Rear Air Bags

[ctrlraven]

For those who have replaced theirs, did you replace anything else? Like the compressor dryer and solenoids as well?

[cougar9150]

You should always replace the dryer when putting on new air bags. You can also recondition the dryer yourself but I can't find the thread where someone explained how to do it while on my phone. I bought a reconditioned town car dryer (has the 90deg outlet like the MM) for between $30-40 on Amazon.

If the solenoids work no real reason to replace them but I would at least buy the kit from arnott that includeds new orings and other pieces needed to overhaul them. IIRC the oring/rebuild kit was only like $20 and included everything you would need to do both.

[ctrlraven]

For the stuff from Arnott, am I looking at stuff under Mercury or Lincoln?

[cougar9150]

For the stuff from Arnott, am I looking at stuff under Mercury or Lincoln?

For the solenoids it shouldn't matter just 2003 and up.

The dryer from the Town Car has a 90 deg outlet like the MM but the CV dryer has a straight outlet.