Project Jackaroo / Polyair

Have fitted the Airlift poly bags to my 99 TD Jackaroo’s rear springs (need to keep the Jack level when the Campomatic is hitched - hope it works !). A few notes may be of interest. Bought from www.truckspring.com in the US (thanks to those forumites for the research). Learned later that the Airlift people invented the bags (or claim to – 50 odd years back). Must be the very same product sold here as Polyair (stamped as such on the base). Great kit – everything there – copious instructions, couple of stickers AND a Truckspring pen ! Only snag was it arrived in approx. 20 days – not 4 / 10 as indicated. The price landed here ALL UP is half the asking of $320 in SA metro ! (sorry – can’t support exploitative Aussies – hell – the Truckspring mob and the manufacturer are making a profit on that 50% - these things are about as sophisticated as a plastic coke bottle). After having fitted them my thoughts are:
1. Jack the body up – sit the chassis on some stands - watch the brake line extension – no need to release the shocks or take the springs out !
2. Fit the lines and clamps to the bag outlets – thread the lot through the lower part of the spring
and out through the hole at the top. and don’t forget the black protector disc for the top in that equation (I found it a real bugger to get the line properly on plus clamp, IF you fit the bag only first).
3. Warm the bags up in a bucket of really hot water fold them up length wise and feed them through the spring. Blow a bit of air into the lines to pop them out to size.
4. Finish off with the line routing to a convenient spot for the fillers (mine ended up on the flat shelf just under the right rear barn door. I used some split cable protector for the lines too.
Whatever – that’s mine.