Hi Mike,

Early last summer I parted out an 87 passenger van, and at some point
after I pulled the shocks I needed to jack up the van. Imagine my
surprise when both rear coil springs dropped out.

If you're driving around with a shock missing, keep it gentle. The
springs are only held in place by the weight of the van.

Happy trails,

Greg Potts
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

1973/74/79 Westfakia Conversion **Bob the Tomato**  LY3H
1977 Sunroof Automatic L63H/L90D
http://www.pottsfamily.ca/westfakia
http://www.busesofthecorn.com

On 19-Mar-06, at 7:35 PM, Mike Collum wrote:

> By jacking the van up and down you may be able to line up the shock
> with
> the mounting hole without having to worry much with elongating or
> compressing the shock itself.