I have recently dropped the front subframe assembly and was wondering how do I compress the spring safety for a full dism




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Did mine without the factory (Churchill) tool (as mentioned in the Repair Manual) using a heavy duty threaded rod.
This is then inserted inside the coil and thru the hole in the subframe. Two large nuts (locked together at the top) to hold the rod in situ.
Then using a base plate with central hole for the rod and another nut, tighten up to compress the spring.
Helps if you have a ratchet wrench to use when tightening & releasing the tension (bottom nut).
Once you have sufficient compression, the 5 bolts can be removed from bottom "pan".
You will also need 2 additional threaded rods to locate the pan when re-compressing (UNF thread ie same size as the 5 bolts), otherwise you will have difficulty lining up the pan bolt holes on re-assembly. The shop manual explains this as well.
Lubricating the thread on the rod helps, cos its under enormous stress. Don't use cheap Chinese materials & be careful.

 

Take a look here:
https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/x...9/#post1218748
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Here's another take on the one Elinor has.

https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/x...-211881/page4/

Dave