[GH85Carrera]

The master gardener slave driver wanted us to go to Lowe's to buy just 10 - 40 pound bags of soil. Without using a calculator, I figured that was 400 pounds plus moisture.

It rained the other day so some of the bags were rather wet, and the soil came out looking like a dinosaur left a deposit without any odor fortunately.

I knew 400 pounds was a load, so I aired up the air bags in the rear of the El Camino to 20 PSI. The guy loading at Lowe's just dumped and tossed in each bag on the passenger side as it was closest side. I felt a sudden drop on that side and suspect the old air bag blew.

We got home without issue, and unloaded it all.

Today I put the Elky up on my lift, and sure enough, popped air bag right at the top edge at the fold. So remove the shock, lower the suspension and remove the spring, and cut the old airbag out. To get the new one in, remove the rubber cap, step on the bag to partially deflate it, and put the cap back in place. Twists and wrestle the new one into place, and put it back in place and attach shock and done.

The Elky came with Monroe air shock from the factory to load level. They would not last a year without failure. They were warrantied, so it was free replacement just my labor. After the third set, I gave up and installed air bags, but then it requires a change to a much better shock, Bilstiens. So in the trash went the air shocks. I tried to go with just the old shocks, but the rear of the car was like a pogo stick with Monroe shocks. The Bilstiens work great.

So that is done. Next comes digging holes for the new plants she has already purchased.