Help...how to open hood?
Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by golfwidow, Jan 28, 2010.
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and watch once you get the hood open, the cables that release the latches, one on each side of the hood, can stretch, so on occasion if you don't keep them tight, you can pull the hood release, and nothing happens!
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Pull the lever by the steering wheel, just like a car
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I wonder why drivers throw away the owners manual when they get in a new truck? I guess their DNA has all the truck information aready etched in their brain never thinking that they won't be the only driver in that truck! Or that trucks will never change from what they trained in!
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Hey, thanks to everyone for their help and quick responses.
Trucks are working out fine. As I said, they aren't ours, but hubby's friend. We each have our own small companies, but they do a lot of business together and help each other, which is how hubby ended up out in Buffalo in a storm driving truck.
These guys are so busy, they rush thru everything, including picking up trucks. I don't think we've ever had a brand new truck...maybe one. A Western Star, and I remember the driver it was for was too fat. He literally could not get behind the wheel. How's that?
Another quick story...about same driver, God love him, very good driver, just very big, and very tall. We had to give him a ride from our house to his house in NJ, about a 4 hour drive. He did not fit in any of your cars. Hubby rented a utility van, set up 2 folding chairs side by side in the rear, and that's how he got home. He's no longer working for us, but hope he's doing well. -
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We laugh, we might tease we might talk and point. Big deal. It should be on the lower left under the steering wheel. In my day we had a sort of a rubberized cable that latched on the sides behind the steer axle. Un do those, get to the front, one foot on the bumper put weight against the top of the radiator and it should come open. If you are too weak to get it this way, get behind the steer axle and lift one corner it should come up. -
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next tell the girls how to flip down the sun visor so they can check their hair in the vanity mirror. we'll check back in 2024 for any zingers.
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