EAS (again!)

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Ordering some other bit and bobs off Simon anyway so for the sake of £3 I'll take that. Cannot do anything now without parts and I'm away tomorrow so you get a break from my incessant questions.

Mind you, looks like it is going to p!ss it down for the next 2 days anyway. Bloke next door appears to building an Ark, just in case.
 
Grrrrrr said:
Ordering some other bit and bobs off Simon anyway so for the sake of £3 I'll take that. Cannot do anything now without parts and I'm away tomorrow so you get a break from my incessant questions.

Mind you, looks like it is going to p!ss it down for the next 2 days anyway. Bloke next door appears to building an Ark, just in case.
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I wouldn't worry, the world ends on Friday:rolleyes:
 
Not ended yet, and neither has this thread!

Got some replacement valves from Simon. What worries me is one valve begins with a 2 and the other with a 4. They look the same on the outside. What worries me is that all my airbag ones begin with a 2 and (I think) the only one of mine beginning with a 4 is the end one (the exhaust valve). Now, I know I cannot just switch solenoids round but is that 4 significant? Is it safe to stick a valve beginning with 4 on an airbag valve place?

Incidentally I'm in the middle of replacing the thermal switch. Not straightforward. Looks rather like I'm going to have to drill the rivets out and then work out a way to replace them somehow. Screws probably. Still thinking if there's an easy way!
 
If you squeeze the rivet head with needle-nosed pliers you can round them just enough to prise board off with a screwdriver (careful as the board is very brittle) and it has enough rivet left to press-fit back on. Might even try flattening them a bit when I'm happy it is working.

Now, this is interesting. On the compressor I have continuity between green and orange but not between black and orange AND that's with a new thermal switch!

According to Wammers How To that means it is knackered but I checked the thermal switch before fitting and that has continuity. Strange ... time to find an old battery!
 
OK. Valves beginning 4 are different (for me, anyway). They have the large rubber foot inside so must be exhaust or inlet valve. Bugger bugger and sod. I wanted this fixed before Christmas. It has spent more time on my drive than on the road.

Thermal switch was OK. Continuity restored. I think one of the brushes was touching something and shorting out. Now have continuity between orange and black and shaking it doesn't seem to change this so going to refit everything and see where we are ...
 
Bingo. Intermittant fault on thermal switch. Switch repaired and compressor is go. I suspect a dodgy seal on the valves was loosing air and the comrpessor was working too much and eventually the switch started to fail.

I have only have 1 dodgy valve and the repaired comrpessor can just about handle that. Going up and down fine. I've removed the relay and fully expect only 1 corner to be down in the morning. Moreover, I now have a valve that I can stare at and ty to work out how to repair that bit of rubber in the foot that clearly seems to be causing the issue.

What a palaver!
 
Thanks. I think bloody-mindedness is the key. It has got to the stage where I refuse to be broken by it.

Once I'm happy the suspension is straight I need to drop that gearbox and try to work out why it is so hard going into 5th and reverse. Thought I'd wait for a suitably cold day over Christmas for that!
 
Grrrrrr said:
OK. Valves beginning 4 are different (for me, anyway). They have the large rubber foot inside so must be exhaust or inlet valve. Bugger bugger and sod. I wanted this fixed before Christmas. It has spent more time on my drive than on the road.

Thermal switch was OK. Continuity restored. I think one of the brushes was touching something and shorting out. Now have continuity between orange and black and shaking it doesn't seem to change this so going to refit everything and see where we are ...
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The first two valves on top of the block to front of car are Exhaust and inlet. The solenoid shaft and seal on these are identical and can be swapped. The next four valves two upper two lower are the corner valves the solenoid shaft and seal (Spring on shaft) on these are identical and they can be exchanged. The last valve on top is the diaphragm solenoid valve and can only be fitted in one place. The exhaust and inlet have no spring on the shaft it is a small spring on top of the shaft. You CANNOT have one of those as a corner valve. All four corner valves MUST have the spring on the shaft.
 
Thanks Wammers. I think we've got there!

Next job: try to fix that gearbox. If it stops raining for a few hours I'll try and get the selector box off. Seeing as I cannot find a 4-poster anyone is willing to let me use I'll see if I can borrow another jack and some spare axle-stands and try it on the drive. Fingers crossed!
 
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