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Trailer Hitch Installation - 2009 Mercury Mariner - Draw-Tite- Video
Today on our 2009 Mercury Mariner, we're gonna take a look at and also show you how to install the Draw-Tight custom fit class 3 trailer hitch receiver, offering the 2" by 2" opening, the part number is 75751. This is what our hitch is going to look like installed. You'll see we've got our main cross tube; it's going to be rounded, it comes down, meets here in the middle at the receiver tube opening. A little bit of a gap there, between the bottom of the fascia and the top of that receiver tube. Here you'll see the rounded style reinforcement collar around the end and our safety chain connection points here. This has an oval-shaped hole in them, should have plenty of room there to get safety chains or whatever else connected you might need to. This is a class 3 hitch, so this is an extremely versatile hitch: cargo carriers, bike racks. To secure all of those items in place, we're going to be using the pin hole that's closest to the front of the vehicle. more
10/25/2016 1:41:09 PM
Trailer Hitch Installation - 2009 Mercury Mariner - Curt- Video
Today on our 2009 Mercury Mariner, we're going to take a look at and also show you how to install the Curt Custom Fit Class II Trailer Hitch Receiver. This offers the inch and 1/4 by inch and 1/4 opening, part number is C12060. Now, here's what our hitch is going to look like installed. Got the round tube that comes down from our hidden attachment points up here on the frame, meets in the middle at our receiver tube opening. This is the inch and a quarter by inch and a quarter opening, it's a Class II hitch. Class II hitches work out really well for bike racks, they work out good for cargo carriers, also work out really well for ball mounts, for any of your towing needs that you might have. You'll see it's got a flush reinforcement collar around the end there, it's going to be about even, maybe even just a little past the outside edge of our bumper here, but really no worries with bumping into it or anything like that. Safety chain connection points around the bottom here, these are going to be plate style. more
10/20/2016 10:51:50 AM
Trailer Hitch Installation - 2009 Mercury Mariner - Draw-Tite 36501- Video
Today on our 2009 Mercury Mariner we're going to take a look at and also show you how to install the Draw-Tite Custom Fit Class II Trailer Hitch Receiver, part number 36501. Here's what our hitch is going to look like installed. As you can see, it gives us a nice clean look, follows right underneath our fascia there. Got our square tube here it's going to come over to our receiver tube opening. This is an inch and a quarter by inch and a quarter Class II hitch so it's going to be pretty versatile. You can carry up to those four bike racks, cargo carriers. All of those items we're going to secure with a half inch diameter pin hole you see here on the side. more
10/17/2016 11:27:07 AM
Trailer Hitch Installation - 2009 Mercury Mariner - Curt 13650- Video
Today, on this 2009 Mercury Mariner we're going to review and install the Curt Class III 2 inch receiver hitch, part number 13650. This is what the Curt hitch looks like once installed on our Mariner. Now, you notice right here that this is your 2 inch opening. It does stick out a little bit further from the bumper, maybe about an inch. Of course, this is our 2 inch opening right here with a nice rounded finish around the edge. It's actually reinforcement ring for the hitch. more
6/29/2016 2:21:06 PM
Trailer Hitch Installation - 2008 Mercury Mariner - Hidden Hitch- Video
All right, today in this 2008 Mercury Mariner, we're going to show you the hidden hitch class 2 inaudible 00:04:22 quarter receiver hitch, part number 90108. All right this is what the hitch looks like when it's installed on our Mariner. Now, you notice it does sit below the bumper so you can see most of the hitch, but it does actually fit nice and tight up against the bottom of the bumper. It has a reinforcing inaudible 00:00:26 around the end of the hitch and basically it just matches the contour all the way around. Thick chain loop right here, simple loop so a variety of safety chains will fit through there, and goes onto our square body which is actually bent to go back farther up into your frame where there's no drilling required. In this case we didn't even have to lower the spare tire as well. more
8/17/2015 10:52:39 AM
Trailer Hitch Installation - 2008 Mercury Mariner - Curt- Video
Today on this 2008 Mercury Mariner we're going to show you a Curt Class III - 2" Receiver Hitch, part number 13650. This is what the hitch looks like when it's installed on our Mariner. On the first glance you can basically see the receiver opening here. It actually goes right up underneath the bumper. Just a little bit on each side so it actually looks like part of the vehicle. You also see it touch up really close against the bumper as well. We got a collar around the end of our receiver hitch here. more
8/17/2015 10:52:13 AM
Trailer Hitch Installation - 2008 Mercury Mariner - Draw-Tite- Video
Today is the 2008 Mercury Mariner, we're going to sow you the draw type class two inch and a quarter receiver hitch, part number 36501. All right, this is what the hitch looks like once installed on our Mariner. Now you notice it does sit below the bumper, so you can see most of the hitch, but it does actually fit nice and tight up against the bottom of the bumper. It has a reinforcement collar around the end of the hitch. Basically it just matches the contour all the way around. Six chain loops right here, simple loops, so a variety of chain loops will fit through there. It goes on to our square body, which is actually bent to go back up farther into the frame. Where there's no drilling required, in this case, we didn't even have to lower our spare tire as well. more
8/13/2015 2:16:06 PM
Trailer Hitch Installation - 2008 Mercury Mariner - HIdden Hitch 87626- Video
Today on this 2008 Mercury Mariner, we're going to install part number 87626 from Hidden Hitch. This is what the hitch looks like once it's installed on the Mariner. Now we'll give you some measurements that will help you out in selecting some accessories such a ball mount, a bicycle rack, or a cargo carrier. From the top of the receiver opening down to the ground will be about 17 inches. From the center of our hitch pin hole to the edge of the bumper will be about 2-1/4 inches. Also, one thing to note, the hitch does stick past the bumper, probably about 1/2 inch. Now we'll show you how the hitch is installed.Speaker 2: Before we do that, we'll show you how the hardware works with the hitch. The block and the carriage bolt will be pulled through the frame and then go through the hitch. Underneath we'll get a conical-tooth washer. When you see the teeth in the washer, they always face towards the hitch. more
10/20/2014 6:17:20 AM
Trailer Hitch Installation - 2008 Mercury Mariner - Draw-Tite 75751- Video
Mechanic: Today in this 2008 Mercury Mariner, we're going to install part number 75751 from Draw-Tite. Now this is what the hitch looks like once installed on the Mariner. Now, we'll give you some measurements to help you out in selecting some accessories such as a ball mount, bicycle rack, or a cargo carrier. From the top of the receiver opening, down to the ground, will be about 17 inches. If we center of the hitch pin hole to the edge of the bumper will be about 2 and 1/4 inches. Also one thing to note, the hitch does stick past the bumper probably about half an inch. Now we'll go ahead and show you how the hitch is installed. Before we do that, we'll go ahead and show you how the hardware works with the hitch. The block and the carriage bolt will be pulled through the frame and then go through the hitch. more
10/20/2014 6:16:27 AM
Trailer Hitch Installation - 2007 Mercury Mariner - Hidden Hitch- Video
Today on this 2007 Mercury Mariner, we're going to install part number 87626 from Hidden Hitch. This is what the hitch looks like when it's installed on the Mariner. Next we'll give you some measurements to help you out in selecting some accessories such as a bicycle rack or a cargo carrier or a ball mount. From the top of receiver opening down to the ground will about 16 inches. From the center of the hitch pinhole to the edge of the bumper will be about 1-1/4 inches. Now we'll go ahead and show you how the hitch is installed. First thing we need to do is get our vehicle raised and install our hitch. This is pretty easy. All we got to do is loosen up our exhaust to have easy access to our attachment point right here. more
10/14/2014 9:58:28 AM
Trailer Hitch Installation - 2007 Mercury Mariner - Draw-Tite- Video
Today, on this 2007 Mercury Mariner, we're going to install part number 75751 from Draw-Tite. This is what the hitch looks like when it's installed on the Mariner. Next, we'll give you some measurements and help you out with selecting some accessories, such as the bicycle rack, a cargo carrier, or a ball mount. On top of the receiver opening down to the ground will be about 16 inches. From the center of the hitch pin hole to the edge of the bumper will be about one and a quarter inches. We'll go ahead and show you how the hitch is installed. First thing we need to do is go ahead and get our vehicle ready to install our hitch. more
10/14/2014 9:56:53 AM
Trailer Hitch Installation - 2011 Mercury Mariner - Hidden Hitch- Video
Today on this 2011 Mercury Mariner were going to install part #: 87585 from Hidden Hitch. alright, this is what the hitch looks like when its installed on the vehicle. Next well give you some measurements that will help you out with selecting some accessories. From the center of the hitch pinhole to the edge of the bumper is going to be about 2 inches, and from the top of the receiver opening down to the ground were looking at 16 and a quarter inches. Now well go ahead and show you how the hitchs installed. Alright, first step involved is to go ahead and lower the exhaust, lets spray down the hangers a little bit to make it a little easier to remove so this one bolt we need access to. more
5/7/2012 1:09:22 PM
Trailer Hitch Installation - 2011 Mercury Mariner - Draw-Tite- Video
Alright, today on this 2011 Mercury Mariner were going to install part #: 75693 from Draw-Tite. Alright, this is what the hitch looks like when its installed on the vehicle. Next, well give you some measurements that will help you out with selecting some accessories. From the center of the hitch pinhole to the edge of the bumper is going to be about 2 inches, and from the top of the receiver opening down to the ground were looking at 16 and a quarter inches. Now well go ahead and show you how the hitchs installed. Alright, the first step involved is to go ahead and lower the exhaust. more
5/7/2012 1:08:52 PM
Trailer Hitch Installation - 2009 Mercury Mariner- Video
Today on this 2009 Mercury Mariner were gonna install a Hidden Hitch part number 87585. This will also be comparable to a Draw-Tite Hitch part number 75693.Here are a couple of measurements that will assist you in selecting accessories for you new hitch. From the center of the hitch pin hole to the outermost point of the bumper is 2 inches and from the top of the receiver tube to the ground is 15 inches. Now lets go ahead with the installation.Weve got a total of 6 fastening points, three on each side. We got two at the side of the frame and one at the bottom. Ok, before we put our hitch in place, were gonna need to install our hardware were installing the 7/16 carriage bolt, a block using our pole wire. more
11/21/2011 10:54:58 AM
Trailer Hitch Installation - 2007 Mercury Mariner- Video
Today we are working on a 2007 Mercury Mariner. Were going to install a Valley Hitch part number V82211. There are a couple of measurements that will assist you for selecting measurements for your new hitch such as a draw bar, bike rack, or cargo carrier. From the center of the pin hitch hole is approximately 1 inch to the outer most part of the bumper. From the top of the receiver tube to the ground is 14 inches. Now lets go ahead with the installation. more
10/19/2011 5:12:14 PM
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