Yeah. It could be a lil tight to get the plates between the coils. Just get them on the furthest away from each other as possible and compress the sting from there. Should be enough compression to get the spring out of the way.

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Current fleet
2006 E320 CDI
1992 300D - 5speed manual swapped

former members
1984 300D "Blues Mobile"

1978 300CD "El Toro"