Broken spring

[David Pertuz]

Went to move my car for street cleaning the other day, let out the clutch
and....BANG!! from the front end. Whatever that was, it sure released a lot
of energy, I thought. Had a pretty good idea, so yesterday I shone a
flashlight under there and, yes - my left front coil spring broke, just off
of the flattened coil at the top.

Where does one even get stock springs?

And last week, for the first time in its 27 years, it's hard to start -
cranks for about five or six seconds before slowly catching, and a burst of
smoke from the exhaust. It's obviously a fuel-supply issue. Sigh.

My poor car needs a long layup in a garage space that I currently don't
have for it, so I can give it a complete suspension/front end rebuild and
take care of the dozen other small things I've never gotten to.

David
Chicago
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