Yesterday, jacked up the Bird, set the jack stands, pulled the front wheels off and away I went!
Pulled the shocks, disconnected all the right parts, put in the spring compressor, pulled the front coil springs and cut 1/2 a coil off of each, put it all back together, installing the new gas shocks.
Got to love that big air compressor and a box full of air tools.
Now, at 68 and a half, crawling around, etc, that is a pretty full 3 hours, but wanted the front of the Bird down 2 inches and a fellow here in town, who does these things for a living said that 1/2 a coil would do the drop without any problems.
Put it back together, and got only a 1/2 an inch drop!
Well, only one thing to do, once I my old body recovers, take it apart again and cut a full coil off.
I called my buddy Gerry at Ford Body/Paint Tech Center for Ford and he said I must have only heard only the 1/2 inch part, because it takes removal of 1 and 1/2 of a coil on that year of Bird to get the "drop".
He suggested I drive it for a month or so, then remove a complete coil. That will let everything to this point settle in.
Ain`t life grand????
Grumpy
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