Thread: eas mod , disable self level when parked

I've done this twice.

The first problem was that whenever I turned the ignition on the 'system' would drop the car to access mode.

So I removed it.

I then fixed the NRV (thanks Paul) that was leaking and tried it again.

This time it was working fine.... until!

I go camping a lot and tow a Jayco pop top.

Usually when you wind the jockey wheel up, the car comes up with the van and to seperate the coupling I stand on the car and it drops back down, or I can just lower the vehicle if need be.

After installing the bypass, I could not seperate the coupling by jumping on the car. And lowering the suspension would not work, in this instance, until I replaced the normal fuse.

Go figure!

Gidday people i am newbie to forums but not range rovers[p38]
If this not already known and before you replace any expensive eas parts block etc
The nylon pipes used in all air suspension are pron to scoring which very hard detect or fix
I have on my p38 replaced the pipes leading into my eas block and sucessfully stopped any problems with overnight dropping of course all the air bags are in good order etc.
the process is exhaust system remove each pipe and cut of the offending end replace with new and join up with nylon joiners

I've been considering doing this modification, but with a dash mounted switch in line with where the timer relay gets 12V fed from the "ignition position 1" source.
That way if you want to disable self levelling, it is just a case of switching the system off after the car has stopped, then flicking it back on before restarting.

This would give the same effect as pulling the time relay out, without the hassles of pulling the trim out. If you only flicked the switch off after the car had stopped, the brain wouldn't know that it has been deactivated, so in theory the problem of dropping to access on startup would not happen

Anybody done this?

Thanks buddy worked an absolute treat!
Such a usefull mod and only takes 2mins!!!!!!!!
Great work
Cheers Taffy

My P38 has a switch mounted under the passengers seat, I haven't checked the wiring yet to see how it is hooked in, but it sounds like it may be an inhibit switch.

Sounds like a mod I did with my '95 Classic (Test-bed for P38...)

Under the driver's seat there is both the EAS ECU, and a plug/socket interface for such goodies as the EAS Kicker. - When the pair is unplugged, the ECU is dead, frozen, shut up etc. Plugging them back together completes the earthing for the ECU and - obviously - puts it back in business. Plugging in the 'Kicker' also earths and activates it.

I just added a switch to make/break the connection, the socket being permantly UN-plugged, ready for the 'Kicker'... Switch is mounted on the front of the seat-base, easily reached whilst driving.

The Classic also has the 'secret' Suspension Inhibit switch, but I prefer the Brute Force & Ignorance approach.

Vehicle only tries to self level if you have a leak... fix the leak! If you park the vehicle on a sloping driveway and it has no leaks in the EAS, the vehicle will not " self level"....

Originally Posted by Hoges

Vehicle only tries to self level if you have a leak... fix the leak! If you park the vehicle on a sloping driveway and it has no leaks in the EAS, the vehicle will not " self level"....

... add a dodgy height sensor and/or EAS Delay Timer to that list Hoges