Air brakes.Yellow and red knobs on Ford l8000 dump truck. Which knob to push in to drive?

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  1. HillbillyDeluxeTruck

    HillbillyDeluxeTruck Road Train Member

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    Ejector seat? Whiskey dispenser? Lot lizard repellent device? Nitrous?
     
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  3. AModelCat

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    Lol oh boy. That's old school.
     
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  4. x1Heavy

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    The Blue Knob Club I am.

    He he he.
     
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  5. rbrtwbstr

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    It's the air supply for the flux capacitor, which will set off the Continuim transfunctioner, launching the operator into warp speed and into a galaxy far, far away....
     
  6. dibstr

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    And even more don’t know they were usually round, sometimes white and sometimes just a brass stem with a ring on it sticking out of the dash.
     
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  7. Moosetek13

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    The blue knob resets everything to original factory specs.
     
  8. JolliRoger

    JolliRoger Road Train Member

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    And what if one had NO Knobs, just a foot treadle, hand valve, and pipe plumbing cut off valves
    to the air lines???? Weird...
     
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  9. HillbillyDeluxeTruck

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    Im gonna check with the shop here at the TA and see if they can install a blue knob in my truck.
     
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  10. x1Heavy

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    Mine was black.

    Pushed it in. Hisssss. hmm... let's go find it. Aha.
     
  11. JolliRoger

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    TEACHING is still active in some places, LEARNING went idle years ago... It seems.
     
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