accumulators - recharging?

[pete]

got some to fit on the regal (with big coils) but worried they may not be 100% as theyve already been used on a w123 we built, if they aint quite right can i get them recharged? and if so how or where?

[fatdaddy]

as long as they are standard UK/Euro type you can.
If they have a allen bolt in the top (which is the bleed/fill screw) and a fine threaded boss (about 22mm) around it then you should be OK.
'phone local hydro places

[rudey]

just had mine re-done, £15 each plus VAT, i have to say though, they do fuck all on the car, not compared how they were on the Volvo? still very solid, 40PSI, shite, nothing at all, 150PSI re-charge and they actually dont do alot, they take take shock out of system so its not so hard but dosent offer 'suspension' like the volvo did?

Iain, good job Pete put this up as i was gonna ask anyway.... do i need different Acc's or more charge?
(i aint even dropped the pressure on the front as they dont do ought)

[fatdaddy]

with a coil system they cant give "suspension" if the coils wont allow the car to move, even if they are "working" hydraulically [if you follow that] the coils still wont move.
the best they can do is take out the shock factor at the start of the coil travel which sounds like what you have happening anyway ?

may be that you would be better off with softer coils but that may [or may not, only trial would tell] affect your movement on the switch

[rudey]

with a coil system they cant give "suspension" if the coils wont allow the car to move, even if they are "working" hydraulically [if you follow that] the coils still wont move.
the best they can do is take out the shock factor at the start of the coil travel which sounds like what you have happening anyway ?

may be that you would be better off with softer coils but that may [or may not, only trial would tell] affect your movement on the switch

the thing is i dont have springs at all on the rear, just powerballs to axle and donuts to body... thats it, the front has coils which is cool, just the back is crap with a capital shite!!

[fatdaddy]

i used 40bar as a start point.......................... (not psi)
for something as big as ythe Linc I would start off with a full charge [100bar from memoery]