Coil Spring Conversion Kits
Posted April 14th, 2010 by admin
Navigator Air Suspension System Seal Leak
If your lincoln navigator air ride system is leaking down, make sure you find the leak before buying parts. Many people think if there air suspension is going down, it means they need a new air spring, solenoid, or compressor. Which is sometimes the case, but often it could be just a leaky seal. It is important that you check for leaks, a good way of doing this is cover the system in soapy water, to make the leak visible. Once you do this you may notice that it is coming from an air line or air bag. If thats the case you will now know what to replace. But if you dont notice any leaks, it could be a very slow seal leak. And if it is your air bag, you can either spend lods on an air suspension system, or you could buy a much cheaper and more reliable air suspension conversion kits.
Note: this is for 2000 lincoln navigator problems. Click here if you have the very common 1998 lincoln navigator air suspension problems.
Posted April 11th, 2010 by kaleb
Ford Expedition w/ Air Suspension or Coil Springs
The Ford Expedition is a good all around vehicle. It is a half ton truck with the ability to haul eight or nine passengers. They have good safety ratings, especially the newer ones. And they are reliable and affordable. Over the years they have come with a number of different options, such as 2×4, 4×4, different seating, xlt, Eddie Bauer, ect. One of the worst “features” of the Ford Expedition is the air suspension system, which as you probably know is very problematic. Although it is designed to be a luxury feature, it is not worth all the problems.
The Expedition has a ElectroPneumatic air system which is a self leveling and self loading suspension system. This system will keep the truck level even when towing or hauling a load. Which seems like a good feature, and it is nice, until you start getting problems out of your air suspension. There are many things that break and wear out when it comes to these expedition air systems. Or any air system really, the 1990-2009 Lincoln Town Car, 1995-2005 Range Rover, all of these are really nice vehicles with terrible suspensions under them.
Easy Air Suspension Fix
The easiest fix, and possibly the cheapest, would be with a coil spring conversion kit. Because with these kits you will no longer have any need for your air suspension system. Meaning no more airbag leaks, broken compressors, cracked lines, or fried relays. Coil springs have been around for a very long time, and have proved to be a very reliable form of air suspension conversion kit.
Similar air suspension conversion: 1997 cadillac suspension conversion
Posted April 9th, 2010 by kaleb
The Lincoln Town Car commonly needs air suspension work around 80 to 120k miles. What happens at this point is the bags usually wear out on the bottom part of the bag. You will not to be able to see this wear with the bags in the car, you will have to remove them and fully extend them. Town Car Airbags are the same as most airbags, functionality wise. Once these bags rub together at the bottom for long enough, they will eventually wear through the chord, and leak.
So now you need new bags. In most cases people dont know they are leaking for a little while, or if they do they ignore it. You may notice the air compressor running sometimes, as it has to keep adding air as air leaks out of the bags. Eventually the air compressor will fail due to being overworked, in an attempt to keep air in those leaky airbags. So one aproach is to check your airbags as you get close to 80k miles. And keep an eye on them so you know when it is time for a new set of airbags. That will save you the cost of a lincoln town car air compressor, which isnt cheap.
If its to late, I have one other solution for you, that will resolve all your town car air suspension problems, for good. The solution is a Four Wheel Coil Conversion Kit, this will completely replace all your air suspensions parts. Everything from airbags, lines, compressor, and solenoids will no longer be needed. Instead these parts will be replaced with coil springs, which are much more reliable than and air suspensions system.
This can also help with other air suspension problems for a lincoln. Not just necessarily a town car. For instance, say you’re having 1998 lincoln navigator air suspension problems, you can fix that with this method as well. air suspension conversion kits are known to be very faulty. They tend to mess up a lot. That is why it is a good idea to invest in a coil conversion kit.
