[John Mann]

Still working on the coil springs. I started to use a floor jack to raise the lower A arm. But with the engine and body panels off, there isn't any vehicle weight to compress the spring. So I'm trying to get a coil spring compressor that will work with these guys. Got one from Auto Zone today that might work. I'll get to it Thursday or Friday. The day-job thing is overrated...

In the meantime, I had to take a cutoff wheel to the rear leaf spring U-Bolts. The nuts were on too tight. I was a bit surprised when the first one cut through--it sprang open more than I thought it would. I put the floor jack gently on the bottom of the remaining bolts before cutting them off--that helped.

When I pulled the tranny, I only drained about half a cup of oil. The rest is goo in the bottom of the tranny. Any suggestions for cleaning all that out? Solvent good or bad?