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Date:         Tue, 13 Dec 2011 15:30:22 -0500
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: pushrod from auto. trans to throttle - Cannot get spring back
Comments: To: John Lauterbach <jhlauterbach@bellsouth.net>
In-Reply-To:  <1323807191.3558.5.camel@landallc>
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At 03:13 PM 12/13/2011, John Lauterbach wrote: >override spring back on. I have the right e-clip ready to go, but I >can't push the spring in enough to leave enough space at the end of the >rod to put the e-clip on. Is there a special tool required to compress >the spring?

Slip-joint pliers (or Vise Grips perhaps) at the extreme outer end of the spring, and more force than you think you can exert. It's a bugger, especially with cold hands. But I've managed it multiple times, including squeezing 3/32 brass rod around the slot (by nipping it with small sharp Vise Grips) in lieu of the vanished clip.

Yours, David


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