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Author Topic: Monroe MA700 Max-Air vs. Monroe Sensa-Trac Coilovers  (Read 20281 times)

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Offline captspillane

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Re: Monroe MA700 Max-Air vs. Monroe Sensa-Trac Coilovers
« Reply #30 on: September 05, 2012, 11:09:38 PM »
The Eagle rear shocks are obviously way too big. I have those on all my Eagles. He must have found a very tiny car application that has a very small shock to fit in the 15 inch space available. I thought about plugging in a bunch of random vehicles into Rockauto, but I figure that's a waste of time when someone has already figured it out before.
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-1980 Eagle Station Wagon 258 Auto Fuel-injected with GM TBI

Minor Repairs Underway:
-1982 Eagle SX4 258 T5
-1981 Kammback 2.5L Iron Duke T5

Restoration Efforts Near Completion:
-1982 SX4- 401 NV3550
-1983 SX4- 4.5 MPI NSG370 (6 Speed)

Restoration Efforts Underway:
-1985 SW- 4.0 MPI AX15
-1982 SX4- 4.0 AW4
-1981 SX4- SD33T NV4500 (Turbodiesel 5 speed)

Future Rescue Efforts- '85 Maroon SW, '87 Limited SW, '84 Limited SW, '87 4 door Sedan, '81 2 door Sedan, '88 White SW, '77 4 door Hornet, '74 2 door Hornet, '79 Spirit AMX, '81 Kammback.

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Re: Monroe MA700 Max-Air vs. Monroe Sensa-Trac Coilovers
« Reply #31 on: September 05, 2012, 11:42:20 PM »
Monroe Air

On my 82 Limited I was fortunate in that it has the factory towing package (under the hood compressor etc).  Only problem I have is one of the airbags squeak.  I believe I have read some where that this is a common problem.

If anyone has a solution for this squeak, please let me know.

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Re: Monroe MA700 Max-Air vs. Monroe Sensa-Trac Coilovers
« Reply #32 on: February 19, 2014, 01:27:52 PM »
Capt, so the link I provided to Sensa-tracs wouldn't work? It was a long time ago, but I thought that was the ones listed for Eagles.

Vangremlin, and Bird-O-Prey, what application did you use?
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Re: Monroe MA700 Max-Air vs. Monroe Sensa-Trac Coilovers
« Reply #33 on: February 19, 2014, 04:04:28 PM »
I found that my air-ride has a rear level sensor similar to the one I had stock in my Comanche for the rear brakes except it's electric and not hydraulic. When the shocks leaked out the compressor came on (unless I switched it to off) and eventually drained the battery. (not anymore. No air shocks going back in since the XJ axle swap)

Here's the sensor

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Re: Monroe MA700 Max-Air vs. Monroe Sensa-Trac Coilovers
« Reply #34 on: April 06, 2014, 11:59:23 AM »
Just installed the softride 2" add a leaf then Went to Napa to get the coil over shocks but Monroe shows them as no longer available according to the guy behind the counter.

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Re: Monroe MA700 Max-Air vs. Monroe Sensa-Trac Coilovers
« Reply #35 on: April 06, 2014, 12:25:02 PM »
Capt, so the link I provided to Sensa-tracs wouldn't work? It was a long time ago, but I thought that was the ones listed for Eagles.

Vangremlin, and Bird-O-Prey, what application did you use?

Sorry I missed this before, they are available at RockAuto

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Re: Monroe MA700 Max-Air vs. Monroe Sensa-Trac Coilovers
« Reply #36 on: June 17, 2014, 11:18:26 AM »
I've gotten Monroe Sensa-Track coil over shocks for the front. While installing them I found that it is tricky. They are the correct length and they match up without too much hassle, but there are two big catches. The bottom mounting holes are a little too wide and you need a smaller set of bolts and some nuts to space with. that's not too bad. The next problem was that the bottom shock mount is just barely too big to fit through the hole at the top of the shock housing. It needs a very small amount removed with a grinder to enlarge the hole. It is not a big deal since it is covered by the mounting bracket, but at the same time most people won't want to make a permaneant change like that.

Monroe Sensa-trak 58510 for Rear Eagle coil shocks, $59.79 last time I got them from Rockauto

Monroe Sensa-trak 58270 for front. $47.79 from Rockauto last time. Shipping was $8.87.
Currently Inspected and Insured as of Jan 2013:
-1985 Eagle Station Wagon 258 T5 Stickshift
-1980 Eagle Station Wagon 258 Auto Fuel-injected with GM TBI

Minor Repairs Underway:
-1982 Eagle SX4 258 T5
-1981 Kammback 2.5L Iron Duke T5

Restoration Efforts Near Completion:
-1982 SX4- 401 NV3550
-1983 SX4- 4.5 MPI NSG370 (6 Speed)

Restoration Efforts Underway:
-1985 SW- 4.0 MPI AX15
-1982 SX4- 4.0 AW4
-1981 SX4- SD33T NV4500 (Turbodiesel 5 speed)

Future Rescue Efforts- '85 Maroon SW, '87 Limited SW, '84 Limited SW, '87 4 door Sedan, '81 2 door Sedan, '88 White SW, '77 4 door Hornet, '74 2 door Hornet, '79 Spirit AMX, '81 Kammback.

RIP- Red '81 SX4, '84 4dr Sedan, '84 SW, '81 SW, '80 Spirit, '83 SW, '83 4dr Sedan

 

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