P38A Pesky EAS!

Datatek said:

Possibly the connectors are still not making good contact, they need to be cut out and the joints soldered to be sure. It's almost impossible to get those contacts really clean.

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1. Soak for 10-20 mins in White Vinegar + Salt.
2. Soak for 10 mins in Water + Baking Soda.

pwood999 said:

Once you cut the connector off and strip the wires for soldering, you will almost certainly find corrosion on the copper wire as well. Do the 2 step cleaning before soldering, i.e.

1. Soak for 10-20 mins in White Vinegar + Salt.
2. Soak for 10 mins in Water + Baking Soda.

Now the should be clean enough to solder properly. Don't forget to slide the heatshrink on first !!

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Digweed said:

Another update for this. Finally got around to getting this done. All wires have been chopped and reconnected and I have full control of the suspension, can put it up and down, no 35mph warning on the dash, just no lights on the switch. I doubt there is any leaks either, put it up to it's full height and it held it for a week.

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Datatek said:

Leaks in the airbags open and close where the bag folds under at the bottom with height changes. Holding pressure at full height does not mean they are not leaking at normal height.
Does the light on the lock button come on when pressed?

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pwood999 said:

Up & Down simply switch those two inputs to ground to the EAS ECU. LED's are a serial data link to the height switch, so harder to diagnose unless you have a scope.

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Digweed said:

I seem to have 2 inhibit switches!! One of them lights up when I press it and I have to press it twice for it to turn off. The other doesn't light up. Neither of them do anything though to the suspension.

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Datatek said:

You should have the up/down button and to the right the inhibit switch which is used to lock the suspension at the chosen height

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