Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 10:04:28 -0700charset="iso-8859-1"
Hey Seattle-area folks: You: Busy trying to figure out the current eight-game Mariners skid. Me: Borrowing your TR6 suspension compression tool to rebuild the front end of my '74 TR6 so I don't have
You don't need one. Per the factory shop manual all you need are some jack stands and a floor jack. Support the car on stands, compress the front suspension by pumping up your floor jack under the sp
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 16:56:32 -0400charset="iso-8859-1"
And when the spring flies off at about 250 MPH it can put a hole in a wall, think of what it can do to a head, even a very hard head, risky, very risky. "FT" end Mariners
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 13:27:59 -0700charset="iso-8859-1"
Don't do it. Installing the lower spring pan over the studs is a nightmare without a tool. I paid about $40.00 for one from TRF a number of years ago, and am glad I did. I'm in Olympia, but driving
I've tried that on a different car, my advice is DON'T DO IT ! For $15 and a trip to your local Home Depot, you can build a suitable spring compressor. Get some 3/4" threaded rod, 3 nuts, 2 flat wash
Except for the &#*&$ trunnion bolts the whole job went smoothly and nothing seemed in danger of flying off. That said, I'll definitely try a spring compressor next time. Any tool that makes a job eas
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 22:25:52 +0930charset="iso-8859-1"
stands and a floor jack. your floor jack under the spring pan, undo some bolts (this is the hard part unless you've had it apart sometime in the last decade), then lower the floor jack and it all co