freek517
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Replacing both airsprings on the Disco2 took 1 hour. Following Urban Panzer's "manual" it is a piece of cake. Springs ordered at Chris McKnight's and toggled along like the "manual" advised. However on two issues I went my own way:
First of all, every manual states that dirt in the airlines can seriously harm the system, so instead of unscrewing the lines completely from the compressor valveblock I unscrewed them just far enough to let the air escape, making capping off the open ends unnecessary and avoiding the risk of ruining the threads (esp. because the sidestep is a wee in the way, making the compressor unit somewhat difficult to approach)or mixing them up
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The second diversion was at the end of the airhose where it enters the airspring. In my case the hose was topped off with a open "o" ring that would squeeze into the brass union a therefore making itself airtight. I carefully opened the ring and was able to slide it off - hereby saving (scarse) line length, because I didn't have to cut them off.
Pushed the line into the fitting and returned to Panzer's manual. For which I am very grateful.
First of all, every manual states that dirt in the airlines can seriously harm the system, so instead of unscrewing the lines completely from the compressor valveblock I unscrewed them just far enough to let the air escape, making capping off the open ends unnecessary and avoiding the risk of ruining the threads (esp. because the sidestep is a wee in the way, making the compressor unit somewhat difficult to approach)or mixing them up
The second diversion was at the end of the airhose where it enters the airspring. In my case the hose was topped off with a open "o" ring that would squeeze into the brass union a therefore making itself airtight. I carefully opened the ring and was able to slide it off - hereby saving (scarse) line length, because I didn't have to cut them off.
Pushed the line into the fitting and returned to Panzer's manual. For which I am very grateful.