The Imperial air ride system (and yes, some Dynasty's
got them... but I'd guess about as many as Dynasty's
with the vynal roof!) was sooo complex that Chrysler
made their own FSM JUST for the air ride system
troubleshooting. The book was just under 200 pages
long!
I was going to get one via eBay earlier, but didn't
have the cash at the time for something I'm not going
to use (as I have a traditional suspension...). Guess
that's the price I pay when I go through $40 in gas a
week.... and $35 in insurance..... that's almost $100
a week for one car's useage... not counting repairs,
my toys, etc. Wow!
--- chrysler1978@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Yes.
>
> The Imperial and New Yorker (1990-1993) had it as an
> optional feature. I'm
> not sure the Dynasty could be had with it though.
> The air ride system is
> different from the load leveling system. The latter
> setup had simply air
> shocks on the rear to compensaet for heavier loads
> in the back seat or
> trunk. The automatic load leveling air ride system
> has "air springs".
> These air bladders or air bags replace the
> conventional springs front AND
> rear for not only automatic leveling on all wheels
> but also an improved
> smooth ride due to the air ride.
>
> The system with the air shocks is fairly simple but
> still more complex than
> it needs to be IMO. This usually results in the
> whole system being scrapped
> when it goes wrong. The air ride system is also too
> complex and often gets
> scrapped. I'm not sure why every bus and truck
> manufacturer in Canada and
> the USA makes reliable air ride suspension systems
> and yet automobile
> manufacturers can't seem to get it right. IMO, they
> over-engineer the
> systems and make them impossible to service because
> of either their
> complexity or simply the cost of repair.
>
> <soap-box mode off>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jay Jones" <jayjones.realty@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 2:42 PM
> Subject: Re: IML: Tim Boehm '90 Imperial-air shocks
>
>
> Phil, I know that the after market hot rod part
> community has the 4-wheel
> air bag system, which I think is mainly for lowering
> the car when the car is
> parked, in other words, for looks. Has Chrysler ever
> had a 4 wheel air bag
> system? jay jones, garland, TX
>
>
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