flatpack
25th October 2016, 08:47 PM
My compressor was getting very noisy and I expected it to die very quickly. Fortunately some kind soul gave me one they had after swapping to springs. It just wouldn't be a Disco if it was as easy as swapping the compressors over.
When I fitted the replacement it blew the fuse so I took it off and separated the motor from the compressor and it was seized from getting sand and water in it. I was able to clean it up and free the bearing but the reed on the piston had broken off.
I managed to bastardise the two motors together to make one good one and used my old compressor because I feared that the beads in the drying compartment might be still wet in the replacement compressor.
Test ran it off the motor and it was sweet and very quiet, almost silent. Fit it back on and started her up and up it rose, majestic, job done.:D
Again, that would be too easy. When I tried to get in to pump up for the extra off road clearance the light on the dash flashed but it doesn't pump up any higher.
When I drive over 30kph the audible alarm to say it's lowering from the off road height beeps but as it hasn't pumped up, it doesn't go down.
Any ideas? It worked perfectly before.
When I fitted the replacement it blew the fuse so I took it off and separated the motor from the compressor and it was seized from getting sand and water in it. I was able to clean it up and free the bearing but the reed on the piston had broken off.
I managed to bastardise the two motors together to make one good one and used my old compressor because I feared that the beads in the drying compartment might be still wet in the replacement compressor.
Test ran it off the motor and it was sweet and very quiet, almost silent. Fit it back on and started her up and up it rose, majestic, job done.:D
Again, that would be too easy. When I tried to get in to pump up for the extra off road clearance the light on the dash flashed but it doesn't pump up any higher.
When I drive over 30kph the audible alarm to say it's lowering from the off road height beeps but as it hasn't pumped up, it doesn't go down.
Any ideas? It worked perfectly before.