i can help on the stripped bolt, cutting the bolt is a . it would be best to go to sears and get a bolt out socket that fits the bolt and remove it with that as for replacing it i dunno never done it on a contour, did it on my accord and it was hard as hell to do, it was located drivers side firewall halfway up. i had to damn near remove half the engine to get to it. but im sure someone else knows how hard it is to replace

98.5 Black SE ATX S&B filter, SVT MAF, optimized SVT TB, mesh grille, removed orange reflectors, painted rear reflector, gutted pre-cats, optimized SVT LIM, 19lb injectors, resonator removed cant afford an svt but lookin for 1 in nc