Repair 7

Park the truck on a level surface, in a location thats free of traffic where you have plenty of room to work around the front end. Place the truck in Park and pull the emergency brake before turning the truck off. Disconnect the black wire from the battery. Jack the front of the truck up with the car jack and lower the vehicle onto jack stands

Locate the center link that connects the two front steering knuckles. Use a wrench to loosen the tie rod on the right first. Unscrew the bottom cup joint by hand. Then unscrew the bottom cup joint from the left side of the center link. Pull the center link out from under the truck and use a rubber mallet to knock the cups off the balls on each end of the center link.

Knock the cup joints on to the balls on the new center link with the rubber mallet. Then lift the right side of the center link up and screw the right cup joint back into the tie rod by hand. Then, lift the left side and screw in the left cup joint by hand. Once the new center link is supported, use the wrench to tighten the tie rod cup joints.

Use the jack to lower the truck off of the jack stands. Have a friend watch the front wheels as you turn the steering wheel to make sure they both turn at the same rate. If not, then retighten the tie rods with a wrench.

Park the 1988 Ford Mustang and open the hood. Set the parking brake to prevent the car from rolling away as you repair it.

Locate the silver colored L-shaped PCV valve, located on the valve cover closest to the air filter housing. The PCV valve is inserted into a rubber grommet on top of the valve cover. There are two plastic tubes on top of the PCV valve.

Pull the plastic tubes off of the PCV valve with your hands. If the tubes are stuck, twist them as you pull them off.

Pull the PCV valve straight out of the rubber grommet seated on top of the valve cover. Wipe down the area around PCV valve and the rubber grommet with a clean rag to remove any dirt or grease.

Push the new PCV valve into the rubber grommet and reattach the plastic tubes to the top of the PCV valve. Make sure the new PCV valve is completely seated into the rubber grommet. Close the hood.

Disconnect the cable on the batterys negative terminal with a socket wrench, and loosen the filler cap on the fuel tank. Remove the valve cap for the fuel pressure relief valve on the fuel line. Connect pressure gauge T80L-9974-A to to the valve, and open the gauge to relieve the pressure in the fuel system. Remove the pressure gauge and replace the valve cap.

Siphon the fuel from the fuel tank into a gasoline container with a siphon hose. Disconnect the electrical wiring for the fuel gauge sending unit wire. Detach the fuel line and air relief tube from the fuel tank. Release the clamp for the filler neck on the fuel tank, and disconnect the filler neck. Remove the mounting nuts on the fuel tanks retaining strap, and remove the fuel tank from the vehicle.

Detach the electrical connector from the fuel pump assembly, and clean the surface of the fuel tank around the fuel pump assembly with a shop rag. Disconnect the fuel lines from the fuel pump assembly. Turn the locking ring on the fuel pump assembly counterclockwise with a wooden dowel and hammer, and remove the locking ring. Pull the fuel pump assembly out of the fuel tank, and discard the gasket on the fuel tank.

Install a new gasket into the groove on the fuel tank, and place the new fuel pump assembly into the fuel tank. Attach the locking ring to the fuel pump assembly, and turn it clockwise with the hammer and dowel until the locking ring stops against the retainer ring tab.

Connect the fuel lines and electrical connection to the fuel pump assembly. Install the fuel tank, and tighten the nuts on the fuel tanks retaining strap to 30 ft.-lbs. with a torque wrench. Fill the fuel tank with fuel, and connect the cable to the negative battery terminal.