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Originally Posted by rjmorel
Having expounded on that, how the heck do you get the pennies into the spring? My spring was very strong (or I am very weak) an I could only get in about 6-8 pennies into the spring. I hooked one end of spring into a slot on the front crash bar ,I mean engine protector Joe B., and bent the spring to open up the coils. Any better way? rj
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Rob, I had the same problem, in my case it's simply old age. I used a 36" reversible woodworking clamp and set it to spread rather than clamp. I then wound some bailing wire through the spring loops and onto the clamp grips, squeezed the spring open and inserted the pennies. Worked like a charm.