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Originally Posted by dutchboy
So the shocks have one fitting, that has inlet and outlet passages?
You talked about using a light oil instead of air for even more efficiency...I assume you would use an air hose fitting to get the oil inside?
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Something like that, yes.
The shock has one fitting on it, which (normally) would only have 1 hose hooked to it.
If you tee off that fitting, that allows two hoses. Put a check valve in each hose, so that the air can only flow through it one way. Put a bladder somewhere for the pressure to escape from the shock. Plug the two lines into the bladder, with the turbine in one of them (or both, if the energy is there).
The shock body itself actually doesn't have an inlet/outlet, just the single open port on the side... it's not even valved, that I know of.
As far as putting oil in, you'd just want to put a line/fitting on that opening on the shock, just like if you were going to pump it up with air. You'll want to draw a few inches of vacuum on the diaphragm inside the shock, then transfer the line into whatever oil you want, and pull the ends of the shock to full extension. This will fill the shock with oil, and you'll have to drain some off to set the ride height after your system is together and operating. (You'll need a bleeder valve somewhere in the system to remove air, so just use the bleeder valve to pull some oil back out of your (functional) system, which in turn will lower the ride height of that axle.