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Since I "retired" last Friday, I now have way too much
time on my hands as Paul has oft said.

So little by little, every day the Crypt Car is shrinking
as pieces of Crypty get taken out and dumped in the trash.

Amos now has a third new coil spring- Driver's side
front. Scariest thing (to date) this non-mechanic TR owner
has attempted. I mean white knuckles the entire time I was
slooooooooooowly compressing the coil spring. Thanks Ben!
For the spring tool photos and walking me thru this
miserable task.

Upper and lower wishbone arms with new bushings installed.
Coil spring bottom pan installed and fastened to lower
wishbone arms. Coil spring still in compression contained
by tool. Amos looking better and better every day and maybe
more reliable than the Crypt Car as well.

Now some mandatory assist with the gardening chores.
And yes, Amos is getting a frame makeover of full strip,
Eastwood Rust inhibitor primer and two top coats of medium
grey acrylic modified two component epoxy urethane.

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before photo:

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Dale

That is purty /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/wink.gif

Pat
 
Dale,

I am behind the eight ball here. I must have missed something in the ongoing saga. What is the difference between Crypty and Amos. I know all about Crypty but Amos is confusing me. Is the later the birth out of the ashes of the Pheonix (the pheonix being the former)??
 
Yes, Amos is the rebirth of the anti christ.

Pat
 
Dale: Outstanding. I really like the way you architect types like to color code things! /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/whistle.gif
 
If Amos is the anti christ, what does that make Andy?.....unemployed?

Anyway..looks sharp tinster,although on my TR6 I am quite sure the upper A arms were paint color # 7.
 
Looks nice. Reminds me of last year (2005/6) when we had the Volvo apart... scary at times but so satisfying as it all went back together with clean, freshly painted parts... /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/cheers.gif

I miss those days... /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/crazyeyes.gif
 
If memory serves- What happened to Andy?

Andy blew all his $$$ on fast women and wine,
was forced to move back home with his Aunt Bea
in the crime ridden town of Mayberry RFD where
he served with distinction as sheriff while
attending lawschool at night where he got his
degree in jurisprudence, passed the Georgia Bar
on his fifth attempt and went on to become a famous
trial lawyer who had a niece who went to a cosmetic
surgeon once a year and totally changed her looks.

And now.................

You know the REST of the story.
 
Dale the spring looks off centered to me (obviously the suspension is not completely back together in the picture). Does your spring compressor compress the spring alone or is it compressing the spring pan also? I know this topic was discussed some previously. My method of spring compression was to assemble the whole suspension minus the spring and pan and then compress the spring and pan as a unit. I felt that if for whatever reason the spring compressor failed (though I used the floor jack in conjunction with the compressor) the vertical link could sort of "cage in" the spring to minimize the likelihood that it would fly my direction and kill me. I tried to be very slow and careful and treated the procedure with respect, but I never felt that it was too scary. I think I WOULD be a bit more apprehensive performing the task in the manner it appears you are doing it in the picture. Others may correct me on this.
*Heads up notice: you will probably find the passenger side suspension a little more challenging thanks to the indentation in the wheel well to accomodate the air cleaner and (at least in my car) the position of the carbon cannister. There was ample weeping, wailing, and gnashing of teeth while I fought with that!
 
Here is my way, I just put my big floor jack under the pan.loosen up the trunnion bolt, jack it up to the top,pull the bolt, lower it then pull out the spring. The other way is good if your doing it for time and materials.
 
... and it holds the spring in place should your trolly jack decide to move!
 
Here is the tool I built to compress the coil
spring completely independent of the pan or
lower wishbone arms.

Because I know almost nil of auto mechanics,
I followed the guidelines of a well respected
auto mechanic. The compressor disk has two (2)
grade #8, 3/8" bolts as inside coil guides.
Plus the steel driver, the tool cannot slip off
or out of the coil spring.

My tool is completely independent of the pan
or the need for a jack. Once the coil spring
is compressed, the support pan is easily installed
freehand with no load on it. The coil spring is
decompressed onto the pan and spring seating ring.

The driver parts of my tool slide out downward thru
the shock absorber hole in the pan. The 3/8" bolts
remove upward and the disk slides out between the coils.

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Dale, best be safe than sorry. We learn things like this with age.

Wayne
 
Dale,

That home made spring compressor tool looks great and is exactly what you need to do the job properly! Well Done!


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Scary looking "tool" made with copper plumbing pipe and a 3/8" steel disc that could fly out sideways. You have to realize the force of the compressed spring could rip that copper tube in half releasing the energy of the compressed spring.

IMO buy the correct tool or replicate the correct tool, don't invent one. Just MHO but scary from one who's seen things like this go wrong; it's bloody.

Nice job so far though Dale.
 
That is a pretty ingenious tool!
 
Hola PeterK !

Take a look again- impossible for the steel disk
to fly sideways or anyways. The 3/4" allthread is in
the disk center plus two grade #8 bolts thru the disk,
inside the coils prevent the disk from moving sideways,
plus the 1 1/4" diameter steel, threaded driving hub
is also inside the coils.

You are not seeing a copper pipe. That is a high
strength bronze alloy sleeve with a wall thickness
of 3/16".

My tool is far "beefier" than the tool sold by
the Big Three. I compressed the coil spring about
2 1/2 inches. Someone probably could calculate the
downward force.

best,

d
 
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