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 ·  Posted: 16.01.2020  ·  #1
 
Arrived today looks great very happy but can’t get it fitted not with this hand 🥴🙁
 
any help 😁hope to get it fitted next week
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 ·  Posted: 16.01.2020  ·  #2
If you want to come up, we'll fit it for you. Mates rates as you're injured. 😁
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 ·  Posted: 16.01.2020  ·  #3
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If you want to come up, we'll fit it for you. Mates rates as you're injured. 😁


Make him unwrap the hand before you start the job, you would never know you might have a cute hoor from Crossgarr on your hands. :-/ :o :D
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 ·  Posted: 16.01.2020  ·  #4
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 ·  Posted: 16.01.2020  ·  #5
Can’t pull the wool over your eyes 😁😂😁😂
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 ·  Posted: 16.01.2020  ·  #6
I’ve a coffee van I need to start but I can’t remember where the key goes, can I have mates rates for a call out? 😝
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 ·  Posted: 21.01.2020  ·  #7
Well I got started on my air suspension hope I can put the photos in the right order
 
this is the control panal had to do a little bit of grinding to get it to fit
 
getting the pipes and switch wire through once the step and other bits where outloads of room
 
the wiring loom that came with the unit was short ,I also bought flexi tube to put the pipes and cable in before cable tying it to the back of the van
 
next I fitted the compressor in the back
 
so that’s it for now all ready to fit the air bags but can’t do it with my hand the way it is so have to wait till one of my boys come home to help me,will keep you updated 👍
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 ·  Posted: 21.01.2020  ·  #8
Good work Robert :up: ....Watching this with great interest!
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 ·  Posted: 23.01.2020  ·  #9
 
got the first airbag fitted today just a small problem with a bracket which carried cables to the rear wheels easy to move out of the way started working on the other side until I hurt my hand again 🥴
 
ride hight with bag inflated to 4.5 bar didn’t want to take it up to far with only one bag fitted
 
van with bag deflated hope you can see the difference will update when I finish
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 ·  Posted: 23.01.2020  ·  #10
That's a pretty noticeable difference!...How many psi is their working limit?
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 ·  Posted: 23.01.2020  ·  #11
It says min 0.5 bar max 7.0 bar sorry put 45 bar should be 4.5 bar 🥴
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 ·  Posted: 23.01.2020  ·  #12
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It says min 0.5 bar max 7.0 bar



So thats 100 psi....Pretty impressive :up:
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 ·  Posted: 23.01.2020  ·  #13
I presume you meant 4.5 bar 😳
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 ·  Posted: 23.01.2020  ·  #14
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It says min 0.5 bar max 7.0 bar



So thats 100 psi....Pretty impressive :up:


Yeah, but you’ll never drive it at that pressure John. Too hard.
I keep mine at 2 bar and that seems a happy medium for my van under normal conditions.
Now coming back from France with the few bottles of wine, it could be at 3 bar, or even a touch more 😝😚😚
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 ·  Posted: 23.01.2020  ·  #15
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It says min 0.5 bar max 7.0 bar



So thats 100 psi....Pretty impressive :up:


Yeah, but you’ll never drive it at that pressure John. Too hard.
I keep mine at 2 bar and that seems a happy medium for my van under normal conditions.
Now coming back from France with the few bottles of wine, it could be at 3 bar, or even a touch more 😝😚😚


Dave...I'd nearly have it at max pressure when boarding and dis-embarking ferries....Put it back to normal pressures when driving :up:
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 ·  Posted: 23.01.2020  ·  #16
Sorry guys yes 4.5 bar ,was going to ask what everyone else puts them up to while traveling 2 bar seem about right but I take it it also depends on the weight of the van @nd how much you carry ,also desovered had to upgrade the fuse from 10 volt to 20 volt for the pump
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 ·  Posted: 23.01.2020  ·  #17
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Sorry guys yes 4.5 bar ,was going to ask what everyone else puts them up to while traveling 2 bar seem about right but I take it it also depends on the weight of the van @nd how much you carry ,also desovered had to upgrade the fuse from 10 volt to 20 volt for the pump


I presume you mean Amp? :P
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 ·  Posted: 23.01.2020  ·  #18
I’ll get this right yet 🤪
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 ·  Posted: 23.01.2020  ·  #19
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I’ll get this right yet 🤪


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 ·  Posted: 23.01.2020  ·  #20
I used 1.8 bar in mine, I found 2 a bit hard, but it's just a matter of seeing what's best for you
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It says min 0.5 bar max 7.0 bar



So thats 100 psi....Pretty impressive :up:


Yeah, but you’ll never drive it at that pressure John. Too hard.
I keep mine at 2 bar and that seems a happy medium for my van under normal conditions.
Now coming back from France with the few bottles of wine, it could be at 3 bar, or even a touch more 😝😚😚


Dave...I'd nearly have it at max pressure when boarding and dis-embarking ferries....Put it back to normal pressures when driving :up:

Exactly. That’s what I do. Also when at vantastival and the marshalls get you to park on the side of a hill. 😙😙
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 ·  Posted: 23.01.2020  ·  #22
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It says min 0.5 bar max 7.0 bar



So thats 100 psi....Pretty impressive :up:


Yeah, but you’ll never drive it at that pressure John. Too hard.
I keep mine at 2 bar and that seems a happy medium for my van under normal conditions.
Now coming back from France with the few bottles of wine, it could be at 3 bar, or even a touch more 😝😚😚


Dave...I'd nearly have it at max pressure when boarding and dis-embarking ferries....Put it back to normal pressures when driving :up:

Exactly. That’s what I do. Also when at vantastival and the marshalls get you to park on the side of a hill. 😙😙


David surely that would be a lousey thing to do to a fellow Motorhomer. :happy: :lol:
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 ·  Posted: 23.01.2020  ·  #23
Been on manys a ferry and only once scraped the towbar (on tarbert to killimer ferry)
Bigger ferrys like uk or France etc are seldom that steep from my experience
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 ·  Posted: 23.01.2020  ·  #24
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Also when at vantastival and the marshalls get you to park on the side of a hill. 😙😙


I've it arranged with the organisers this year and it should keep the majority of people happy. Those expecting a campsite surface from a field are getting a full refund and thrown into the roughest bar in Drogheda.

Guess where you're parking this year? 😂
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 ·  Posted: 23.01.2020  ·  #25
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Been on manys a ferry and only once scraped the towbar (on tarbert to killimer ferry)
Bigger ferrys like uk or France etc are seldom that steep from my experience


Would you believe but its the only ferry where I scraped rear stabilizer legs last summer...That was in a 5.85 metre van!
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Also when at vantastival and the marshalls get you to park on the side of a hill. 😙😙


I've it arranged with the organisers this year and it should keep the majority of people happy. Those expecting a campsite surface from a field are getting a full refund and thrown into the roughest bar in Drogheda.

Guess where you're parking this year? 😂


A field would be great, especially if it’s all in the same 20 feet of elevation 🤪🤪
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 ·  Posted: 24.01.2020  ·  #27
 
well got it finished today these are the last few photos ,must admit not a hard task ,but a word of warning if removing the damper don’t use a hammer and chisel take it of with a oil filter tool I broke the weld on the nut had a bit of trouble getting the nut alinged to screw the airbag in then had to reveal the nut into place
 
this is the pipeline under neath
 
have had the vastiitig at this pressure all day just to check for leeks
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 ·  Posted: 24.01.2020  ·  #28
 
if I can do it with a hand like this anyone can
 
sorry all few photos and text wrong way round 🤪
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 ·  Posted: 24.01.2020  ·  #29
Looking good Robert :up: ( The hand not so good though :P .......Well done...very neat job!
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 ·  Posted: 24.01.2020  ·  #30
You wanted to see it a week ago 🤪 a lot better now
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 ·  Posted: 24.01.2020  ·  #31
That looks suspiciously like a Stanley knife cut. If so, a bugger to heal
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 ·  Posted: 24.01.2020  ·  #32
Not self inflected had growth around tendons got them cut away fingers are straight now 😁
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 ·  Posted: 24.01.2020  ·  #34
Can play the guitar again 🎸😁
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 ·  Posted: 24.01.2020  ·  #35
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Oh sh*t :o :D :devil: O-)
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 ·  Posted: 24.01.2020  ·  #36
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Not self inflected had growth around tendons got them cut away fingers are straight now 😁


I know exactly what caused it.
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 ·  Posted: 25.01.2020  ·  #37
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