On a 1994 Mark VIII is it possible to fill the air shocks manually?so that I can transport it the driver side is bottomed out

Anyone please help

It should still roll..... the big issue is avoiding damage because of low clearance

Tire store blew my bags on my 97. There was no easy way to fill so I drove, very slowly the 3 miles home. I would not recommend unless emergency. somewhat hard to control if you get a large bump going too fast. Maybe someone knows of a way to pump up on the fly. In the AM I got a roll back to tow the car to Lincoln (hey the tire store was paying the bill). The tow driver refused to put the car on the rollback cause he was too afraid he would damage -in fact on the third driver I finally just drove it up myself - no big deal took it slow and easy. Even had to drive it off. Lincoln would not let me drive on to the lift and the dumb @ss mechanic drove full speed and bottomed out so hard they dented both front fenders -tried to blame me. Ha! Lucky for me the tow truck driver backed me up and stated there was no damage at all and he had pics to prove it.

Point being don't drive unless you have and don't let it out of your sight unless you really trust the mechanic and you have pics.

anyone else know for sure if you can fill up the air shocks manually

No, there's not way to manually inflate the system without using some aftermarket component like the spider valve. So if you had a slow leak in the bags and your compressor had burnt out, you might be able to inflate it with an air hose.

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Nope. There should be, but there's not unless you get the spider valve.
Is the bag blown or the compressor?

yes the bags have leaks on the driver side and the compressors not working the relay is dead and when i jumped the relay the compresser heated up and shut off.

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Time to do a coil spring convesion... Get your gold membership and save over $100 for a conversion.

Mine for my 93 Mark VIII cost $250 shipped to my door.

Yea thats what I planed to do il just have to get the tow truck,but how is the ride,mine wasn't that good I look forward to seeing the difference,I'm gonna go with American Air to they have a really good deal.Did you do the 1.5 drop im going with the original hight

If the relay is dead, you can "borrow" the relay from the ABS system on the otherside of the car. It's located behind the wheel well on the driver's side. They both use the same relay.

Time to do a coil spring convesion... Get your gold membership and save over $100 for a conversion.

Mine for my 93 Mark VIII cost $250 shipped to my door.
:eek: $250 shipped to your door? holy :soapbox: that's cheap.
I just installed reman air struts from AAS
There was a place selling a kit on ebay "buy it now" for $200 or $250

Yea and this way I dont ever have to worry about theair ride again

I'v learned sometimes you have to do what the factory didnt.

where did you get that coil over kit from

I got my spring kit with 1.5" drop from Strutmasters. Money well spent. Easy to install with basic hand tools. Ride is good. No more air problems. Even turns and burns with less wallow thorugh the Crest (Angeles Crest).
Good luck.

Did you have someone do it for you? Can you recommend someone?