Seven Lucky Logs
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Friday last I hooked up the muck trailer to go and empty it. Halfway down the drive I hear the jockey wheel scraping along - "Bugger, the jockey wheel clamp has loosened" I said to myself. Jumped out and immediately noticed the back right corner is well down. Whilst I watch, the other three corners lower to the level of the back right. Unhook the trailer and drive (across the lawn (don't tell)) back to the house, Jump out and close the door. All four corners rise back to normal ride height....then back right starts to drop. Leaning down I can hear a "whoosh" of air coming from the wheelwell. Log onto LandyZone, search the issue and come to the conclusion that I have a knackered air spring. Log onto the good folks at Island and order said air spring. It arrived today. Spent this afternoon changing said air spring. Started the big girl up and "whoosh" went the air in the back right wheelwell. Jacked her up again, released the air hose from the spring and, only then, noticed a hole in the line. Ah well, the old air spring looked knackered anyway. Trimmed air hose and popped it back in. Started the big girl up and no "whoosh". Sorted? No. No ride height change at all. "Might need a few minutes to fill the reservoir" I said to myself. No, after 15 mins no change. Open bonnet and check compressor which is red hot. Gnash teeth for a while and then remove blue out line from compressor, start engine and put finger over hole on compressor. Reasonable output but if I really press hard I can block air from escaping.
So, my question (after all the bollox above) is could this situation have caused the seals in the compressor to fail? Bearing in mind on Friday it was lifting the vehicle up as quickly as usual (albeit the hole in the air hose was dropping it straight back down again).
Thanks
Tim
Friday last I hooked up the muck trailer to go and empty it. Halfway down the drive I hear the jockey wheel scraping along - "Bugger, the jockey wheel clamp has loosened" I said to myself. Jumped out and immediately noticed the back right corner is well down. Whilst I watch, the other three corners lower to the level of the back right. Unhook the trailer and drive (across the lawn (don't tell)) back to the house, Jump out and close the door. All four corners rise back to normal ride height....then back right starts to drop. Leaning down I can hear a "whoosh" of air coming from the wheelwell. Log onto LandyZone, search the issue and come to the conclusion that I have a knackered air spring. Log onto the good folks at Island and order said air spring. It arrived today. Spent this afternoon changing said air spring. Started the big girl up and "whoosh" went the air in the back right wheelwell. Jacked her up again, released the air hose from the spring and, only then, noticed a hole in the line. Ah well, the old air spring looked knackered anyway. Trimmed air hose and popped it back in. Started the big girl up and no "whoosh". Sorted? No. No ride height change at all. "Might need a few minutes to fill the reservoir" I said to myself. No, after 15 mins no change. Open bonnet and check compressor which is red hot. Gnash teeth for a while and then remove blue out line from compressor, start engine and put finger over hole on compressor. Reasonable output but if I really press hard I can block air from escaping.
So, my question (after all the bollox above) is could this situation have caused the seals in the compressor to fail? Bearing in mind on Friday it was lifting the vehicle up as quickly as usual (albeit the hole in the air hose was dropping it straight back down again).
Thanks
Tim
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