Putting them back is another story. AMC sold a special spring compressor
for the job. I tried to find one without much success. (I must admit that
I didn't call MAC or SNAPON.) What I finally did, was got a standard
internal spring compressor. These are usually used for Mustangs and they
don't really open wide enough. So I heated the hooks with an oxi-acetaline
(sp) tourch and beat them open until the fit around the springs.
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You got more guts than me. I'm amazed the hooks didn't bend or break
considering the pressures involved. Snap-On makes an internal compressor
that's tedious to use, but will collapse the spring to where it will go in/out
with room to spare.
GM
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