> There is a special tool for those spring clamps.
>
>>
>>>
>>> It's called a come-along. Put one hook on a c-clip, the other on a
convenient body or suspension part, and start cranking. Shield your eyes.
Hopefully you can replace them with something else, or do as I did and
throw them away since I was putting the Jetta engine that had them into a
Vanagon.

Not only to you need special tools (steel wedges) you need a magic wand to
make room to swing the hammer that it will take to drive them.

Ugh.

Jim