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Today we are going to be installing trailer hitch 36313 from Draw-Tite, and this also
includes hitch number 90309 from Hidden Hitch, on a 2002 Ford Taurus. We are underneath the
vehicle now, and we are looking at the passengers side frame rail. We are going to go ahead
and point out the mounting locations for the trailer hitch. You can see first on some models
there will be a carbon canister mounted here on the passengers side frame rail, and the
instructions do stipulate what you need to do in that instance. This particular vehicle
does not have that canister, so we can go ahead and omit that section of the instructions.
We are going to go ahead and use the inboard vertical bolt, here, as one of the attaching
points, so we will need to go ahead and remove that bolt. On models with the tow hooks, we
are going to need to remove those as well. There is one bolt holding those in there should
be one on each side of the vehicle if the vehicle does have the tow hooks.
The other attaching point will be here at the bottom of the frame. We actually are going
to feed the handle nut and block through this hole in the side of the frame and align it
with the hole at the bottom of the frame. The hole that we are going to use does vary
from model to model, so what we are going to need to do is go ahead and remove this
bolt, get the hitch up into position, and then figure out which hole aligns with the
hole in the hitch. On the drivers side as well, there is the exhaust. We are going to
need to go ahead and lower that first to make room to get the hitch up into place. On the
exhaust, there should be two hangers, one at the rear side here and then one more forward
of the exhaust, and we need to go ahead and remove both of those to lower the exhaust
down properly. And go ahead and remove the tow hooks from both sides
of
the vehicle.