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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 wheels (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 the
solenoid. To remove the air hose, push down top air spring cap. Push down on air spring and
on the orange ring while pulling out on the 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.
12. Unbolt the top and bottom shock absorber
11. Remove lower spring seat.
13. Install coil spring to upper and lower spring
retaining nuts and bolts. mounts using the aluminum spring mounts
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.
16. Tie back nylon tubing and electrical plug.
17. Replace wheel and lower suspension.
spring seat nuts.
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