manuals

There never was a Haynes manual for the cougar. The Chiltons one is mainly aimed at the contour (US mondeo) and Mystique models with some cougar stuff in there. I own this manual and tbh, i hardly ever look at it. Get a mk2 mondeo haynes manual, all the techie spec stuff is exactly the same, just different body panels.
 
Ford dealerships have been using electronic manuals for some time now. You can get this same workshop manual they use at http://www.repairmanualworld.com . Just remember it's the Mercury Cougar 1999-2001, and the car it covers is LHD.

The manual does cover everything though and in great detail.
 
ive seen the pics of 2 as one of the owners is on my facebook and they had taken a pic of the 2 cars together(completley of topic)