What are the stops under the hood called ? Have

Rays correct your fuse box is located to the left side of the steering column under it near the emergency brake and it may have a plastic cover over it with a rounded upper right corner for the flasher

See if this site has one:
http://www.bbbind.com/free_tsb.html don-ohio

You should look for something like this

ford oil pressure sensor location 2000 Ford Crown Victoria Google Search

Look under your hood on the driver's side of the engine compartment. There a black box located on the fender well with a cover on it. Under the cover, is a diagram showing the position of each relay fuse.

Let's starts at the beginning, inside the car. When you pull the release cable, is it moving freely? Sometimes cables dry up. This may be your issue. You can buy "cable ease" which is a graphite lube. *Its can be messy so be careful and bring plenty of rags!!!* Follow the directions on the package and you should do fine.
Under the hood you have 2 latches, the one which holds it closed tight and another attached to the little handle that's under the hood. The one that holds it tight is the one attached to the cable/handle inside. Find the latch and spray it with a penetrating oil (WD40 or Blaster work well for me) You may want a friend's help for this part. You'll want to spray it, trigger the mechanism with a screwdriver or similar and then have a friend pull the handle inside. You'll need to repeat this a number of times until the mechanism is moving freely. I recommend spraying the latch with white (lithium) lube to protect it and keep this from happening again. You can spray and move the secondary latch in a similar manner to fix and maintain it.
*** I'd recommend trying the latches under the hood first***
Out of the two, I've found it more likely the source of the problem and easier to fix as well. Good luck and please let me know how you made out!

It is part of the brake module which is located blow the brake modulator under the hood. Let me know if you have questions, thanks.

under driver side of dash.there may possibly be one under hood in fuse panel.why are looking for the fuel pump fuse???also there should be a fuel pump kill switch on passenger side floor kick pannel to the right of passengers foot behind plastic or in trunk..hope this done you some good....

no more then 10 to 15 bolts they are under the hood remove the inner fender and you will see the rest and there should be one or two under the car near the doors

when you hold the accelerator does the vehicle stay running? if so the problem is in ithe IAC idle air control motor, take a small screw driver and using the handle tap the iac motor and usualy the motor will kick in and the vehicle will run fine then if the problem is rectified replace the IAC