Thanks for feedback. Just got spring out. Did so by putting a small wedge of wood under spring to kinda straighten it out (between spring and Carrier block and tapped it out from the hammer ears end. Came right out but suffered flesh wound when I tried pulling it out. The pin cutout on the hammer spring broke off. Oh well. New one on order. I don't understand it. Working on a hundred year old gun, what could possibly go wrong.