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  1. wore out

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    Cold as fook in Eleroy Illinois
     
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    Well buddy ya ask 10 different techs and you will get 10 different answers on when it will be broke in lol.
    First fill up after the overhaul was 4.2 so there is progress .
    Throw in always heavy , hilly terrain, constant snow and bitter cold ...windy as hell it's hard to say what it will actually do and have a baseline .
    Brad Morehouse commented to me his 100 or so cascadias and t680s all Cummins powered with apu,s and governed at 68 are way down on fuel mileage also ...its been a nasty winter .
    I wont be making any mechanical changes until we are out of this weather and done with blended fuel .
    Looked back on last winter's numbers which wasn't that bad and mpg hung in the low 6s.
    I dont think anything is wrong .
     
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    Nor do I. I'm going to ask when he's seen the break in period end from the ones he's torn down.

    They are always near gross running the Rockies and such, so you should beat their numbers.

    Speed is a lot though. Used to be rule of thumb was 5mph equal 1mpg.
     
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    I'll admit to having a heavy foot dave ...65 to 68 ...75 to get away from low grades lol.
     
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    Last winter is what got me. Didn't matter which way I was going, there was a nice gentle 200 mph breeze in my face or crosswind.

    Was just looking up going, "Really?"
     
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    Roflmao...yep !
     
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    By the way Dave how is your truck running ?
     
  9. Dave_in_AZ

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    So far so good. Doing full PM Saturday. Engine lights been on for like 2 weeks, so who knows. It stays on for weeks, goes off. Comes back.

    Wrench doesn't have InSight. And I'm not dropping $300 for Freightliner to tell me some BS.

    I can tell how it pulls if there's a problama.

    Mpg is still well above 7. Usually 7.5

    About to clock 600K. Uses 1 gallon oil right at 10K miles.

    Probably get a set of drives soon. These are coming up on 200K.

    Clutch is ok. I float 90%.

    Fingers crossed. Do another oil sample this time too.

    These Bridgestone steers are the cats whiskers.

    Do shocks when I get drives. Driveline gives some vibration when it's really working coming out of the hole upshifting heavy.

    I have wrench and alignment shop, they specialize in drivelines too, go over it all the time. They're all like "It's fine. Really. Go away."
     
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    Now truck 2 with the Detroit and 3.25 rears, that mofo will get 8 all day at 67mph.
     
  11. bzinger

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    I get those chassis codes out of mine for dumb stuff like the temp gauge on the forward rear end quit working ...fuel gauge harness on top of the fuel tank gets corroded at the connection ...spray some battery cleaner on it problem solved .
    Not running to the shop over it lol.
     
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