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Tom Endy · 07-15-2020, 07:55 PM

While wearing a pair of gloves and wearing safety glasses place the spring in a bench vice at the corner with part of it out of the vice and compress the spring all the way down. It will be difficult at first because the spring will want to squirrel around. Once it is all the way down put a loop of safety wire through the spring and twist it tight. Loosen the vice slightly and rotate the spring and put another loop of safety wire through the spring. Do this three times so that the three wire loops are even. Remove the spring from the vice and drop it over the bottom end of the shift lever. Carefully insert the spring retainer and cut the safety wire and with long nose plyers pull the broken pieces of wire out.

I did this a number of times many years ago until I acquired a spring tool.

Tom Endy

07-15-2020, 07:55 PM	#2
Tom Endy Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Southern California Posts: 3,131	Re: Shifter spring compressor While wearing a pair of gloves and wearing safety glasses place the spring in a bench vice at the corner with part of it out of the vice and compress the spring all the way down. It will be difficult at first because the spring will want to squirrel around. Once it is all the way down put a loop of safety wire through the spring and twist it tight. Loosen the vice slightly and rotate the spring and put another loop of safety wire through the spring. Do this three times so that the three wire loops are even. Remove the spring from the vice and drop it over the bottom end of the shift lever. Carefully insert the spring retainer and cut the safety wire and with long nose plyers pull the broken pieces of wire out. I did this a number of times many years ago until I acquired a spring tool. Tom Endy