CHECK AIR SUSPENSION!!!!

[Easy Ed]

P.S. I think this may have been the problem. would have changed it if I knew it was stuck up and under the drivers rear fenderwell Restricted air flow to the compressor, caused it to heat up and shut down til the next start up and then all over again.

[obzidian]

is that the filter for the compressor... question.... did you see any kind of a accumilator, like a catch-can, on the compressor?

[Easy Ed]

yup, That is the inlet air filter :-(

Not sure if it is called a accumulator or not but that may be it in the center of the pic towards the bottom. (black canister)

Later, Ed

[obzidian]

hmmm.. could be. GOD, how long did you have that system in the truck.. bascially, what year is your truck?

because that is pretty nasty for short use..

[Easy Ed]

2003 with 60,000 miles......and new coil springs :-)

[H2 BULLY]

Where did you order your coil springs and stuff from. How much was it to install? Any pics?

[Easy Ed]

Installed myself. Got to raise the frame up enough that the rear axle will hang high enough when supported by a floor jack to remove the two lower shock mounted and the two upper sway bar to frame mounts. Now lower the floor jack and there will be plenty of room to remove to air springs. Caution must be used here, if you cut the two air lines things tend to do weird sh!t, just be careful. The air spring has a anti rotation catch on top that when push down will allow you to turn the spring and remove it. The new coils come in a left and right spring with both needing to be "up". To me and the way I installed mine was that the drivers side of the truck is the LEFT side. Read some of the descriptions in the service manual to find out. The job for putting in the coils took about a hour.

The work of removing ALL compressor related parts, wires, sensors, plugs and even the ride height button took the rest of my weekend tracing wires was the hard part but I am so OCD that I wanted it all gone .

Cost of the springs were $80.59 each (one left.one right) and also need four Insulators at $5.72 each for a grand total of $184.06.....now the killer I told them I needed them Saturday and that was a extra cost of $145.06 for next day DHL.

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