34 Ford Hood latch spring

[phil pavicich]

I have a broken hood latch spring on my lhf hood handle , i have purchased a new spring from midwest springs , and am baffled as how it goes together , The spring needs to be tentioned on the shaft somehow, is there a special way to do it . The end of the handle has a D shaped end , but it very sloppy in the spring, the first pic is the lhr latch which is how it should be , i dont want to pull this one apart and then spring flys across shed , thanks in advance ,Phil