idling a truck. . .

Brake smoke is special. *Sniffs... whoa that burn crispy. You will be ok.

I do wonder. Did that exhaust overheat smell the same as brake pads?

 

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
This is the correct answer.
Change companies; go with a company that has all the driver comforts which include APU.
Freymiller
Dynamic Transit - one of their terminals is in Los Angeles.

Shut the truck engine off and crank up the APU. Now you have power for heat and air conditioning, refrigerator/freezer, computer, television, etc. and no worry about running down the trucks batteries.

 

What a different time. On my trucks, there was a metal rod from the foot feed pedal to a mechanical fuel pump on the engine. Another metal rod, with an adjustable base, properly positioned on the pedal and the dash, allowed a "step up" to 1000 rpms, in went the ear plugs and out went the lights. Modern trucks,,, no thanks.

 

Modern trucks up to 2001, click the cruise toggle three times and poof. 1100 fat RPM's through the night.

We once waited 3 days and two nights for Americold of Salinas right there on the dock idling. Burnt most of our fuel but we were there like they wanted. (Produce was being picked, trucked then blast frozen on the spot. It was in east coast 60 hours later. Talk about fresh. But the loading wait? ARUGH!

 

If it's a newer truck, the outside temperature sensor is in the driver mirror
You'll see a black knob sticking out on the bottom.
Push the mirror to the side and you can unplug the sensor
There's a cheap resistor you can plug into it.
It will always read 100 degrees
I forget what resistor you need but I found that fix in a Google search
I haven't done it cuz I'm not sure how to use the resistor
But the resistor can be bought online.
I have unplugged the sensor but it just doesn't show any temperature and the truck still shuts down
You need the resistor

 

If it's older than, I think, than a 2014, there's actually a plug that runs along the frame
A headlight plug in type
You unplug it and the truck will idle but the check engine light will come on
Just plug it back in when you go to a terminal
There's a you tube video on it
Google is your friend

 

It's going to be a 1.5K OHM Resistor. Once that is in place of the sensor the truck is going to think it's awful hot. Poof. IDLE time all you want.

Start hunting for a another company before the beancounters add your thirst fuel bill to 100 degrees constant and eliminate you. It might take a few weeks. Carry a few extra because the shop is gonna find it and fix it back.

Some trucks carry a temperature sensor near the front bumper I think along the inside of a frame rail wrapped in a ziptie to keep in place. It looks like a childs bottle nipple you will know it when you see it.

 

Yep
That's the resistor
Reads 100
Thanks Heavy

 

might be safer to go to an automotive parts store, and buy a brake pedal depressor, commonly used for front end alignments. it is very adjustable, and easy to kick off, rather than the possibility of tearing up the seat fabric.

this can be used for the accelerator pedal as well, but they do have gas pedal ones as well.


https://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&k...vqmt=b&hvbmt=bb&hvdev=c&ref=pd_sl_jgsuom38z_b

 

But to think your company isn't gonna notice that your truck is running all night is crazy
These days, whatever your truck's doing on the road, they see back there.