Cowl Top Ventilation Grille And Screen; Radiator Grille; Rear Bumper; Rear Bumper Installation - Lincoln Continental 1964 Shop Manual

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GROUP 17-BODY, DOORS AND WINDOWS
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support bracket retaining screws and
remove the grille assembly.
6. Remove the grille outer support
bracket retaining screws and move
the brackets toward the grille center
support.
7. Prop the hood securely open.
8. Remove the torsion rods, using
Tool T64N-16A605-A.
INSTALLATION
1. Using Tool T64N-16A605-A,
install new torsion rods.
2.
Install the grille outer support
brackets.
3. Position the grille assembly and
loosely install the grille end support
bracket retaining screws.
4. Install the grille inner support
bracket retaining screws and tighten
the grille end support retaining
screws.
5. Install the rubber fender mud
deflectors.
6.
Install the bumper impact bar
extensions.
7. Install the lower stone deflector.
8. Install the headlamps, headlamp
retaining rings and the headlamp
doors.
COWL TOP VENTILATION
GRILLE AND SCREEN
1. Remove the windshield wiper
arms and blades.
2. Remove the vent grille retain-
ing screws (Fig. 12, Part 17-3).
3. Raise the ventilation grille and
disconnect the washer hoses.
4. Remove the ventilation grille
and screen from the car.
5. To install, reverse the removal
procedure.
RADIATOR GRILLE
REMOVAL
1. Remove the headlamp doors.
2. Remove the headlamp retaining
rings and remove the headlamps.
3. Remove the lower stone de-
flector (Fig. 3).
4.
Remove the retaining cap screws
from the center support bracket of
the grille assembly (Fig. 4).
5. Remove hoth the left and right
humper har extension retaining cap
screws and remove the extensions
(Fig. 3).
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6. Remove the cap screws from
each grille outer support.
7. Remove one retaining cap screw
from each outer lower grille support
bracket (Fig. 4).
8. Remove one retaining cap screw
from each outer upper grille sup-
port bracket (Fig. 4). This cap
screw is near the outer headlamp
and can be removed with the use of
a distributor clamp nut removal
wrench or similar tool.
9. Remove the grille assemblies.
INSTALLATION
1. Transfer all hardware to the
new grille assemblies.
2. Place the grille assemblies on
a bench and install the left-hand-to-
right-hand grille retaining cap screws.
3. Position the grille assembly on
the center support bracket and
loosely install the grille-to-support
retaining cap screws.
4. Loosely install the grille-to-
outer support retaining cap screws.
5. Loosely install the grille-to-outer
lower support bracket retaining cap
screws.
6. Loosely install the grille-to-
outer upper support bracket retain-
ing cap screws.
7. Align the grille assembly in the
grille opening.
FIG.
5-Rear Bumper Installation
8. Tighten the grille-to-center sup-
port retaining cap screws.
9. Tighten the grille to outer sup-
port retaining cap screws.
10. Tighten the grille - to - outer
bracket retaining cap screws.
11. Install the bumper bar exten-
sions.
12. Install the lower stone de-
flector.
13. Install the headlamps and re-
taining rings.
14. Install the headlamp doors.
REAR BUMPER
1. Working under the car, remove
the nuts and bolts securing the center
section of impact bar to the rear
bumper mounting brackets:
2. Open the luggage compartment
door and remove the lining board
from the lower back panel. Discon-
nect the back-up lamp wires and
remove the dome shaped back-up
lamp housing covers.
3. Remove the bolts (model 53)
or nuts (model 74) securing the
center section of the bumper impact
bar to the lower back panel (Fig. 5).
4. Slowly lower the bumper
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