SOLVED...New rear shocks will only feature Auto-level, but new Dorman compressor has connections for both Air Suspension features...

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The compressor comes with a T fitting, and your truck also has the same T. The white line goes to the compressor and the 2 other ends of the T go to the 2 lines that attach to the shocks. Sounds like you now have 2 T’s if you didn’t replace your stock one and instead hooked up the new T to the old T. In which case you now have an open end of the new T which just releases all the air so your shocks wont inflate. Either locate and replace the old T with the new one or (easier) remove the new T and connect the white line from the old T directly to the compressor., Here’s the original T off my truck. I replaced it with the Dorman one but in all reality I should have just left the original one on as the Dorman one was a PIA to get on. make sure you are only using one T, either the new one or the old one. Definitely not both at the same time. White line= compressor to T. Black lines= T to lines that go to the shocks.
Thanks, Rocket. I will get in there in a few days. At least the shocks are in place, all I have to do is reconfigure the lines that I must have messed up. When I get it done, io will announce it in CAPS!
 
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Just to finish off the post, I did get everything hooked up correctly. The old compressor was being used as a guider hooking up the new fittings, but there was fitting and hose missing (broken off) the old one, so I screwed up the hose routing on the new compressor.

In the end, it got completed, the compressor ran for a few seconds, and the bags are firm. Noticeably better ride now.
 

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Just to finish off the post, I did get everything hooked up correctly. The old compressor was being used as a guider hooking up the new fittings, but there was fitting and hose missing (broken off) the old one, so I screwed up the hose routing on the new compressor.

In the end, it got completed, the compressor ran for a few seconds, and the bags are firm. Noticeably better ride now.
Thanks for coming back and verifying. Glad you got it figured out. :happy107:
 

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Also glad that you found the solution, and everything is up and running.

Please add the word "FIXED" or "SOLVED" to your thread's title, to let others who are experiencing a similar issue know that this thread has an identified solution.
 

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Please fill out an invoice and submit it for 2 hours labor.

Now pay yourself $500 and treat yourself to a steak dinner tonight. Nice work, you earned the z55 badge.
 

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