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  1. lilillill

    lilillill Sarcasm... it's not just for breakfast

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    LOL, no problem. These Vulva's aren't very intuitive... it's gonna take years for me to get use to pushing the switches DOWN to turn things on. Everything is bass-ackwards.
     
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  3. Ken

    Ken Couch Commander

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    I keep a spare in one of those realtors key lock boxes bolted inside my battery box..
     
  4. walleye

    walleye Road Train Member

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    That is a brilliant idea,...........Once again proving why yous make the big bucks and get to spend so much time in the couch!!!,.....:biggrin_25525:
     
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  5. walleye

    walleye Road Train Member

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    I wont have that problem,....The only switch on the dash like that is for the Jake brake,....And I rarely need that,..........See they are cheap trucks!!!,...LMAO,...
     
  6. lilillill

    lilillill Sarcasm... it's not just for breakfast

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    So I take it your dash is filled with those little plastic switch plugs (that like to pop out and leave holes in the dash).

    Ah, the jake... That's the one good thing about this ISX—the jake will put you through the windshield.:yes2557:

    I only use the brake pedal when I'm almost stopped—just to hold the truck at a light. Brake pads ought to last a few million miles or so.
     
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  7. Eskimo6804

    Eskimo6804 Heavy Load Member

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    You ain't lyin' about them jakes. That's one of the few things I like about my ISX.

    You are right about the switches too. Took me forever to get used to them, and since my truck has every available option except the sink with running water, I got a crapload of switches.

    What is it about those Euro Fish Poops and there pictures on switches too? Why can't they just label the #### things in english.lol
     
  8. lilillill

    lilillill Sarcasm... it's not just for breakfast

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    LOL... I couldn't figure out what the jake switches were for until I broke out the manual. Then I realized the picture represents brake shoes around a picture of a motor.:biggrin_25526:

    And then the first time I had to hunt down the power divider switch was at a shipper where the guy on the dock was helping me to back in blindside—a muddy schidt-hole with huge craters. He's waving his arms frantically telling me to go... but one axle was up in the air and I thought for sure I was gonna have to tell him, "hang on a minute while I get out the manual to locate the switch to lock the axle." LMAO
     
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  9. Jarhed1964

    Jarhed1964 Road Train Member

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    If I had .25 for every time I did that working for Arrow and for Garero Trucking....... :biggrin_2556:

    Actually, I busted out the passenger window TWICE at Arrow because I did that. Usually keep my key on a ring on my belt loop, changed into shorts one day then went into the Pilot to grab some food, came back out to the truck with a handfull of hot food and a locked truck.... RUNNING.

    :biggrin_2551:

    Yeah.... freakin freightshaker..... busted the #### passenger window out after trying for two hours to get the #### thing open with a hanger. Had a dude jimmy the lock with his lock picking kit at a TA up in Illinois when I was flatbedding for Garero. Then, two days later, I was lucky enough to find another criminal... I mean dude with a lockpicking kit to help me out in Houston.

    I'm an idiot.
     
  10. Jarhed1964

    Jarhed1964 Road Train Member

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    duplicate post, I'm an idiot.
     
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  11. stranger

    stranger Road Train Member

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    You can get into any truck that has a vent window with a pair of vice grips in less than thirty seconds. It's cheaper to go into the truck stop and buy a small pair than to break a window.
     
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