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The tools you need are:
Some sort of *quality* spring compressor.
Pipe wrenches have worked better on gland nuts than pin spanners for me (though I'm in the rust belt).
A Harbor Freight (or similar -- most don't have the right offset) 15/16" offset wrench to loosen/tighten the top nut on the strut.
Look closely at Bentley, and check k-jet.org for the front suspension green book. To get the strut out of the strut tower, there are three small nuts. The big (24mm) nut must *only* be loosened. If you remove it, the spring will basically explode off the strut assembly (if the front end is off the ground). Could be ugly.
It would be best if you had an impact wrench to loosen up the big 24mm nut. An impact wrench is also handy to use with a spring compressor. Electric impacts are indeed up to the task.
Loosen the big nut, remove the 3 smaller nuts, then lower the strut out from under the fender. Compress the spring, remove the big nut, remove the mount and spring and dust boot, remove the gland nut, remove the strut, and then put it all back together in the opposite order. :-)
Good luck!
-Ryan
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Athens, Ohio
1987 245 DL 324k, Dog-mobile, E-codes
1990 245 DL 137k M47, E-codes, GT Sway Bars, GT Braces, Dracos
1991 745 GL 304k, Regina, 23/21mm Turbo Sway Bars
Buckeye Volvo Club
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