Hydrolastic suspension

[johnycarper]

Does anybody know of a garage near le ferte bernard that has a pump as my friend has been renovating an 1300 gt and now needs to get his suspension pumped up.

Thanks for all of you who have answered and helped.

[dave21478]

Its diy-able with a little ingenuity.

I havent done a full system fill, but for pumpig up sagging suspension this has worked for me.

Get a clean grease gun with a flexible hosepipe. Unscrew the normal end that clips onto grease nipples from the hose and replace it with a fitting that will screw onto the Schrader type valve used on the hydro units - I found a suitable adaptor in the bottom of my toolbox, I believe it came from some kind of bicycle pump.

Make sure all fittings are done up tightly using PTFE tape. Fill the grease gun with hydrolastic fluid and start pumping. It will probably take a couple of loads in the gun per displacer.

 

[dave21478]

Heh, there was me thinking I was letting you into some kind of secret....I just googled "homemade hydrolastic pump" and its actualy really common knowledge - oh well!

http://members.tripod.com/austin_america/id63.html

[gosub]

I made a pump from an old brake master cylinder and a brake pedal, then measured the distance from the centre of the wheel to the wheel arch, to know when to stop pumping.

[briwy]

Well, as a VERY temporary measure to get  cars to my mate who has a pump I stuck a footpump in a bowl of water.  Worked OK but I wouldn't recommend it this weather unless you like very hard suspension.