Land Rover Repair: air suspension, coil spring suspension, conversion kits


Question
hi  john
I have a 1999 TD5, My friend unhitched a trailer for me and used the height adjuster, when he wound the donkey wheel down he over done the height on it, because when he pulled the hitch pin he said it was hard and the back of the rover dropped.
now my suspension wont go up, what,s he done?
    hope you can advise me. Del

Answer
You will have to find a LR specialist with a T4 or Autologic system to check the operation of the air suspension.  I can't tell you what failed . . . there are many possibilities.

No matter what failed, though, there are many moving parts in that system, and they will ALL go bad eventually.  That's why it's usually more efficient to convert vehicles the age of yours to coil spring suspension, which will never give trouble.  You can buy conversion kits online or through the LR magazines.


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