mercer transportation

Discussion in 'Mercer' started by kw12, Jul 21, 2012.

  1. TruckerPete1990

    TruckerPete1990 Road Train Member

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    I have a short on my truck it's on the rear lights they get very dim n flicker but I can't see any issues with the wiring. It does it while sitting still anyone had this before?
     
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  3. Oscar the KW

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    Sounds like a bad ground, or corrosion in a wire to me.
     
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  4. MicksRule

    MicksRule Medium Load Member

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    I just bought some Yokohama's for my trailer and didn't use Mercer's price. The tire guy I use gives me fleet pricing instead of national. However, when I buy a set of drives, I do use Mercer's pricing and somewhere without sales tax.

    I don't get a credit on my 17.5" trailer tires and the his price actually covers about 25% of the sales tax. Kind of worth it to do business local. When I do drives, tire credit alone makes it worth while going somewhere else and the guy I'd prefer to use understands that.
     
  5. MicksRule

    MicksRule Medium Load Member

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    Absolutely correct and Landstar guys love talking overall gross numbers. Oh yeah, I get $4 a mile on everything I do. lol
     
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  6. MicksRule

    MicksRule Medium Load Member

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    Check your pigtail and the main trailer connector. Corrosion was a good answer and you may actually find it on the backside of the trailer connector.
     
  7. spyder7723

    spyder7723 Road Train Member

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    Its on his truck. A completely different circuit.

    @TruckerPete1990 back there its almost always the ground or that factory harness plug at the rear frame filler plate, that area catches a lot of spray off the road. Use a voltmeter to make sure you got good power at the harness plug. If so you got corrosion in the ground wire between that plug and the frame. Run a new ground wire.
     
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  8. TruckerPete1990

    TruckerPete1990 Road Train Member

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    Thank you ill check them 2moro
     
  9. MicksRule

    MicksRule Medium Load Member

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    Woops! It's been a long couple weeks. Still tired.
     
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  10. MicksRule

    MicksRule Medium Load Member

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    Anyone here with a later model Cascadia wire beacons using the factory option switches?

    I need to do this, but I'm curious where the factory wiring may be, if any, at the rear pigtail connector. My connector comes through the body, not underneath the body. Also, will the circuit need to be programmed/turned on with a scan tool?
     
  11. Oscar the KW

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    Check under the back of sleeper inside the frame rails for the wires. If there are none there that aren’t connected or labeled then you switch might not be pre-wired.
     
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