I don't know if they'd succeed, but they'd certainly try. I think Hook is just as afraid of the reformat failing (who knows what he'd end up as?) as he is of it succeeding.

Shrapnel: *tugging Hook's foot* "Why not?! You could fly."
Hook: "I can already fly!"
Kickback: "You can have a long reach, reach."
Hook: "I already have a long reach!"
Bombshell: "I could convince you otherwise."
Hook: "NO!"
*the rest of the Constructicons come in, the Insecticons freeze in the middle of attempting to drag Hook out from under the berth*
Scrapper: *having fetched the rest of the team* "Alright. So maybe he hasn't snapped."

How did Coyote win the war for both sides? *confused*

I have no idea. He's just that good. There are too many stories that he uses trickery to solve major problems in that I can't see this beyond him.

*pouts* My friends in school were boring. We never had conversations like that. *pouts*

Awww. *pats* I just like being a smartass random conversationalist.