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Thanks, happy you got some value out of my musings. Being such an “old” system you’re not likely to find many youngish mechanics that have had any training on this system, or for that matter, anyone prepared to spend some time on diagnostics.@PADDO - thanks a million for all your advice on AHC. I live in Seattle and can’t find anyone other than a dealer that knows anything about it. I spoke to 2 dealers and even they had limited knowledge. Thank you!!
Here you go, part 49189, order the rubber caps too.Glad to see this thread, this is on my list for this weekend. I have concerns about the condition of my bleeder valves, is there a known replacement part number if mine are tore up?
How high was your rear end when you drain from one damper assembly you’re actually getting fluid from both shock actuators and both damper accumulators on that circuit, either front or rear as they are connected. That’s why either the front or rear drops to the bump stops when bleeding. Getting 0.7L out could be due to extra height or highish rear neutral pressure (compressing more fluid into the accumulators) which is expelled as you reduce the pressure in the system by bleeding it down. If you get very little fluid out, from a normal height and normal neutral pressure, it suggests your damper accumulators have very little or no charge left. The design of the system has what we’d call “dead legs” with the shock actuators being at the extremities of the system with just one port in/out. The fluid doesn’t recirculate so contaminates can tend to build up at the extremities as they aren’t readily carried back to tank where’d they’d settle as a sludge on the bottom. That’s why just eyeballing the color of the fluid in the reservoir isn’t a great indicator of very much as the junk is at the ends of the system.Literally just finished this up. After seeing the above picture, I was pretty impressed that the fluid in the reservoir was just a dark brown, but what came out of the accumulator and the globes was darker with a lot of black sediment settling at the bottom. Is that telling of failing seals or anything? It came out freely and plentifully from each spot, but I pulled nearly .7 L from the rear DS globe alone. Is *that* bad??
Either way, another big thanks to @PADDO for putting this together, and being the resident AHC specialist!