Bad Day: Lumbar Support Not Inflating

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Jan 4, 2004 | 12:39 PM

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Merlin 91/97

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When you activate the 'love handles' or lumbars, something under the passenger seat better be vibrating. If not, you have an electrical problem, or the compressor is shot. If all the 'air' functions (lumbar/love) are out, it'* either the compressor, or the control box.

Yea the compressor is vibrating...that'* how we found it.
So it'* either a bad compressor or bad control box. I bet those are going to be pricey... :(

Jan 4, 2004 | 12:43 PM

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Pull the main oulet off the compressor, and turn it on. Does it make any pressure?

If it doesn't, replace it. If it does, it'* off to the control box. It'* producing air, but the valve that directs it to the right chamber may be bad.

I'll have to take a peek at mine later for you.

Jan 4, 2004 | 01:15 PM

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Pull the main oulet off the compressor, and turn it on. Does it make any pressure?

Which tube is the main outlet? I tried to pull them off yesterday but had no luck... I don't want to break anything.

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I'll have to take a peek at mine later for you.

Thanks Bill... that would be very helpful.

Jan 4, 2004 | 01:20 PM

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I don't think your pic shows the compressor. It should be a round body, mounted very close to the front edge of the seat. I think that black box is the selector valve assembly. I'll try to dig into mine today and see if I can help.