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Suspended

When I went to pick the Elf up, previous owner Alex and I had attempted to re-pressurise the Hydrolastic suspension, purely for the sake of making loading onto the trailer a whole lot easier. With flat suspension, the Elf has zero ground clearance, and the rear wheels foul the arches.

With a hydro pump, we managed to raise

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