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JoeH

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  1. Hope ecm solves it. Any time I check batteries I check resting voltage, then have a helper try cranking it while I'm watching the test voltmeter. My car battery started being unreliable the past couple months. Voltage always tested good, but it was losing cranking amps for some reason. Left me stranded a couple times before I ponied up for a new one.

  2. The extra gears of an 18 are a waste on that motor anyway.  Those ENDT676 maxidynes make 90%+ peak torque from about 1000-1200 all the way to 2100 rpms. Unless you're doing a lot of highway speeds all you really need is the 2 stick 5 speed they typically started life with.

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  3. I know the cable/tube you're talking about, but I would have assumed the system has a pressure relief valve for that...

    My single axle dump truck has a piston with a built in bypass that when it fully extends it just diverts oil internally out a secondary hose.

  4. I believe that line literally just pushes onto the fitting. If it's the same as the one in the picture you sent.  You may be able to pull it off, cut a bit off, and put it back on if there's enough slack.  

    Maybe  wrong though. I'm used to these lines failing on the older endt676 motors.  Maybe the e7 doesn't use leakoff lines from the injectors.

  5. EN=Engine

    D=Diesel

    T=Turbo

    675=237hp variant

    676=283-287hp variant.

    A gasser example would've been an EN707 or something along those lines whereas you probably have an ENDT675. A turbo charge diesel, 237hp.  A naturally aspirated diesel (no turbo) would be END6xx (probably 672, but not positive.) I believe they're all 672 cubic inch engines, but to differentiate the newer variants they just changed the last numerical digit.

  6. I'd ditch that supplier and get a 275g (or bigger depending on how remote you are) tank with a pneumatic pump & nozzle. With 20 trucks in your fleet you are going through enough oil to warrant buying oil in bulk. 

    If you have trucks on different oils then you could get a tank for each grade of oil.

    We have 3 trucks and use a "half" tank for 15w40 and another half tank for hydraulic.  REIT lubricants fills a small jar for us every time we get oil from them. That way if there's a problem with the oil then we have a sample to send out for testing, to rule out if it's an oil problem or a truck problem.

  7. I put 70,000 mile all season Michelin tires on my 97 dodge Cummins snow plow truck. I've got 22,000 miles on them and they're worn down to the limits. I work the truck hard, but I don't abuse it.  The transmission has never been rebuilt and I've got the truck up to 228,000 miles.  Usually people only get 70,000 miles out of the 47re dodge transmission.

     

    Fact is, hard work eats rubber.

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  8. 3 hours ago, Bizzburke said:

    I have an 93 rd690s that off tracks to the left making the tire rub on the left rear/rear drive trunion cap. All the suspension is new except for the springs. The trunion and all bushings are new. 
     

    it’s straightens out in reverse off tracks moving forward. Straight making left turn off tracks very badly making a right turn. 

    Torque arms new?

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  9. Glad you found the problem. Is this truck a recent acquisition? Or something you've owned a long time that tends to sit? If it's a recent acquisition then it sounds like previous owner was a bit careless with his fuel. Wouldn't be a bad idea to change all the fluids just to be safe.

  10. Front of engine, driver side. Basically the housing that the upper radiator hose comes out of.

    Check your turbo boost, a cracked charge air cooler will cause elevated pyrometer temps, leading to elevated head temps, and thus elevated coolant temps. Not sure if/how that EECU reacts to reduced boost.

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