Ok - I reversed the spring so that it looks the same as the other side - that is at the fender bracket where the front of the spring attaches, on the passenger side - the spring goes into the fender bracket slot from the outside. On the drier's side, the front of the spring goes into the fender bracket slot from the inside of the bracket. Clearance at the fender is really close, but it doesn't scrape - which is what I want. I got the adjustment slot to line up by disconnecting the spring and loosely putting the bolt closest to the firewall in first at the previous location of alignment. Then I operated the spring until the front hole in the bracket lined up lined up with the hinge bracket hole and loosely put that bolt in. I operated the spring so that I could attach the spring to the lower portion of the hinge - and tightened the hinge down.
