoria, well be installing Rain-X Fusion Wiper Blade Hybrids, 22 inches long, part number RX880007. Now to begin our installation, well need to remove the old wipers from the vehicle. To do this, well push the tab on the bottom side of the wiper here. Well push that in. We can then pull it off of the wiper arm being very careful not to allow the wiper arm to slap up against the windshield as it may break the windshield. Now with the Fusion wiper blade, youll need to pry up on the blade lock.
Rain-X Weatherbeater Wiper Blades Installation - 2007 Ford Crown Victoria
Today, on our 2007 Ford Crown Victoria well be installing the Rain X Weatherbeater Wipers, with 22-inch frames, part number RX30222. Now to begin our installation, well need to remove the old wipers from the vehicle. To do this, well push a tab on the bottom side of the wiper here. Well push that in. We can then pull it off of the wiper arm, being very careful not to allow the wiper arm to slap up against the windshield as it may break the windshield. With our old wipers removed, were now ready to install our new wiper.
Yakima QuickBack 2 Bike Rack Review - 2011 Ford Crown Victoria
Today on this 2011 Ford Crown Victoria were going to do a test fit of a Yakima Quickpack II trunk mounted rack, part number Y02621. This bicycle rack has an integrated knob that adjusts to a telescoping base to make for the best fit on your vehicle. Theres also a side knob that repositions the angles of the arms to give you more adjustment. All the attachment points that touch the car are tri-padded and have padded buckles to protect the vehicle paint. Well go ahead and get started. Well start off by putting the bicycle rack on the trunk and taking the security strap and pushing it between the trunk lid and back glass so it goes to the inside.
Yakima KingJoe 2 Bike Rack Review - 2011 Ford Crown Victoria
Today on our 2011 Ford Crown Victoria, we will be test fitting the Yakima King Joe 2 bike rack. Before beginning it is a good idea to apply a thick coat of wax to the surface of the trunk, to prevent scratches or minor blemishes in the pain. Included in the instructions that are given to you with the purchase of the bike rack will be a fit instruction. We have already predetermined the positioning of this bike rack to the trunk lid of this Crown Victoria, to do that just refer to the instructions that come with the bike rack. Okay what were going to do first is to sit the bike rack up on the front and secure the front to our top straps to the top of the deck lid. We will secure the side strap near the taillight; we will secure the lower strap on the medal lid on the inside of the trunk lid.
Thule Gateway 2 Bike Carrier Review - 2011 Ford Crown Victoria
All right. On its 2011 Ford Crown Victoria, we're going to do a test of part number TH9006 from Thule. This is our Gateway 2 Rear Mounted Bike Rack. We're going to start off with bicycle rack already adjusted according to manufacturer's instructions for this particular car. Before we start our test, we want to make sure that we put a coat of wax over the paint so it helps protect the car. We'll set our bike rack into place.
Thule Archway 2 Bike Carrier Review - 2011 Ford Crown Victoria
Today, on a 2011 Ford Crown Victoria we're going to do a test fit of the Thule Bike Rack, product number TH9009. This is their Archway Bicycle Rack. This bike rack will fit a variety of vehicles. We already have it configured to the manufacturer's instructions for our Crown Victoria. Alright, before we put our bicycle rack on the car, it's a good idea to clean up the car first, maybe a coat of wax to help protect the finish when we put the bike rack on. We'll go ahead and put the bike rack on to the trunk.
Trailer Wiring Harness Installation - 2003 Ford Crown Victoria
Today on this 2003 Ford Crown Victoria we are going to be installing wiring harness part number 119175KIT. We are in the trunk of the Crown Victoria and we want to locate the wires that we are going to need to tap into to power our wiring harness . We can actually access all of the wires over on the driver side of the vehicle behind the carpeting just behind the tail light assembly. To gain access to it we are going to need to remove a few pieces. There are a couple of fasteners holding the carpeting in place. There is one large one right here and then one smaller one here. For a little more clearance room I am going to remove this push pin here as well. To get a little more room I am going to remove the rear threshold cover and we have got four push pins holding it in place. Then we just pull the carpeting back. 00:57
Trailer Hitch Installation - 2003 Ford Crown Victoria
Today on this 2003 Ford Crown Victoria we are going to be installing Curt hitch part number 13707. We are underneath the vehicle and we are taking a look at the driver side frame rail. You can see there is really not much going on at the bottom of the frame We are actually going to have to take the hitch and clamp it up into position. We are going to use it as a template to drill out all four holes that we are going to be using to attach the hitch to the frame. This particular vehicle has some grounding clips that attach here at the end of the frame rail that we want to remove before we clamp the hitch up into position. 00:28
Trailer Wiring Harness Installation - 1999 Ford Crown Victoria
Today we are going to be installing tail light converter part number 119175 on a 1999 Ford Crown Victoria. OK, we are inside the trunk of the vehicle, and to locate the wires that we are going to need to tap into for the harness, we are going to need to remove a few pieces from the trunk area. We need to remove this rear threshold piece, and then we will need to pull back the carpeting as well, that is right behind the tail light assembly. The threshold piece has four clips that we are going to need to remove that will allow us to pull it off. And the carpeting has one screw holding it on. So we are going to go ahead and remove those first. And we should be able to gain access to all the wires necessary over here on the drivers side. You can see the main lead going over to the passengers side is right here. OK, now that we have got the carpeting pulled back, you can see we have got the main wiring harness here feeding the drivers side tail light assembly, and we have got the harness that is coming across for the the passengers side assembly.
Trailer Hitch Installation - 1999 Ford Crown Victoria
Today we are going to be installing Curt hitch part number 13707 on a 1999 Ford Crown Victoria. OK, underneath the vehicle, we are going to go ahead and point out the mounting locations for the trailer hitch. There is an opening right here at the end of the frame rail that we can use to actually - we are going to take some C-clamps and clamp the hitch up into place. Then we can go ahead and drill our holes out, using the hitch as a template. The vehicle does have these ground clips at the end of the frame we want to go ahead and remove those before we get started, and we will put them back up once the installation is complete.
