2010 International A/C

This week they stuck me into a 2010 Poopstar Binder; ISX powered and automatic (barf). I was told the truck had just come from the dealership after a total repair of the A/C system. Well guess what crapped out yesterday? Uhhuh, you guessed right.

Now I find out that this particular truck has been in the shop at least 18 times for A/C probs with no fix that works. Anybody gots any ideas?

BTW, this truck is 1400 pounds heavier than the 9400 it replaced. Pulls ok but rides like a cabover and you gotta rev the hell outa it when backing up any kind of inclined surface..... which makes it spooky in tight maneuvering like you find in chemical plants.

Methinks I'll be going back to a "newer" old 9400 pdq. We'll see about one of the new Macks that are coming in later this year.

 

Thanks, I'll pass these on. Seems to be this particular truck; 16000 miles and 4 different drivers (I'll be the 5th) who turned it down. The 2010's were a screwup from day 1, especially the Maxforce ones. Very poorly designed. The old 9400's are at least twice the truck of these computerized junkers. Even the 2011's we have are shop queens.

We have a few Macks that are apparently doing better and we're getting another bunch of them after the first of the year so mayhap I'll go back to the older rig until they come in. Still gonna be automatics tho (sigh). Find it kinda funny that the autos "slip" below 1000 rpm and shift at 1800 with a low torque engine. Their hard upshifts/downshifts rock the load pretty good and you gots to watch it at scales and exit ramps. They shift like the worst kind of rookie.

Disc brakes are pretty cool tho.

 

18 trips to various dealerships (and still not working) is cheaper than a $10 button??? Somehow, I don' thin so Lucy.

 

Yeah, I know they are... that's their nature. But newer does not always equate with better; especially in the electronic/computer world. Too much "throw away" mentality there.

Consider the older cars, a set of points and a coil that you could buy at any parts store or service station. A carburator that a 16 yr old could rebuild. You could always figure a way to limp em home.

Likewise the old 318 Detroits and Cummins. How many truckers over the years have rebuilt these "old ideas" right in their backyards or even on roadside?

And what do you have these days? Tow em in to a dealership that may or may not have the equipment to diagnose properly which gizmo is giving bad info to the main computer or which wire may have 1 ohm too little/much resistance. Costs big dollars either way.