Thread: Suspension Faults

Time to put this puppy to bed.

I think you are on the money Graeme with your thought about getting enough air into the system to do things but not enough to keep the electronic geeks that live in the car happy.

Just put the compressor back in - same old story but this time the tank was full at the start - from onroad up to offroad no issues, down to access no issues, back up to onroad - hmmm dont like this will raise slowly but it got there and I could here the compressor stop - so up to full pressure. Now back up to off road - hmmm don't like this one little bit - up slowly - oops need a rest and will continue when I cool down - it is only 28 and the covers are not on the compressor. BUT - he gets there after a little rest - offroad height, compressor off and no faults so pressure must be there.

So back to onroad and off for a drive - 10km before gong - stopped a few times and some compressor running and sometimes not - all normal.

So it seems it can handle the ups and downs with just a little trouble when stopped but when driving cannot cope - I guess the constant level adjustment as you drive - along the lines as you suggested Graeme the compressor cannot keep the tank topped up quick enough for the car's electronic geeks.

I wasn't expecting the cooling issue today as I did not have it yesterday when it was the hottest January day in Canberra's history (42) and the covers were on. No covers today and needs to cool only after one lift.

So I need to decide what compressor to get - am leaning towards the AMK Type kit as I need the entire change over kit to fit the AMK. If the AMK Type compressor turns out to be a dud, a genuine AMK compressor without the rest of the kit is priced OK overseas (the same as a Dunlop).

Thanks for all the input - has been great.

Garry

I just stuck with an hitachi compressor when i changed mine out after 11 yrs and rebuilt the old one with a kit for a spare , indi indicated that the Amk had just as many issues as the hitachi .

Originally Posted by Fatso

I just stuck with an hitachi compressor when i changed mine out after 11 yrs and rebuilt the old one with a kit for a spare , indi indicated that the Amk had just as many issues as the hitachi .

Yes I have heard the same but you cannot buy Hitachi any longer - only their clones. There are plenty of AMK clones out there as well but if you want the original AMK is still available for a price.

Cheers

Garry

Originally Posted by garrycol

Yes I have heard the same but you cannot buy Hitachi any longer - only their clones. There are plenty of AMK clones out there as well but if you want the original AMK is still available for a price.

Cheers

Garry

LRDirect UK have Hitachi compressor still listed LR023964 TR $347 . Thats where i got mine from 8 months ago .

Originally Posted by Fatso

LRDirect UK have Hitachi compressor still listed LR023964 TR $347 . Thats where i got mine from 8 months ago .

Thanks - they are now $712 and you can only buy in lots of 2 - with GST and shipping comes to $1660 for two, so if you could get one it would be $830. I tried changing to numbers to 1 but the checkout auto changes back to 2.

Cheers

Garry

i too am in the same boat i have a Hitachi compressor that is struggling i am going to try the rebuild first see if that helps. My indy has quoted me 2500 for a AMK swap out and the cost of the compressor is 1600 which is about what it would cost me to get it here. fingers crossed that i the rebuild will give me a couple of years so i can save up and do the change over my self.

Originally Posted by garrycol

Thanks - they are now $712 and you can only buy in lots of 2 - with GST and shipping comes to $1660 for two, so if you could get one it would be $830. I tried changing to numbers to 1 but the checkout auto changes back to 2.

Cheers

Garry

Sorry , said $ instead of Pounds . Bit silly gaving to buy two , wonder what thier price is for one then ? maybe an email is worth a try or see if anybody else can go halves for 2 .

Britcar have Hitachi for 487 pounds LR072537 which appaerently supercedes LR023964 ? so Hitachi are still out there . Glad i got in before the GST came in last year and bought up some stuff to get me out of trouble if need be .

Good luck with it .

Originally Posted by coopers1969

My indy has quoted me 2500 for a AMK swap out and the cost of the compressor is 1600 which is about what it would cost me to get it here.

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$900 labour seems quite excessive - about 1/2 hour to drop the old one, maybe an hour to put the new one in and then the software upgrade - I would have throught less than haif the quoted cost. Of course you could go a AMK knockoff kit for about $600 delivered.