front or either side of front of vehicle - position floor jack under front frame lift points rear or either side of rear of vehicle - position jack under the pinch point notches
On a 2006 Ford Taurus : The jack for the car is supposed to be with the spare tire in the well in the trunk under the carpet ( the spare tire sits in the well with the outside of the rim facing down and the jack is mounted inside of the back side of the tire rim )
On a 1996 Ford Taurus sedan , the spare tire goes in the well under the trunk carpet with the outside of the wheel facing down ( the tire jack is mounted inside of the back side of the tire rim which faces up )
You jack and block the front end up about a foot. Undo nuts on the mount in question , then lift that side of engine carefully with a floor jack until the mount will come out. Fit the new one in at his time and finish in reverse order.
under the car
On a regular cab Ford Ranger, the Jack and lug wrench are behind the passenger seat bolted to the floor.
Just in front of the right rear tire about where the notch is for the jack. Easy to change.
The tire jack is supposed to be under the carpeted lid in the floor of the cargo area along with a bag including the tools on a 2008 Ford Explorer
The jack should be under the spare wheel along with the combination lug wrench/jack handle, under the floor of the trunk.
a jack that goes on the floor
# 1 Release the parking brake pedal to make sure it is disengaged. Put your Ford Taurus in "N" for neutral. # Step2 Raise your Ford Taurus rear wheels in the air using your jack and support the rear wheels with the jack stands. # Step3 Get underneath the vehicle and locate the parking brake cables. There is a cable coming from each rear wheel and meet in the middle with an adjuster nut. # Step4 Use the cable tension gauge 021-00018 or another tension gauge to measure the parking brake adjuster nut against the rear parking brake cable adjuster. Follow your tension gauge instructions to measure 18 to 26 pounds of tension for your 1996 year Ford Taurus and 34 to 46 pounds of tension for your years 1997 to 1998 Ford Taurus. # Step5 Press in on the parking brake foot pedal to the ground and then release the parking brake pedal. # Step6 Verify the rear wheels spin freely when the parking brake pedal is fully released. # Step7 Lower your Ford Taurus using the jack and remove the jack stands from the rear wheels.
If the jack drifts down when weight is on it, the seals are failing. The jack would be unsafe at that point.