I bought a new rear height sensor because the existing one wasn't giving a smooth reading throughout it's range. I picked ANR4687G from Island 4x4 - It came in a britpart box but has the dunlop mark on it.

I was expecting it to come with two mounting holes but instead it's got two threaded studs. My car is a 1995 model but I've got the adapter plates for the new height sensors (STC3594AA) shown below.

The instructions for the adapters say to attach the the sensor to the studs on the adapter, since the height sensors already have the studs I'm not sure how they mount

How do later cars mount the height sensors, using the studs on the height sensor? Has anyone else used the STC3593AA kit, how did you mount it?

They mount using the studs straight through the mounting plate on the chassis with a couple of nuts (which invariably have to be cut off with the angle grinder if you want to change one). The studs are usually just bolts pressed through the plastic so could probably be pressed out if you had to. The instructions would be far clearer with a picture.....

A few years ago when I had problems, I tried to swap them over side to side. The theory being that the tracks develop flat spots and swapping them over reverses the tracks. However the studs sheared off very easily and I didn't get that far. I coated the threads on the new ones with Coppaslip and fitted stainless nuts. Time will tell I guess.

I had to remove the studs (tapped them out with a hammer and small socket) and then file the holes out slightly so they fit the mounting studs.

The car sits nice and level now!

Result!!

Tagging something on here because it was irritating but was an EASy fix.....

(One of those where it has to get worse before you can track it)

Symptoms; The (usual) random/occasional 'Xmas tree lights' showing up, eventually became "EAS Fault",
diagnosed to Front/Right Height sensor giving out-of-range readings.

Fix: Turned out it was just some corrosion in the "knee" joint on the Pot. linkage. This made the joint stiff
enough to stick and affect the reading. (For those unaware this joint is just a pin through a rubber bush)

One of those jobs worth checking/lubricating next time you are under the beast (?)

Note; May be more common if/when the car sits for a while: ie. If a daily driver the joint
may not stiffen up so much (?)

I've just had a problem with the car leaning to one side. Upon looking at the heights on the nanocom the rear sensors were showing much different counts than they should be compared to the stored counts.

I put the standard height calibration blocks in and the rear sensors were showing over 130 counts at standard height which is outside the range the EAS allows.

I took off the harness from the STC3593AA kit shown above and one of the pins to the height sensor was wet and corroded. It looks like water has been getting into the connector or tracking down from the top connector and going onto that pin. After cleaning the pins/connectors off both sides are now back to their expected values and the car sits level again.

Has anyone else seen anything like this?