C3 headlight Spring and other questions

[Charles P.]

Anyone who has ever worked on C3 headlights knows the biggest headache is the installation of the springs. I have had to remove them and install them by hand because I don't have a spring puller. If you have done, this what type and brand do you have? Which brand/style works best. Also there are teflon bushings that look like lima beans. Do the lips face the eye or do they face the outside where the cotter pin is.

[Graeme B.]

Re: C3 headlight Spring and other questions

Hi Charles,
I use pointy nose pliers and the lips go to the outside.

[Alan S.]

Re: C3 headlight Spring and other questions

Hi Charles,
"Lima beans".... all along I've been thinking 'kidney beans'.
And now I have to think of beans with lips!
Happy New Year!
Regards,
Alan

[Robert S.]

Re: C3 headlight Spring and other questions

When I had to work on the headlights on my son's 74' I made a spring install/remove tool using a length of brazing wire which I bent into a small hook on one end and on the other end I drilled a small hole in a piece of half inch dowl stock, inserted the wire and bent it around the dowl stock. I think the wire was about 18 inches long.