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Re: Pressure switches on front sixbag/bags

Reply #20 –

OR, like Mike says: get creative.  Poke around on eBay and Amazon.  See if you find something close.  Check the center hole size on your old coil to verify it is 0.500"!

Question to EE majors:  How do you measure or rate the "pulling power" of a 12V coil?  How can you compare a generic coil to the genuine HWH coil to see if they are "close enough"?  Just curious...

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Re: Pressure switches on front sixbag/bags

Reply #21 –
Chuck,

Thanks for the links.

Elliott,
Like I have said in another post long ago, I used a 12VDC coil off of some kind of snow blower to get a fellow down the road. Last time I checked that temp repair was still being used.  Don't know when a temp repair turns permeant though. If you go with a bare coil you will have to cut the plug off the old coil and reuse it. Now if you want a new plug you need to open the coffers a little wider.

Mike

Re: Pressure switches on front sixbag/bags

Reply #22 –
Quote from: Chuck & Jeannie –
You would need to follow each air line by hand from the manifold to see how it actually connects to the air bags.  I have never tried to do that.
So I did this and there is indeed one line to each bag from the manifold. The diagram I posted in reply #7 accurately represents the airlines including where they connect to the manifold. So the two bags in each corner are connected via the manifold.

I fixed all the leaks between the front and rear tank, and replaced the bad solenoid and now I have lots of pressure at the bags  :D  I can fit my stands in no problem with a couple extra inches to spare.

While I had the slide bladder tank dropped I pulled the six pack down and tightened the compression fittings. I've said this before but I feel it needs to be said again: there's a special place in hell for the engineer that put the front six pack there.