Cazzzidy, it's now the next day and I hope you're OK. At this point forget about keeping things undamaged; personnel safety comes first. I'm assuming the spring is out of the car and laying on the floor. Keep people out of the garage and find a piece of steel schedule 40 pipe big enough to slide the spring into. Have one end welded shut with 1/4in plate, the other end a plate with hooks on the plate and the pipe. It will be heavy. Then think like the bomb squad: you've got to get the spring into the pipe and the pipe "lid" closed and chained down via those hooks. Those pipe ends should have a hole big enough for sockets so you can free the compressor. Now that I think of it, a call to the bomb squad may not be a bad idea as they have the protective clothing. Don't fool around here. Your life is worth more than the $200 it will cost to do it safely.

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daBenz - 1970 220D