Hello All,
I have a 2000 Expedition Eddie Bauer with air leveling. I bought new air shocks for the front but I cannot figure out if the air line comes out easily or I have to get a special tool for it. I called my local ford dealer and they told me I needed a special tool! When I asked what kind and the name of it he could not tell me. Is this true or they trying to monopolize?

If anyone has a url with this info on how to replace the oem air shock, please let me know. Thanks in advance.

 

It wouldn't surprise me if there was a special tool. Manufactures are doing this more and more to prevent home maintenance or to streamline manufacturing. But that does not mean that it cant be done with a regular shop item. I am not familiar with that system so I hope a good Ford tech chimes in here with the exact answer.

We have sold many of them and no one has asked for "The tool" or even come back with a comment about it.

Good Luck!

 

To remove the air line, use a flat blade screw driver and push on the colored tab around where the hose goes into the shock. Next simply pull out the air line, gently of course, and you will see that there is a plastic fitting inside the air line that actually fits into the air fitting on the shock.
This is a friction fitting so it is designed not to fall out.

Hope this helps, sorry there is no pictures.
Joey the Green