spring

Even though my Air suspension system is currently fine, I've decided to do away with it and sell the whole system while of course replacing it with coil springs. I have noticed there are more than a few vari v. const discussions all over the web but I wanted to see if anyone here has done this...

While rebuilding the front end on my 2000 Town Car I removed the driver's side front spring with no problem by lowering the control arm. I'm now having a heck of a time getting the top of the spring back into place so that I can raise the control arm and button everything up. Any suggestions? Thanks!