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Oh, I'm going to have him call in and double check frequently. Because squeaky wheels....

 

That's good to hear. 6-8 weeks seems forever but gives you extra time to save for equipment. Maybe give him a chance to find someone leaving or retiring to pick some equipment up cheap. I wish you two the best.

 

Mtoo still has most his gear for sale. Truck and trailer gone, but pretty sure he still has all his chains and binders listed.

 

What you're describing is a derate. It can be anywhere from 5% and up .

 

Maybe I'm wrong, but in my experience a derate governs the speed as well, holding the truck back electronically to prevent it from doing harm to the engine. That isn't happening here, I can run wide open on flat ground if I choose too (I normally run 64-68, but have floored it to see if it was derating), but any slight uphill just kills me. It does feel sort of like a derate I guess, but it's not derating more the more I drive it and it's not governing my speed.

 

I've sent him a private message.

 

I could be wrong, but i would think the derate would effect how much fuel the ecm allows the injector solenoids to push. Which then effects how much power the engine produces. With gearing in the tranny and rears this won't effect the top speed, unless that is also programmed as a governor in the ecm.

 

Yeah, I don't know. I do know that with my old 387 and 587 both, if they derated (originally governed at 66), it would govern me at 64, if I kept driving 60, kept driving 55, etc...until about 45, at 45 if you kept driving the do not run light would come on and if you didn't park within 10 or 15 minutes the trucks would just turn off, but that would only take about 2 or 3 hours from the first sign of a derate until it was dying if I remember correct. Either way, this one isn't showing the HEST lamp when I stop, won't allow a manual regen, and the filter was baked the last time it was in the shop. I don't know, all I know is apparently neither does KW/Paccar because the dealerships (at least this one anyway) have gotten the engineers involved trying to figure it out.

 

This, normally they will just cut the power back a preset percentage, if the ecm feels the condition (fault) is bad enough it will also govern the speed.

 

On a brighter note, the dealership told me to call this morning to get an update, but before I could, and consequently let Mercer know, my coordinator called to tell me my next load cancelled. I said good, I didn't tell him yet because I didn't want to panic anyone because I had a couple days, but my truck is back in the shop.