Don't do it without a proper compressor, unless you like playing Russian Roulette with you life.

Yeah, you can use a floor jack under the control arm or unload it some other way. It may pop gently one time, and another rip your face or shoulder off if you screw up.

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1987 300TD 147,000 miles- Palomino leather interior, 1995 facelift and body cladding, E350 wheels, Rebuilt suspension and sport springs, rebuilt turbo, New Monarch injection pump and injectors....and the list goes on and on...