Fred,
He's talking about an early spring. They don't have a "Safety Leaf"
Joe
Fred Griffiths wrote:
>
> Hi Simon,
> If it isn't stamped on the clips, then try this:
> The BL manual says " assemble the spring with the main leaf into the safety
>leaf
> with the ground edge facing the plain, unstamped legs of the spring clips".
>
> Haynes says" insert the main leaf into the safety leaf so that the ground
>edge at
> the centre of the main leaf faces the plain unstamped legs of the spring clips
> (towards the rear of the car when spring installed)".
>
> That should explain it
>
> Cheers, Fred
>
> simon.halliwell@postoffice.co.uk wrote:
>
> > --------------------------------------
> > ------ Disengage 'lurk' mode --------
> > --------------------------------------
> >
> > Hi, I've been on this list for quite sometime now whilst I'm rebuilding a
>1967
> > Mk3.
> > Last night I fitted the rear spring and noticed the Haynes manual mentioned
>a
> > 'front' marking on the spring. I've tried, but I can't find any marks, can
> > anyone help either tell me where the marks are - or tell me how to identify
>the
> > 'front' of the spring.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Simon.
> > Chesterfield
> > England.
>
> --
> Fred & Wendy Griffiths,
> Calgary, Canada
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> mailto: griffco@cadvision.com
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