Taking off my fender.

[cntchds]

How hard did Ford really have to make this? I took off my front bumper cover, took out all the supporting bolts, and there is a bolt holding it on by the door. The head of the bolt is inside the fender, and there isn't enough space to get even a wrench in there to loosen it. I need to get it off in order to repair my vacuum lines. For anyone who has done it. How did you get that damn bolt off? It's the only thing keeping the fender on right now...

 

[fastgtfairlane]

you will need at least a 6 inch 1/4 drive ratchet and socket to get the one in front of the door.

 

[cntchds]

I ended up having to take the guard thing that protects the underside of the car from mud spray. From there it was pretty easy to get the bolt off/on. There was at least one crack in every hose. Unfortunately, it didn't help my idle whatsoever. I haven't checked out the line from the tank to the hard line yet, so there may still be hope. It idled extremely smooth for almost a minute before going back into its normal lobing. Kinda disappointed with my results, but I guess there can't always be one miracle cure, but many different pieces to fix the overall problem. Timing, again, was put off for tomorrow.