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=== Second Attempt & Solution ===

Before the second attempt, I bought two 6-inch long, ¼-inch bolts with washers (two washers per bolt) and nuts to bolt the strut to a spare 6-foot section of 6×6 landscape tie I had on hand. This required drilling 5/16-inch holes at 3⅛ inches apart, counterboring one side so the heads and washers would sit deep enough for the bolts to fit through the strut’s bottom holes.

With the strut mounted like this, getting the coil spring compressor on was much easier, and removing the gland packing nut was straightforward with a 14-inch pipe wrench. Mounting the strut also made handling the old insert cleaner — I only had to unbolt it to pour the oil into a prepared plastic bottle.