The car is a 1989 Mercury Cougar, 3.8L V6 engine, power steering, auto
trans.

How the heck do you get the two studs on the drivers side that hold the
power steering pump bracket out?

At this point, I'm stuck. I have all the bolts and nuts off except
those two, and I don't see any way to get them out. I removed the
outermost nuts that hold the power steering bracket, but the bracket is
on solid and the other end is bolted to the pump behind the pulley. The
pulley looks like it's one piece integrated with the pump, or maybe it
needs some kind of special tool to remove it to get to the bolts behind
it. The bracket won't come off, and there's two nuts on the studs
behind the bracket (or a hex section in the stud/bolt). But I can't
loosen those (much) without removing the power steering bracket.

Any help would be appreciated. Surley someone has done this and knows
the trick.

--
Racer X

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