Luke_Healey
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My car is basically riding as if it's solely on springs with no shocks. It looks like an amphibious car going down the road, as if I'm driving across heavy wake.
The shocks on all four corners look brand new. The car was restored in 1989 and I imagine these were rebuilt or bought as new pieces. Each one of them is wet with telltale signs of leaking.
I'm probably going to hit up Peter C for new front shocks when I get the money, and I want to convert the back to the monotube shocks as seen here in the forum recently.
So... None of the service literature I've found tells exactly how or what to do to refill the shocks. What kind of fluid do you put in them and where exactly is the fill hole? I removed the big nut from the top, but that looks like the valving system. I didn't think it was a place you'd fill them.
Do any of you have the lowdown?
I imagine a semi permanent modification to the front suspension is necessary to convert these cars to monotube shock front suspension? If not, and it's easy, I'd love to be pointed in the right direction.
Right now, this car is riding very unsafely and I'm wanting to tighten everything up.
Other than the poor handling, the suspension seems to be buttoned down. New bushings (well unused practically from 1989) and seemingly all new parts all around.
The shocks on all four corners look brand new. The car was restored in 1989 and I imagine these were rebuilt or bought as new pieces. Each one of them is wet with telltale signs of leaking.
I'm probably going to hit up Peter C for new front shocks when I get the money, and I want to convert the back to the monotube shocks as seen here in the forum recently.
So... None of the service literature I've found tells exactly how or what to do to refill the shocks. What kind of fluid do you put in them and where exactly is the fill hole? I removed the big nut from the top, but that looks like the valving system. I didn't think it was a place you'd fill them.
Do any of you have the lowdown?
I imagine a semi permanent modification to the front suspension is necessary to convert these cars to monotube shock front suspension? If not, and it's easy, I'd love to be pointed in the right direction.
Right now, this car is riding very unsafely and I'm wanting to tighten everything up.
Other than the poor handling, the suspension seems to be buttoned down. New bushings (well unused practically from 1989) and seemingly all new parts all around.