airshocks went kablooey!

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airshocks went kablooey!

11-14-2009, 11:13 AM

hmmh hmmm hmmmm after we had a nasty cold front out i noticed that my car was kinda driving a little weird put some air in my shocks and also noticed some wet spots mainly a 3 inch band around the shock....welll went for a ride
ride was dumptruckish bouncing up and down....let some air out pfffssshhhhtttt WTF! blackish,brown liquid came out....then later on i was taking off from a stop sign heard and felt a loud thunk....awww crap took it home lokked under it shure enough the bottom of my pass rear shock had let loose sooooo... upgrading now police shocks will be here tomarrow yaaay! pics will be up soon.

89 townie, mild exhuast up grades, soon to have loud ass stereo....
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gadget73

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11-14-2009, 02:51 PM

Oil seals popped. The set I took off my car were like that. Bouncy-bouncy in the back and black oil pouring out of the air line connections when I took the shocks off.

86 Lincoln Town Car (Galactica).
5.0 HO, CompCams XE258,Scorpion 1.72 roller rockers, 3.55 K code rear, tow package, BHPerformance ported E7 heads, Tmoss Explorer intake, 65mm throttle body, Hedman 1 5/8" headers, 2.5" dual exhaust, ASP underdrive pulley

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