there is one screww on the driver side cowl near the center. Take out that screw and both sides of the cowl should just pop out.
Easy, remove the hood, engine cowl and presto !!!.
Cowl generally refers to a type of hood, but can mean different things depending on the context.In fashion, a cowl can mean a long hooded garment with wide sleeves, such as those worn by monks, or it can simply mean a hood.In motoring, a cowl refers to the hood of the vehicle.In engineering, a cowl is the hood of a chimney or ventilator.
A monk's hood is called a cowl.
To remove the cowl on a 1999 Mercury Grand Marquis, first, lift the hood and locate the cowl cover, which is typically secured with several screws or clips. Remove these screws using a screwdriver or socket wrench. Carefully lift the cowl cover away from the windshield, ensuring not to damage any clips or seals. Finally, disconnect any attached wiring or hoses if necessary before fully removing the cowl.
Up to an 8 inch cowl hood.
With the hood open, simply pull the weatherstrip from the front of the cowl, and then remove the entire plastic cowl cover. You will see it on the upper left side.
The cabin air filter is located on the passenger side of the cowl. After opening the hood, remove the windshield wipers and the black covering ( 2 small T-30 screws, and a few body grommets). After you remove the cowl there will be a grey accordion looking filter in the cowl, remove that and replace with the new filter.
You will need to raise up the driver side wiper once the hood is opened.On the freestar the cowl is being held on by pushpins rather than screws on the top cowl cover.On the bottom cowl cover there are screws on the right and left, but the windshield wiper mechanism is also attached to the underside of the lower cowl panel on the drivers side, so you will need to disconnect the wiper hose and electrical connector to completely remove the cowl; leave the wiper assembly attached to the cowl.
Open the hood. The ports are under the cowl, on the passenger side, up near the firewall. You can see them thru the vents in the cowl. To lift up the cowl you have to remove the weatherstripping, at least a few feet to allow lifting up the cowl. They're right there.
* Remove the windshield wiper arms * Remove the retaining fasteners securing the cowl cover * Remove the right side cowl cover then the left side
You will need to reach up into the cowl panel with a 10mm wrench and turn the bolts a thread at a time.