Since I seem to have so many of these I'll tell the most recent..lol
So a month ago I snapped off the air fill valve off my airlift 1000. I guess the aluminum caps siezed on. Same morning that I had to drill out my locking pin to switch the hitch. I was so pissed that day lol.
Anyway since I'm trading the truck in I figured I should fix the valve. Since I wouldn't be able to get one from airlift quick enough I had to Jimmy rig one with parts from the local auto shop. (Lucky me right, lol)
So Thursday I did the install. The old valve would come out. I had to cut one end and smash it out with a hammer and Robertson screwdriver. After that I had to drill a bigger hole to fit the new valve. Well out of the 30 different sizes of drill bits, not one is the right size. I decided to make do with what I had, and just wiggle the bit until I got the hole to the right size. In doing this the outside edges were big enough, but not the middle. Well ****. I tried to use the drill bit to grind the middle down but failed. I used a file, but that failed too. I tried to hammer the valve in, but that also failed. Eventually I figured out that a dremel with a stone bit should work. I wore the first one out quickly, it was too soft. The second one worked. Finally I got the valve in.
Next issue became that it was a son of a ***** to get the 1/4" air line over the male end of the valve. After 10 minutes I managed to get it on. Well now the clamp that airlift provided won't go over the little bump that holds the airline in place. FML
So I decide to fill it with air anyway and check for leaks. I fill to 30 and it holds it no problem! Then I fill the other side...somehow over the course of the month, the covered valve that didn't have any air pressure on it gave out. The wh*** leaked all the air out! So I gave up and that's the way it's going to be..lol
Wasted about 4 hours on it. Here's the new valve. Thinking about it now, I may just use the T and run both bags off the new valve.
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