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[coastline taxis]

Sifaan i think youve got one of 2 problems here

 

1 youve bent one of the pins where the multiplug goes in or the multiplug itself is broke as they HAVE to go lock fully into place

 

2 weve had this happen quite a few times when the pump gets completley drained. The fluid needs a bit of a hand to get into the pump. We have 2 ways of doing it depending on where we are.

1 put a airline into the resovoir and stuff the opening with rags then get someone to work the hydraulics with the engine running then slowly put some air in. Dont go daft just a couple of pounds.

 

2 ues a eezy bleed that you get for the brakes as they come with a assortment of tops. But make sure youl let loads of air out of the tyre your connecting to il say it again MAKE SURE YOU LET THE AIR OUT OF THE TYRE. because if you dont and you conect 30 psi up to it you knack the seals. you want at the most 4 or 5 pounds of pressure in the tyre.

[sifaan]

thanks coastline;

 

priming the pump did the trick - battery powered tyre compressor with rags in the neck. took a few attempts to get it going (either I wasn't getting a good enough seal, or the pump took a few tries to get going) and now the car is going up and down as expected...

 

...well, it seems to be going up a bit slower than I remember - which is either a defective memory or maybe the system still needs to bleed itself (did quite a bit of citraerobics already). Of course the LDS level at low is not at the bottom of the bucket (now that the pump pulled the LDS) so maybe another can of LDS will do the trick.

 

Yet to go on a test drive to see how she handles...

[coastline taxis]

Just give the car a run about 10 miles should do the trick as youl have bits of air of where the pipes were slackened off