How do you manually deflate the air suspension on a 1996 Lincoln Town Car?
Posted by admin on Feb 5, 2010
1996 Lincoln Town Car, Executive: 4.6L, V8.
(Rear) passenger-side air suspension bag is FUBAR but, driver’s-side seems to be fully inflated. I turned the Air Susp. switch in the trunk, "off"– hoping that it might slowly deflate on its own after a while, like the ones in my ‘99 Grand Marquis do but, about three weeks have passed w/ the switch "off", & it’s still as inflated as ever!
I haven’t the money to make the "air-to-spring conversion", nor the desire to, quite frankly– as she’s a ‘96 and has many other problems that take president.
SO, obviously, she’s lop-sided at the moment, which creates somewhat of a safety/drivability issue, aside the fact that she looks REALLY "trashy" ridin’ down the Boulevard all jacked-up on the left-front side!It would be nice just to deflate the other one, too–for the sake of symetry, so she’d at least appear level across the rear– and not simply broken!
Is there safe/relatively easy way for a shade-tree mechanic to deflate the bag, or am I just SOL for the moment?
Thanks, in advance!
THE BEST ADVICE I CAN GIVE YOU IS DISCONNECT THE AIR SUSPENSION MOTOR. IF THE BAGS STILL HOLDING AIR, THERE IS A RELEASE ON TOP OF IT. ITS KINDA A B**** TO GET TO THOUGH.
THE BEST ADVICE I CAN GIVE YOU IS DISCONNECT THE AIR SUSPENSION MOTOR. IF THE BAGS STILL HOLDING AIR, THERE IS A RELEASE ON TOP OF IT. ITS KINDA A B**** TO GET TO THOUGH.
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Perhaps you can jack up the offending side to try and reduce the pressure within the system, then carefully begin loosening one of the air lines from the compressor to the suspension. You should hear some air escaping from the system if you have found the correct line. Be careful not to loosen any brake lines by mistake!
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