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1995-1996 Lincoln Continental
COIL SPRING CONVERSION KIT
Installation Guide
C-2168
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Arnott Inc.
1995-1996 Lincoln Continental
Front Coil Spring Conversion Instructions.
1. Turn air suspension switch to the off position. (Switch is located on the driver side of the trunk)
2. Raise vehicle with proper lifting equipment. The tires must be off the ground. Suspension must be fully
down with no load. ALWAYS USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN LIFTING VEHICLE! (Refer to
shop manual for lifting instructions)
3. Remove wheel.
4. Remove solenoid-retaining clip. 5. Rotate solenoid counterclockwise to
the first stop, then pull down on
solenoid. Make sure all the air vents
out of the air spring. Rotate again and
remove solenoid.
6. Remove air hose and unplug power to the 7. Unbolt the brake line and remove from
solenoid. To remove the air hose, push down mounting bracket. Unplug strut electrical
on the orange ring while pulling out on the damper solenoid.
nylon tubing.
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8. Remove the ABS sensor cable from strut. 9. Unhook height sensor.
10. Remove lower knuckle pinch bolt and 11. Remove stabilizer bar link nut.
nut.
12. Remove stabilizer bar link from strut. 13. Loosen top three mount-to-shock nuts.
Do not remove the large center nut.
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14. Carefully remove the old air spring/ shock 15. Install new coil spring/ strut and three top
assembly from vehicle. top mount-to-shock nuts. Do not tighten nuts.
16. Install knuckle pinch bolt and nut. 17. Tie back nylon tubing and electrical plug.
(Tighten to 73-97 lb-ft).
18. Install stabilizer bar link and tighten nut to 57-75 lb-ft. (Reverse steps #11 and 12)
19. Install brake line to the mounting bracket. (Reverse step # 7)
19. Install ABS cable relief back to strut mounting bracket. (Reverse step # 8)
20. Snap height sensor back to its lower ball stud. (Reverse step # 9)
21. Replace wheel and lower suspension.
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Arnott Inc.
1995-2002 Lincoln Continental
Rear Coil Spring Conversion Instructions.
1. Turn air suspension switch to the off position. (Switch is located on the driver side of the trunk)
2. Raise vehicle with proper lifting equipment. The tires must be off the ground. Suspension must be fully
down with no load. ALWAYS USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN LIFTING VEHICLE! (Refer to
shop manual for lifting instructions)
3. Remove wheel(s).
4. Remove solenoid-retaining clip. 5. Rotate solenoid counterclockwise to
the first stop, then pull outward on
solenoid. Make sure all the air vents
out of the air spring. Rotate again and
remove solenoid.
6. Remove air hose and unplug power to the 7. Depress the two plastic locking fingers on
solenoid. To remove the air hose, push down the top air spring cap. Push down on air spring
on the orange ring while pulling out on the and remove from top body bracket.
nylon tubing.
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8. Depress the four locking clips on the lower 9. Remove old air spring from vehicle.
air spring piston. Push up through spring seat.
10. Remove lower spring seat nuts and bolts. 11. Remove lower spring seat.
12. Unbolt the top and bottom shock absorber 13. Install coil spring to upper and lower spring
retaining nuts and bolts. Replace the old shocks mounts using the aluminum spring mounts
with the new ones supplied with the conversion kit. supplied with conversion kit. (Very carefully,
jack up on the center of the lower spring seat)
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14. Align the three bolt holes up, and replace 15. Using a wrench, replace the three lower
the bolts from the outside as shown in picture. spring seat nuts.
17. Tie back nylon tubing and electrical plug.
18. Replace wheel and lower suspension.
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