Air Ride problem

does200Member

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Originally posted by Hemihunter:
looking at your pics seems like alot of oil in the system as well, or could it be water? like i said before add a filter on the discharge side of the compressor. Glad you got it sorted.

Thanks, I will think about a filter too. I see Ridetech doesn't sell them with their units, so I am asking them why. As far as it looking dirty or oily, remember I squirted some WD40 to help release that valve stem so that's all that shiny stuff is. When I took my MBZ SL65 into the shop last week I also saw they had some nice low profile and very light weight ramps sitting there. So, am going to get some of them too. Looks like they come in 2&1/2" for the "Scale Ramps" and a 3" version too. I actually made some out of wood a few years ago, but heavy as heck and once I had my 5S rear tire hook up with one of the ramps and it threw it to the side almost hitting my Lambo! Ha ha Pantera throwing things a the Lambo!

https://raceramps.com/ramp-cat...e-and-service-ramps/

Ramps by JanDaMan, on Flickr

7/31/181:32 PM

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George PAdmin.

Jan you're 'da man.

Glad the problem is resolved. I hope all is well, wishing you the best.

7/31/186:02 PM

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does200Member

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Originally posted by George P:
Jan you're 'da man.

Glad the problem is resolved. I hope all is well, wishing you the best.

Thanks. Things would be more fun to tinker with if the weather was cooler! Everyone is always helpful here & I guess that's the process of learning as long as I don't make things worse in the process of fixing, haha. It seems Ridetech doesn't put in-line filters in their systems; however there is a sandwich intake filter where the air is sucked in by the compressor where I found the outer dark foam portion was crumbling apart but the inner white filter looked pretty good. So I just need to get some foam & cut to size to replace that outer piece. Probably just some AC foam from Lowes or vacuum cleaner foam that I can cut down to 1 & 1/4" diameter.