My EAS (air suspension) Emergency Kit

I had been searching for some sort of EAS trail kit to get the Rover off the bump stops in the event of EAS system failure. It seems that the GOES or Green Oval Experience kit is out of production and the business itself no longer exists. The Faskit seems a bit expensive and overkill.

Some more experienced than I have said that they have built their own kit or that only an adapter or fitting for a shrader valve is needed to inflate a single EAS strut if they have the GAP IID Tool, but I haven't seen a thread discussing what's actually in the DIY kits people carry despite my searches.

So I ended up digging into this further and have come up with a fairly straightforward solution.

The air bag or air strut uses a VOSS connector like the valve blocks. I bought 4 VOSS connectors, 4 repair connectors, and 10' of 6 mm air line from CarID:

SKU: 1209618868
RMT® - VOSS Suspension™ Air Line Hose Connector Brass Fitting
Land Rover LR4 2012, VOSS Suspension™ Air Line Hose Connector Brass Fitting by RMT®. Quantity: 1 per Pack. The new suspension air line hose connector brass fitting helps connect and distribute air between your air suspension components.
$41.76
$10.44 / each

SKU: 1209615874
RMT® LR00-A326-AD4U - Air Ride Suspension™ Air Line Hose
Land Rover LR4 2012, Air Ride Suspension™ Air Line Hose (LR00-A326-AD4U) by RMT®. The Air Line Hose will allow you to Repair small or large sections of broken or damaged Air Line Hose without the need to change the entire line.
1
$18.27

SKU: 1209618861
RMT® - Air Line Hose Repair Straight Union Connector
Land Rover LR4 2012, Air Line Hose Repair Straight Union Connector by RMT®. Quantity: 1 per Pack. This will Allow you to Repair small sections of broken or damaged Air Line Hose without the need to change the entire line.

You can get the tubing and connectors on Amazon, but they're only rated up to 150 psi and the pressure of the air strut can exceed this pressure, so I went with the more expensive Made in USA RMT product on CarID. The Amazon stuff may work for you, but I felt it was worth another $20-$30 to get something I perceive to be of higher quality. Up to you.

Then, I went to Amazon and bought:


Megairon 1/8" NPT Male x 6MM Double Ferrule Compression Tube Fitting,Stainless Steel SS304 Male Straight Adapter

Hornet 1/8" NPT Tank Valve - 2 Pack

Legines Brass 1/8" NPT Female × 1/8" NPT Female Coupling Coupler Hex Head Pipe Fitting 1200psi (Pack of 2)

Since it's Amazon, these particular parts and vendors may come and go, but the general principle is that I wanted a 6 mm compression adapter that would allow me to use a NPT thread so I could install a Shrader valve that will work with my air compressor. I chose 6 mm compression to 1/8 NPT, an 1/8 NPT connector, and 1/8 NPT to Shrader valve. I purchased 4 each.

With all of these fittings I should be able to make my own emergency kit that some others have described and repair a variety of other potential EAS failures. As I get more mileage or do longer trips, I'll look at adding ride height sensors and valve block rebuild kits to my kit, but I should be able to make something to either splice into the airbag or create a new line direct to the airbag to inflate individually if I can isolate the airbag with the GAP Tool. If all else fails, I can pull the fuse under the hood for the EAS system and make adapters to inflate each airbag individually.

All told I'll be about $160 with shipping, which is more than I expected, but I also will have quite a bit of flexibility to build what I need when I need it. It's also less than a $485 Faskit and not permanently installed since I may want the space where the Faskit mounts for a second battery in the future.

Hopefully this is helpful to someone.

Hey thanks for the breakdown! I was just wondering about what all I would need to bypass the compressor incase of a compressor failure.

If your compressor fails, you will have some air left in the reserve tank. Eventually, there will be some leakage and air discharged from the system through the valves trying to level the vehicle as temperatures change and weight in the vehicle changes. You will likely have some time to get to civilization before being on the bump stops. Given the above kit that I put together, you can disconnect the struts non-destructively from the overall system and then inflate them individually with a second air compressor.