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Wow, that's a crazier curve than us. It was almost 90 here yesterday, now it's in the 40's and still slowly dropping. Shoot, it was 75 this morning, and around 11 it was 55. Glad the system petered out before it got to us though, I was keeping up with it out west and saw the strong tornados on several livestreams.

I usually don't like to talk politics, especially online, but I have to say I have no idea what to believe anymore. On one hand, I do not like Iran and would rather them not have a nuke at all, but on the other, where there actually any WMD's in Iraq? Could this be another ploy just to destabilize another country for monetary gain (or some other form of ill-gotten gains)? Maybe. All I know, is I want my diesel prices back down, please. I just bought my first diesel pickup and was loving it before, now I drive with my teeth gritted.

Apparently an Iranian-adjacent hacker group hit a massive medical company named Stryker. Supposedly 50tb of data was stolen and thousands of company devices like phones and computers wiped clean. It's big enough for our company to put out info and remind us to be very careful.

I will, I'll be working for one of the largest lease/rental truck companies in the US. They surprised me with the pay and benefits, not to mention a lot of my former coworkers are now working for them too; one of which will be my coworker again. It'll be a good change for me.

Thank you kindly, I joined to help as much as I could! I enjoy reading all the interesting info even if it doesn't pertain to anything I'm doing or working on, it's just cool to learn about such stuff. I honestly would love to buy an older Mack one day just to visit shows with. You know I always need a toy haha.

It is with a somewhat heavy heart I announce that I will soon be leaving my role as a dealer parts salesman and moving on to a different job. It's a net positive for me, except I won't be able to look up anything for ya'll anymore. I won't be leaving the forum or anything, and my love for old Macks isn't going anywhere either. I just needed to make a move that benefitted me. I might still have an answer or two for questions I have them for, but for the most part, the parts guy role has faded. Guess I picked a good time to move too, considering the Mack I fell in love with just isn't present anymore. Like I said, I'm still here and will continue to be active, maybe even more active now, I just wanted to make a statement so everyone knows. For the mods that might read this post, I'll post a condensed version in the dealer section closer to my final day at my current job in case any changes need to be made on your end.

It's extremely common and on top of Youtube's algorithm already being trash, it makes the platform about useless. I've picked up reading again since I've noticed that the internet as a whole is terrible for a person now. I've heard it called an "attention economy," where everything is vying for our attention, and I know for a fact that's true. I've been making it my goal to not touch Instagram or Facebook at all, because I noticed that I tend to get stuck there for longer than I need to if I do touch them. Somehow, money is made off of our attention, and I don't intend to give them anything if I can help it. Reading's more fun anyways.

Autocar cabovers have been getting popular around here for local trash haulers, so I wouldn't doubt that they're trying to push themselves back into the limelight. If they're making trucks to be worked on, they'll start getting local fleets' attentions pretty quickly. The only downside is their parts lookup is less than ideal and parts pricing a tad high, but hardly a reason to ignore the truck as a whole.

If it's like the current Mack/Volvo air ride, it'll have a sensor on at least one airbag that sends pressure readings to a module to toughen the suspension under heavy load, our techs call it the load sensor. We don't see too many failures out of it in all honesty.

Gotta say I don't hate them as much as I thought I would, still think the old Macks look better, but looks isn't in most truck owning corpos' prerequisites anymore. The only thing I absolutely despise so far is the 24v system that we argued about in a different thread. Really want Volvo to figure that out for their sake and ours honestly. Wish they could just make the old Mack's again, but these are the cards that have been dealt, and they aren't the worst hand to have I reckon.

What tank models? I have got to find a video of one running, that's a cool engine to have in a tank.

Thanks Joey, been wide open today, so far this week, and probably tomorrow. I might get to rest Saturday, maybe.

Valve spring washer is 20510743, keepers are 20510747 (individual pieces, not a set of two). We always recommend replacing the rocker bolts, but your truck, your decision. If you replace them, you need QTY 1 20412482, QTY 12 21344778.

It's the same engine, slight updates I think.

The picture I see on the website looks like the same cab as the current MD, and we haven't heard anything stating otherwise. HOWEVER, we have yet to see a single MD electric, so I can't be 100% certain.

I've seen some high mileage EPA04 MP7's around here, and they've always interested me. These guys aren't steering you wrong!

I've been told it's 24v at least in Europe, no idea on the rest of the world. I've heard Europeans singing high praises to the European Volvos elsewhere on the internet, so I'd imagine that they're pretty good.

Didn't mean to spark any arguments, but you are correct. 24v systems have been standard for the rest of the world for a while, and should have had a bulletproof launch here in the US. Except Volvo tried to overcomplicate the system for whatever reason and is probably going to pay for it. I don't have a problem with 24v systems, I mean how long has it been standard on our construction equipment? It's just the way Volvo has done it that has made such a problem.

Big Cam III 400HP, Fuller RTO14613, 4.10 Rockwell/Meritor rears. Their fault for providing a VIN haha.

Haven't heard of this yet, but I can see it happening. We apparently sold the first VHD cement mixer on the East Coast, hurray. The 24v system in the new Volvo's has been an absolute tragedy that has to end in a lawsuit from somebody. The batteries go dead all the time, so you better have a 24v charger, because a 12v will take eight hours to jump the truck off! Because apparently the EPA demanded there be X amount of modules controlling things, and one of them is in control of the batteries! THE BATTERIES HAVE A CONTROL MODULE. And it's gone bad in several different instances! I'm not having a fun time with it if you can tell.

Probably the oil thermostat itself, they're a very common failure point. Part number should be 23871486, located in the oil filter housing. It's the horizontal one.

I've never been able to recommend any aftermarket electronic on a Mack/Volvo, but ECM's I know very little about. I myself couldn't trust it, maybe someone else can tell you if it's worth the risk or not.

We got around 3" at home, but I took a long weekend to Asheville area and had a blast with the maybe 8" they had in Weaverville. Didn't have any problems getting around or out of there, just being a good driver handles that no problem. Had no clue it would hit -2F real feel though, that was fun! Coldest temps I've ever experienced, but I'd love to experience again with better clothing.

I sent him the part number for his harness via PM, but I figured I'd put the part number for the oil wicking kit in public view in case anyone needs it. The part number is 85137983, available from your local dealer. Comes with everything needed to prevent the harness from wicking oil.

They were calling for an absolute ice-maggedon here, just for it to sleet most of the time. Do not get me wrong, I'm thankful for that, but man, it got everyone here panic buying everything! I know a lot of other places got hit hard, so I'm thankful we got off easy this time. It is really cold though!