1996 Lincoln Continental

Ok depending on the room you have depends on what kind of coil spring compressor you should use. There is ones that compress from the inside and then ones that compress from the outside. You should be able to rent one from either a parts store that rents tools or a rental place. Here is a pic of one of the types.

Ok here is the problem you can't do this in the car. You need to remove the strut first then you replace the springs. So you will unbolt the bolts at the top under the hood and then unbolt the pinch bolt that holds the strut onto the knuckle and then you use the spring compressor to compress the spring and then reomve the bolt in the center. Once that is done the you remove the turn plate and the spring. If you look at the strut on the box you see that there is two bolts on top that is the ones that you remove from the top under the hood. Then you see the bottom of the strut it goes into the knuckle on the bottom and there is one bolt that pinches that together as it goes through the larger hole on the guide that is on the strut. You may need to use a chissle to open the knuckle a bit so that you can get the strut out of it. It will come out in one piece as the strut you have on the cardboard. Hope this helps.