Ride Height

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I pulled the PT out of storage and drove her to my house. When I was
sliding a piece of plywood under to catch any oil drips, I noticed the
rear most air bags. They seemed to be hyperinflated. I could see about
1.5 - 2 inches of a black ring, above were it was rubbed shiney on the
lower airbag pedestal (for lack of a better word, by pedestal I mean
the hour glass shaped thing the airbag slides up and down on.) The
airbag seemed to be at the top portion of the pedestal.

The airbag wasn't bulging or anything, but seemed to be more
"stretched". It may always be like this, and this is the first time I
noticed it.

I measured the ride height. The front was 17.75" (measured behind the
front tire) and the rear was 18.75" (measured in front of the drive
tire). The specs for the front height is 16" the rear is 18" (+/-
0.75" is OK) according to Bennie.

Questions:
1) Do I need to take this in to get it adjusted. On the 15th we leave
for Quartzsite, approx 900 miles round trip. Am I OK for the trip.

2)It seems like this is the lowest I can get the front, If I move the
front air valve rod (allen nut on the verticle rod) to lower the
front, it causes the valve to stay open and it exhaust air constantly.
I did change the ride height valve a few months ago. I'm wondering if
there is a newbie mistake I made.

BTW, I got the polarity monitor back from PMMI. I'll install it today
and give a follow up. John made a good presentation with pictures of
the removal process.

Thanks Guys,
Steve Harrie
'86 PT38