It's fixed!
The problem? The four air lines that are inserted into the dryer weren't pushed in far enough.
I'm adding some pics below to help anyone else that happens to try and change the air suspension compressor themselves. Thanks to everyone who replied and assisted; it's much appreciated! :waving:
First of all I'm using Calabrio's instructions he sent me earlier (they were helpful) in this thread and adding a few items.
Here ya go:
Some people prefer to remove the bumper, but I've always changed my compressor going through the passenger wheel well.
Turn off air ride, remove passenger tire.
Remove inner wheel well. (plastic clips and screws)
You'll be able to see the compressor behind the big plastic air silencer; remove that and don't bother reinstalling. It might be easiest to temporarily remove the airfilter at this time too.
Remove air filter (top side of engine compartment)
Remove bolts that hold the air silencer
Removing the air silencer
This pic shows the compressor after the silencer has been removed
Four bolts hold the air compressor in place, two in the front, two in the rear.
Remove air hose toward the back of the unit.
There are four air lines going into the compressor. Press the orange ringed compression fitting and pull the lines out. The order isn't important. A trick the Eddie from
www.americanairsuspension.com told me was to use a small wrench as shown in the pic below to remove the air lines. Mine were stuck and I spent an hour trying to carefully remove them without damaging them but this trick worked immediately. Just pull back the rubber coating thats over the air line, insert wrech and push the orange collar toward the dryer and pull the air line out.
There's an electrical plug towards the front of the compressor, you'll need to disconnect this. This view is looking down through the light access door from the top of the engine compartment.
Then, do the reverse. Put the rubber mounts on the compressor (mine were already attached), put it in place. Connect the electrical plug. Connect air hose toward the back of the unit. Screw down the four bolts (snug them down; they won't tighten to where theres not movement of the compressor, so don't try, it's supposed to move and the rubber mounts keep it from being noisey). Reinstall the four air lines to the dryer (ensure that you pull back the rubber coating far enough to allow about 3/4" of the air line to be inserted into the dryer. This is why my car wouldn't raise after I installed my new compressor). Reinstall the air filter. Reinstall the inner wheel well. Put the wheel back on, lower the car, turn the air ride back on.
That's it! I hope this helps other memebers.
