Parts have arrived! and some air ride questions.

[Serious]

all my airide, and my 4link have shown up.

countdown of 9 days, till i actually get to go work on somehting.

hope to have the motor/tranny, 4link installed at the very least.  

gotta make a mounting plate for the valves and such.

Now, i know i need a water trap, and i also heard something about an oiler?

Watertrap prior to the pump? or does it have to be after the tank?

And this oiler?  i thought having oil in the bags would be a bad thing. i could see how it moight be good for the valves.

any info?

[Eyeball]

I have never heard about an oiler and as far as a water trap goes I would just put a valve on the bottom of the tank. Unless you need some type of dryer so the valves don't get rusty? I didn't use anything on the 48 but I had pneumatic valves.

So in other words  

[Wowcars]

The only times I have heard anybody using driers on an air bag system is when they use it during cold weather(Helper bags for trucks, and etc.) Condensation in lines + cold weather = bad things. I would just put a valve in the tank and mount it easy to access and if inside the trunk, run a line outside somehow so you don't get that nasty water inside (obviously). As far as an oiler, this is the first I have heard about it. Unless you had steel fittings and were worried about water in the lines. But for all the systems I've done, I've never had a problem. I would not worry about it.

[Serious]

my valves are SMC brass ones, pretty good ones. so im not really worried about them corroding.

i might just put a drier on it, cause i happen to have a small one from an old air compressor in my dads shop. might help jsut to keep water out.

i cant wait to get to rip into this stuff., im gonna be posting before/durring/after shots of it durring the whole process.  i am hoping to get it real low.

[CJHacker]

Most OEM units have a drier built in to them for what it's worth.  My Lincoln has a reverse flow drier, so when the car sits idle, it dumps some air out, and blows the crap out of the drier.  The only other time I've seen a drier is when a compressor conversion is used, i.e. an AC compressor converted over to an air ride compressor.

[AntiBling]

I use a a filter on my setup on my 90, but I am running a engine driven York 210 compressor.  The main point of the filter for my setup is because the York blows so much oil through the line the first month or so before it breaks in.  

If you run a filter, make sure your pressure release valve is before the filter, so it blows before the filter does.    A check valve should be after the filter so pressure doesnt backflow through the filter if it can, or the compressor.  

Did your SMC valves come with moutning brackets or not?  If you need some mounting brackets Im not gonna use mine.

[AnnieMac]

yea, they came with brackets. im just gonna use a plate in the trunk  for them along the side, so when i upholster the trunk there hidden behind the side "wall" if the trunk behind the wheelwell.

OOPS, The above posted is by Ratrodder26.

fogrot to log the wife out.  ooops.

[CJHacker]

Sure sure.  Now we know who's REALLY building the car! ;-)

[AnnieMac]

See this is why we have two computers......He is logged in on one and I am on the other.     I don't know how he is going to build a car when he can't figure this out.

[sko_ford]

were all just a little slow eh

[Eyeball]

So where is the play by play or at least an update and I need pics!

[Serious]

Ive been to busy to post!  hehe,  4link is in, fabbing the bridge for the upper bag mounts.

I will have before/after pics for the ride hight up on stands tonight i hope and ill post them

gotta get back out to the shop.

this has been alot more work than anticipated =)

~Aaron

[Wowcars]

That sounds familiar.

[Tom]

That's right you Melrowronights have the week between Christmas and New Years off. Hope you get half done of what you got planed.

[sko_ford]

and now a little hijack from the ford garage

the up rights are flipped and installed with spindles, disc brakes, brackets. and spring drop spacers.  so a little adjusting fine tuning and were ready for the torch and tires.!

sko