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Some piccies for you all LINK

is it gassed by any chance?

disagree- ride is much nicer in my opinion. Shocks are normal coil spec ones - wrong for the EAS so quite handy!!

Of course! not climbing under 2.5 tonnes of metal on a halfords jack on its own!!!!!!! Put the stand under the rear cross member - better stability.

I am going to clip the top of the spring onto the mounting in any case.

The shocks are pretty new and seem ok on the road. Apparently been on the car under a year so will keep em on till they go pop

Nope - a 1993 LSE All the bits i have removed are now on ebay. Compressor, valve block, airbags, relays ECU etc http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120612659569&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT

Right - just taken off the airbags in anticipation of the springs that will hopefully arrive tomorrow. REALLY easy to do. You need two jacks, the LR one to raise and lower the axle, and a jack on the chassis. Big flathead screwdriver to remove clips top and bottoms, two each end. Small things they are and are easily removed. Next remove pipework from unit - i cut mine as i am not replacing the springs with bags- see rave manual on how to remove pipes without marmalising the pipe. A small cut will introduce a nice hiss to de-pressurise the bag. DONT use snips to do this as it will go off like a noisy thing!! Once bag is depressurised, using the axle jack, lower the axle about 4-5 inches. This will give you enough room to simply pull the unit out of the mountings!! It's the same for front and rear. The front is a little more tricky, as the unit is taller, and the brakepipes are in the way a little. I had to drop the axle another couple of inches to get it out. After thats all done - go under drivers seat - remove 30 amp fuse and relays. Remove wheels Jack up chassis Rear Airbag Rear Airbag removed Other side rear Airbag removed Rear airbag stretched out to see damage - LOTS of cracks around base Front de-pressurised Front removed - see different bumpstops as fitted to EAS cars All 4 bags - note the difference in the front and rear units.

That'll be all that Guinness we sank then!

Surely the point of this series is to have fun and learn the ropes. Start timing the stages and you will put off lots of people! And yes - it was tough. Even the experienced teams were breaking a sweat!

Really good event. Some really gutsy moves by some teams!! From a marshalling point of view, the only issue we had was dealing with breakages of kit and vehicles. That mudrun tunnel was superb - great to hear some of the teams really nailing the engines up the hill! Very impressed with the guys in the Purple pig who were the only ones to tackle the reverse winch drop into the 'pit'. Was a bloody cold nights camping - glad we brought the fire with us. I must add at this point that my hangover only finished last night! Superbly organised as usual! Anyway - here's some photos Chris

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Guys - we are on our chinstrap here dealing with all the callouts - Mainly in Kent. Kent county council have agreed to help with fuel costs. PLEASE IS THERE ANYONE WHO CAN ASSIST OVER THE WEEKEND????? Please join the forum here http://southeast4x4response.co.uk/forum/index.php - We could do with all the help we can get.

i turned mine about 30 degrees - massive difference. Didn't touch the star-wheel (well i did, but i put it back after it made little differnce to the way i wanted it) and didn't touch the smoke screw.

My LT77 will not go into 2nd on change down. It changes up easy enough though. Could this be an oil issue, or is the syncro shot to pieces? Looking on Ashcrofts site - £991 all in to replace the box and clutch. Has anyone used them? Am i better off doing it myself?