Swapping spindles from 2" drop spindles to stock height. Front end is too low without the engine in the frame. Adding that weight means more down angle in the front.
I don't know about you guys, but I have had a hard time getting spring compressors up inside the front coil springs. I could not use one when I installed the lower control arm & spring. I sued my own design compressor - all thread, big nuts, washers, and some wood blocks to get the spring and lower control arm installed. The other issue I had was the rubber bushing that fits in the bottom of the lower control arm spring pocket would move while installing. I couldn't get it to set flat during the install, so one end was sticking out. It might have not been an issue, but it bothered me that it wasn't right. I also needed to swap the frame mounts since I am getting rid of the BRP mounts in favor of Hooker mounts. The only way to get to the fasteners holding the mounts on was to remove the spring. So, I need to remove the spring to fix that, replace the spindles, and correct placement of the rubber bushing.
So, the issue came back to not being able to get a spring compressor inside the spring. I found a really robust and clever design spring compressor that works like a champ. A neat feature is the upper plate is locked to the threaded shaft so when you turn the shaft, you can climb the top plate to the top of the spring and then rotate the bottom independently to the bottom of the spring. This is the best spring compressor I have ever used. It also has a thrust bearing between the compression nut and the bottom plate. It is very easy to tighten.
Once this is done, I will get back to the engine. More details on that.
