Rear is done now. I have to give thanks to my wife, who actually laid around on the ground and got dirty helping me. She actually installed both shocks and the right spring and helped bolting stuff back together. Also get to thank my neighbor, who torched off the right shock top nut and only barely started the Amigo on fire at all. Really, very small fire and I was ready with the extinguisher, which didn't function the way I thought and I had to learn on the fly.

Driver side after install.



The shocks are VERY tight. Think I should figure out a washer or bushing of some sort? They don't really move much at the bottom, but I'm worried about vibration over time. Excuse the fire extinguisher residue.





Protip! When you reattach the upper trailing arm, the axle will have relaxed and it won't quite line up with the bracket. I've read other people struggling with this and inviting lots of friends over to coax it back into place. I was looking at this thing imagining all the swearing, kicking, sledge hammer, and bloody knuckles it was going to take when I had an idea. Using this jack made it almost a one man job and was easy and gentle. Highly recommend this method.



Terrible night photo, I know. I'll take one during the day tomorrow before I get it back into the garage to start on the front. Back half is done at this point.