There is a special tool you can get from an auto parts store. Ask them and they should be able to help you find it. The price is about ten bucks. Also make sure there is no pressure in the line. Let the car idle and pull the fuel pump fuse and wait for the car to die.
There are small springs inside the filter that require the special tool to unlock them. It takes a lot of rocking and pulling to unattach the filter from the fuel lines (even with the special tool!) Putting it back together is a snap compared to getting it apart!
Mercury CougarMy 94 Cougar had the original fuel filter under the car on the passegers sidenear the door area. .Trace the fuel lind from the tank to the engine and the filter can be changed with special tools from the parts store.
where it located the fill fiter on 1979 rx7cougar
near the oil filter
Gasket should be included with new oil filter
The fuel filter on this car in under the passengers side of the car along the frame rail.
Fuel Filter under PASSENGER SIDE between front and rear wheel.
right frame rail near fuel tank.
The filter is actaully located inside of the transmission itself.....you would have to remove the transmission and tear it apart to get to the filter
The Mega Fuse is located from the alternator to the back of the engine, under the air filter.
it's on air box , where the air filter. you have to turn couterclockwise to remove it.
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What year is your cougar and also is it a V6 or a V8? This information would be nice to know :) it is attached to the engine