Filling bags with tire sealant

Ed Hall said:
Fortunately, money is not tight for me despite the terrible economy however; my philosophy has always been to not put much money into vehicles and to drive them until they drop. The car is here to serve me and when it no longer does that, it goes to the crushers.

My plan is to buy a used pair of front air struts for cheap. I’ll keep one strut in the trunk with the tools to change it out in case I’m on the road. I’ll also bring some tire sealant along to treat the used air bladders and/or tires.

And most of all, thanks for the tips. I have already saved nearly $400 had I bought new air struts.
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I appreciate your position, however I would recommend replacing those springs sooner rather than later. If money isn't tight, you can afford to get some new ones. With the low mileage your car has on it, your springs will most certainly disentegrate long before you put enough miles on your car to "junk" it. The slime is a temporary solution to a problem that can only get worse. Eventually, the slime won't be able to contain all the ever growing dryrot cracks. I'll have that problem on my '97 LSC before long, and I'll be forced to get new springs. I know it is inevitable. The slime is just a temporary solution until I can save enough dough to get new springs. You should do the same.
 
I care about the advice given on this forum. FROGMAN COME HOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Give ricer advice on the Honda forum not HERE! [or subaru]
 
Never had one of those either. Come to think of it, I've never owned a FWD car. Hmmm. :D

I have had several Mustangs, Thunderbirds, and Lincolns, a Cougar, a Crown Vic or two, a Fairlane, some Explorers, a Ranger or two, and a few more cars that I can't remember right now. But no FWD or Jap cars. And I've only owned one non-Ford vehicle and that was a 1985 Chrysler 5th Avenue.
 
And this will be my last post in both of these M.R. [mentally retarded] threads.


This was the first post that started it all
Ed Hall said:
Other than the hole that houses the solenoid, is there a bigger hole I could put the sealant in? At the top of the strut, there is a big bolt. Does removing that bolt give access to filling the strut?

I should also mention that I am aware of all the consequences of this procedure. Also, this is actually a test experiment to test how this product works with this application. And no, it is not Slime.
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Then it was responded to in this manner
k9t8m said:
if you want to ruin ALL of your suspension components, instead of just having one bad one, by all means do it.
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Then this was also said in the same manner
ProjectRedMark said:
Well if you truly don't care about the damage you are going to do to the bags I would recommend you just drill yourself a hole in the bag whatever size you want to easily fill it. Then you can really test the sealant to see if it fills that hole too! :eek:
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But unfortunately the 3rd reply was from this guy:slam

thaywood said:
DO NOT TAKE THE NUT OFF THE TOP!!! As for the sealant, I've got green slime in the front air springs on both of my Marks. I've got a '96 with Arnott front air spring/shocks that are over a year old. No problems yet...knock on wood. I've also got a 1997 LSC with some slight dryrot on the front springs. They were leaking down overnight when I got the car. I took them off and put some green slime in the springs and they don't leak down anymore. That's been over two months ago. I'm not saying it's a good idea, but since I could not afford new air spring/shock units for the '97, I had no choice. I put the slime in the new springs on the '96 as a precaution against dryrot. So far it has worked. I've heard about the crystalization of green slime and how it can damage the air spring. So far, I've had no problems. Also, I've got half a bottle of green slime that's been sitting on a shelf in my utility room for about 3 years and it is just as fluid now as it was when I first bought it.
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Now that all the Bs has been said, and the shat was talked. We find out this. :eek:

Ed Hall said:
I added the following to my signature and as of today, the contaminated air suspension system still has not failed. What an excellent car!!
Air suspension bags treated with tire sealant on 4/26/2010
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And then more shat was talked for a little.

thaywood said:
You do realize "idiocricy" is not a real word, right?:lol:

Edit: Oops. It is a real word. Just spelled wrong. It should be "idiocracy". It means a government that is based upon abstract theory. Interesting use of that particular word.
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Then we discovered this,,, that the op is a cheapass who is just going to fix this car cheap and run it into the ground. I personally would rather see one tore apart for parts then drove like an old Omni [not the shelby of course]. We will all have the oppurtinity to see this car jerry-rigged and fall apart.

Ed Hall said:
Fortunately, money is not tight for me despite the terrible economy however; my philosophy has always been to not put much money into vehicles and to drive them until they drop. The car is here to serve me and when it no longer does that, it goes to the crushers.

My plan is to buy a used pair of front air struts for cheap. I’ll keep one strut in the trunk with the tools to change it out in case I’m on the road. I’ll also bring some tire sealant along to treat the used air bladders and/or tires.

And most of all, thanks for the tips. I have already saved nearly $400 had I bought new air struts.
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I guess my point in all this was had Thaywood not given this option this would have never been thought possible by the OP. And that has been my point from the start. GOOD DAY!:D
 
1bad4.6l said:
And this will be my last post in both of these M.R. [mentally retarded] threads.


This was the first post that started it all


Then it was responded to in this manner


Then this was also said in the same manner


But unfortunately the 3rd reply was from this guy:slam




Now that all the Bs has been said, and the shat was talked. We find out this. :eek:



And then more shat was talked for a little.



Then we discovered this,,, that the op is a cheapass who is just going to fix this car cheap and run it into the ground. I personally would rather see one tore apart for parts then drove like an old Omni [not the shelby of course]. We will all have the oppurtinity to see this car jerry-rigged and fall apart.




I guess my point in all this was had Thaywood not given this option this would have never been thought possible by the OP. And that has been my point from the start. GOOD DAY!:D
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Thank God! It's about darn time! Nice to see you vacate the thread. I was growing weary of your pedantic drivel. Hava a day dude.:D

Oh yeah. You forgot all about the shadetree mechanic thread. I started that one too! I guess I'm just startin' all kinda $hit these days. Anyhoo, see ya! Wouldn't wanna be ya!
 
It's night.:shifty: I'm in the midwest.:shifty: I was never back here.
 
1bad4.6l said:
I guess my point in all this was had Thaywood not given this option this would have never been thought possible by the OP. And that has been my point from the start. GOOD DAY!:D
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Oh, BTW, the OP (of the slime thread) had this idea before I said anything. And I actually got the idea from this very forum a couple of years ago. I also know several people who have done this. So blaming (I'm not exactly what you're trying to blame me for anyway?) this on me is a logical fallacy. But I would expect nothing less from you. Have a nice day.
 
thaywood

There is a right way to fix problems, and there is a wrong way.

Being cheap or being broke are two different things.
If your broke, I don't think a Mark is a wise choice to buy for transportation.
They are expensive to fix.
If you can't do your own work they become a burden.

I think that has been proven on LVC lately.

If you can do your own work then you should fix the car the right way.

Jerry rigging crap to get buy is not the way to do things, most of the time is going to cost you more in the long run.

Sure you managed to do something most people would not, and you got it to work, by no means does that make it a smart thing to do.

The next guy might get the green crap were it will do more damage and cost more to fix then new bags or a coil conversion.

If you broke OK......good luck doing this.


If you a cheap bastard, and you go this route to pinch your penny's.



YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED NOT TO TRY THIS.




Fix you car the right way.
 
Such language! It's not nice to call people names. For shame.

But we all know this. I've even said the same things you're saying many times before. Unfortunately, I am broke most of the time. When I bought my '96 Mark almost 10 years ago, I had money and I could fix it whenever it broke down. I can and do do my own repairs. As I stated earlier, I am a real mechanic. I have been for 20+ years. My dad was a mechanic. Both my grandfathers were mechanics. I get it naturally. Unfortunately, my financial situation has changed. And I really can't afford this car anymore, but I love it. And my wife just had to have that '97 LSC. And I got such a good deal I couldn't pass it up. I knew better. But it was such a nice car. Other than a minor front air spring leak, it has no other problems.

I chose the sealant route becuase I know it works. I've seen it work. And it's only temporary. I'll probably be able to get a new set of air spring/shock units this summer. Now if those springs had a big enough leak that they wouldn't hold air more than a couple of hours, it would have been a different story. But it was a very slow leak. Very minor. Sealant did the trick. I actually got the sealant advice from another member on this forum. I also got a lot of other advice for temporarily repairing leaking air springs from people here. Some good, some not so good. Out of all that, I decided to use the sealant. And it worked. And I am perfectly happy with my results.
 
ford nut said:
YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED NOT TO TRY THIS.




Fix you car the right way.
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agreed...BAD BAD IDEA.

of course the "green slime cheerleader" wants people to do bad things to their cars.

he's even went so far as to try and contaminate LVC's search function.

i vote ban....delete his account so all his "bad info" posts disappear.

I was "ok" with his idea, until he purposely added "key words" to his post to purposely "contaminate" the LVC search function with this "bad idea".

we try hard to keep bad information from being perpetrated.
Thaywood is purposely contaminating the search function with BAD INFO...

I think he's a Markviii.org spy, one of calvins little cronies.

I vote BAN...
 
Go try this :q:q:q:q on org. You would be banned before you hit reply.
 
Whatever guys. I've been around here since 2007. I've gotten a lot of good advice and lots of helpful info from this place. I even bought a VRCM from one of the members here. You can ban me if you like. I only come here when I have a problem I can't solve on my own and I need advice. I just saw this thread and responded with my personal experiences. Whomever reads that may take it as they wish. And the whole "keyword" thing may have been a bad idea, but I was irritated with 1bad4.6l's constant babbling. Anyway, I'm not going to apologize if that's what you're looking for. I did what I did. And it worked. That is all.
 
Even Clayton thinks this is a bad idea. And if you knew him you would understand why. And that is Mark8.org you should go there.
 
thaywood said:
And the whole "keyword" thing may have been a bad idea,
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absolutely a bad idea, to go along with your other bad idea that you are attempting to RAM down peoples throats.

montermark already said this was a bad idea.
eddie at american air suspension agrees its a very bad idea.
long time respected members have all said "dont do this"
yet...you persist????

you get into a pissing contest with 1bad4.6, then PURPOSELY contaminate the LVC search??

that is bad for the entire community and serves no purpose than to try and kill the tech value of this site..

BAN
 
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