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Do you know how to work on your own truck?

Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by HillbillyDeluxeTruck, Jul 10, 2025.

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  1. Jul 11, 2025 #11
    ElmerFudpucker

    ElmerFudpucker Road Train Member

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  3. Jul 11, 2025 #12
    nikmirbre

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    That's what ive been looking for @ElmerFudpucker .....Full access for Detroit.
     
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  4. Jul 11, 2025 #13
    ElmerFudpucker

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    Yep. Highly recommend
     
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  5. Jul 11, 2025 #14
    sirjeff

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    Ill tackle most things that bolt on. Anything i do on my own own has to pass the "if I start on sunday, am I f'd on monday" test
     
    sirjeff, Jul 11, 2025
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  7. Jul 11, 2025 #15
    Arctic_fox

    Arctic_fox Experienced mx13 execrator

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    Most of those 3rd party ones dont work for paccar. I got jpro, diesel laptops ect
    And even the diagnostic software i got direct from peterbilt only let me SEE issues. Not reprogram and wouldnt even let me access anything emissions. And that one was $3200. Paccar is a diffrent animal and a #### scam in a lot of ways.
     
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  8. Jul 11, 2025 #16
    Opus

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    I know how to check the oil.......that's about it.
     
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  9. Jul 11, 2025 #17
    ElmerFudpucker

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    Mine has paccar. Even has deletes for paccar. So, idk. I don’t own a paccar. And I won’t if that is the case
     
    ElmerFudpucker, Jul 11, 2025
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  10. Jul 11, 2025 #18
    Arctic_fox

    Arctic_fox Experienced mx13 execrator

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    Yea paccars are "special" guy who did my delete had to get me a cracked version of davie 4 to do bloody anything. There is a reason that truck was a nightmare
     
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  11. Jul 11, 2025 #19
    Long FLD

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    The guy I drive for now has the Paccar software. It was a little over $5k. His mechanic can do everything the dealer can do.
     
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  12. Jul 11, 2025 #20
    HillbillyDeluxeTruck

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    30 years ago was only 1995. My 02 is barely different from a 95.

    I will say, Ive gotten into a funk where I lack the motivation to work on the truck on weekends after being out all week. It causes me to push off some simple stuff that can turn into a bigger issue down the road, and thats on me.

    I will say one thing Ive run into in the last few yrs is when I just need some advice on a repair and I just basically want a simple confirmation to make sure Im either fixing or diagnosing correctly, and it seems like everyone has a "f you, pay me to fix it" or will blatantly lie to my face about how difficult a simple repair is, like they're trying to scare the person into having them do the work. Its pretty sad.
     
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