Thread: AMK Compressor and "Normal Height Only" fault, and fix!

[quote=LandyAndy;2560973]You can never trust anybody that sells you a secondhand car
Andrew[/quote
Mine won't be a second hand car at this rate, it will have more new parts than old!

Hopefully just chuck a new compressor in..

Originally Posted by LandyAndy

You can never trust anybody that sells you a secondhand car
Andrew

Well the previous owner was here most of the day with me as we pulled apart the EAS and finally got it off the ground, so at least there is after sales support 9 months after the sale

Originally Posted by LandyAndy

Interested in why your date is out.The one on the dash mate
Andrew

Ah, because i just tried a hard reset... The fault came back after 2-3 mins of idle.

Incase you didnt knoe Russ,that Justin fella bought his dads D4
Andrew

Originally Posted by LandyAndy

Incase you didnt knoe Russ,that Justin fella bought his dads D4
Andrew

And what a surprise, it came with LLAMS preinstalled.

Originally Posted by Grentarc

Well the previous owner was here most of the day with me as we pulled apart the EAS and finally got it off the ground, so at least there is after sales support 9 months after the sale

...and I hear he knows a little about the EAS.

I learnt something too - I already knew that MY12 shocks had more bump-stop than earlier shocks when I fitted them but didn't realise that they stop the vehicle from lowering so far such that larger tyres now wont scrape nearly as readily. Its probably why Tombie's D4 can't use extra low in access height mode. The longer bump-stops had me thinking that the rear wasn't on the bump-stops so we spent time R&R'ing the rear valve block to check it for blockages rather than go directly to pumping air into the compressor's intake line.

One thing I forgot to mention was that I pulled my dryer apart again today, just to make sure it wasn't blocked and found that my colour changing desiccant is doing its job, as the first 5mm of beads on the inlet side of the dryer had changed to pink indicating that they had absorbed their fair share, but the rest of the beads were still dark blue - which shows that the moisture is all caught very quickly with the new desiccant.
If it turns out the compressor is definitely past it's time, I have found a place that does a rebuild kit for AMK compressors, which I will do first as the kit works out to be just a bit under $80 delivered. It is a kit for the AMK compressor used on certain Mercedes Benz models, which appears to be the same compressor (AMK only have 6 or so compressors, and 2 HD models which are essentially the same, for larger vehicles.) But the kit is not as easy as the Hitachi rebuild as a press is required. First I need to figure out why it keeps thinking it is in extended mode though.