Tips how to change Air Springs P38 please

Can someone advise how to go about changing rear Air Springs on my P38....are they easy to do ?

Dead easy to do - this will tell you all you need to know -
Air Spring Replacement

I've regretted many things since i bought my p38 but the only thing i've really had no regets about was when i bought a coil spring kit & threw away all my air spring problems.Worth a thought?

ooh all these coil spring enthusiasts....I see their point but air suspension ain't that difficult to understand and I like my vehicles original for at least their mechanic side..as well as going up and down to let wife out(!!?)

Rear air bags are easy. You don't even need to get wheels or arch liners off. (see my previous posts).

1."wanna see what knackered air bags look like" -- pictures of ones I removed

2."EAS- Hurrah and thank you Landyzone" post 11th June

Rangerovers .net is also excellent on air spring replacement

I would agree that air suspension isn't that hard to understand and after two and a half years of non-stop problems,i've become something of an expert. Also a whole lot poorer! The ride difference is minimal and off road it's just great. I would just add that one of the reasons i bought the p38 in the first place,was for the air suspension,but in the end it had to go!

Hi guys, I have just bought my P38 and seem to be having the same problems with leaking air susp bags and eas faults. Im about to try the link posted by V8Kenny. Hope all goes. How did you get on with yours Disc300?

Have a look at This thread......http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f10/air-spring-change-84210.html

Should give you an idea of what to expect.

I can send you a guide if you PM me with an email address, easy job unless the endcaps are alloy, then it's bugger to get the pins out.

Did it a few weeks ago. It's not difficult, except that one of the fronts had glued itself in place, but after thirteen years, that's understandable. Solved it by sticking a woodscrew through the plastic endcap to "jack" it away from the metal.

Very glad I did it - ride nicer ever since. Also, air springs weigh very little, so why stick yet more heavy metal onto an already portly beast.

Others have already pointed you at the best on-line help.

just changed my rear spings to day easy to do, just needed jacks, stands, pliers and screw driver only 1 hour to do, will never go to coil springs

Yup easy job unless as notpc says the tops can get "welded" in place. Had to physically cut around one of the bags in order to get enough grip/leverage to get it off.

Is it absolutely necessary to remove the front wheels covers to replace the bags or is there some shortcut ?

mcapinha said:

Is it absolutely necessary to remove the front wheels covers to replace the bags or is there some shortcut ?

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No need to remove the wheel arch liners front or rear on the diesel

Just came in from trying to replace my rear springs.
Jacked up the chassis to a position above high, pressed the collet with a screw driver and removed the air line with pliers. Used a metallic hanger to remove the "R" pin from the top of the spring. Removed the bottom pin with pliers. Removed the bottom of the spring from its position. The guide in RR.net says that at this point the spring should drop out. But it looks like it is stuck! I'm afraid that if I force it too much I'll end breaking something and will be left with a stranded Rangie.
Any thoughts on how to force the spring out ? I'm working on the driveway, on my back

If you've only jacked the chassis up and haven't got another jack under the half shaft or somewhere then they should just fall out. However the book wasn't written thinking of us poor slobs still trying to keep these cars going well over a decade later. Funny things do happen but if you're convinced that you've got the pins out complete then it's a bit of brute force.

However, before you do, I hope you're not trusting your life just to one jack. As long as you've got axle stands or heavy wooden blocks or something similar under there then go for it. Pry bar, hammer, hammer and chisel, all the standard Land Rover tools, whatever takes your fancy.

dogsbody said:

However, before you do, I hope you're not trusting your life just to one jack

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Let me get back to you on that.

big lever /crow bar between air bag top and body and heave ho there you go

mcapinha said:

Let me get back to you on that.

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You've gone awful quiet.
From this do we assume that you were entrusting your life to one jack on it's own?







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dogsbody said:

You've gone awful quiet.
From this do we assume that you were entrusting your life to one jack on it's own?







hello








hello







Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today . . . .

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Probably waiting for the Portuguese fire service to lift the car off him

Datatek said:

Probably waiting for the Portuguese fire service to lift the car off him

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I wonder if his widow will want to sell it?