Well, my new coils keep staring at me every time I open the garage, maybe it's time to put them in. Is there any magic involved in replacing them? It's a 71 Sprint, and it looks to me like all I have to do is a little wrenching, compress the old spring and it will come out, then compress the new one and it'll go in. Seems too easy to me.

Am I missing anything?

As usual, advTHANKSance...

You probably won't have to compress the springs at all. At least I didn't.

Just raise the car, and put jack stands under the frame. Unbolt the lower shock bolts and allow the rear end to sag. Just fish 'em out of there.

Worked for me.

Tim hit it right on the head ... remove the lower shock mounts and lower the rear, they'll FALL out.

That's music to my ears!

Thanks!!!

I don't suppose I could use the sagging rear coils I replace to replace the even saggier front coils, could I?

Nope, the fronts and rears are completely different.

Do make sure the that the pigtail at the end of the top of the coil matches up with the proper depression in the frame mount or the car will not ride on the coils properly (it will sit higher than it should).

What size engine do you have in that Sprint? Might be able to help you out with some front coils.

Tim

454, quite a bit heavier than the 350 the thing came with from the factory. When I got the car it had a 402 in ot, which expired after a few months...

Thanks!

Wow, that was easy! Thanks for the assist...

Originally posted by Cecil:
Wow, that was easy! Thanks for the assist... Now that you're an expert on coil spring replacement, why don't you come up to TC and help me with my front springs? When we're finished we can go over to Muha's house and drink his beer.

I haven't tackled the front ones yet, but I like the idea. In fact, let's just skip the springs altogether and just go drink John's beer? It'll have to be a surprise so he won't have time to hide the good stuff...

A couple of no shows this weekend. Could have used a hand putting a centerlink in the boy's truck. He came over looking like something left over from the night before. Wasn't turning a wrench real fast.