How does the active suspension "inflate"

[qsiguy]

I was looking at an old photo of my active model and it wasn't sittin as low as it is now so it obviously "deflated" while sitting. What makes it "inflate"? I charged up the battery and turned on the key, flipped the active switch and nothing happened. Does the engine have to be running (which I can't do as the car sits)? Is there a mechanical pump on the motor for this or is there a relay or something I can manually power up to inflate it? I was wanting to pump it up to make it easier to load on the flatbed truck for transport.

[qship96]

System runs off engine driven pump, motor must be running to move the fluids into bladders

[qsiguy]

Hmm, thanks. Wonder how difficult it would be to spin it manually with a drill or something.

[qship96]

If I recall correctly, it takes 5-9 horsepower to operate the pump

[qsiguy]

Well the idler pulley was off for that belt so I put my air ratchet on the pump and spun it for a while at a time, letting the air compressor fill up for a bit every so often. Took a few rounds with the ratchet but the car is about 5/8" higher now. Should help a little getting it on the tow truck. I'm not sure how much higher it would go. If you jacked up the car to take the pressure off the shocks I think it would fill up faster/easier.