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Please help - 03 Pete 379

Discussion in 'Peterbilt Forum' started by anikkimoment, Mar 31, 2013.

  1. Mar 31, 2013 #1
    anikkimoment

    anikkimoment Bobtail Member

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    I just started driving a 03 Pete 379 with a CAT 6NZ and it has a small brake fluid leak. Can someone tell me where to add brake fluid.... I don't see it. This is my 1st Pete and I'm fairly me to trucking....I have a lot to learn!
    Thanks so much for any assistance.
     
    anikkimoment, Mar 31, 2013
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  3. Mar 31, 2013 #2
    freightlinerman

    freightlinerman Road Train Member

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    Brake fluid? Do you have a hydraulic clutch? Unlikely...Do you have a power steering leak? Likely...Do you have a wet kit? Unknown...Where is the fluid leaking from?
     
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  4. Mar 31, 2013 #3
    DGStrong71

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    Is this a joke? Doesnt it have air brakes? I dont see how hydraulic brakes would stop a big truck.
     
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  5. Mar 31, 2013 #4
    dgc

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    brake fluid? I don't think so!!! where is the leak from
     
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  7. Mar 31, 2013 #5
    DGStrong71

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    We should have played along and told him where to put it.
     
    DGStrong71, Mar 31, 2013
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    HwyPrsnr and JIMROY Thank this.
  8. Mar 31, 2013 #6
    DGStrong71

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    Add it to Clorox and watch what happens LOL
     
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  9. Mar 31, 2013 #7
    anikkimoment

    anikkimoment Bobtail Member

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    Ok....thank you for not being an ###....I'm new, female, NOT a mechanic and I actually do know I have air brakes but didn't know what this fluid leaking might be...it looks like the brake fluid from my Jeep....it appears to be a pinkish color, coming from area bolted to the 1st cross member behind the u joint is a set of valves consisting of 2 larger, 3/4 or 1 inch lines, coming from the front, splitting into 4 smaller, 1/2 inch, lines heading rearward. The truck came from north and I'm thinking maybe anti freeze after looking some more but not sure.
     
    anikkimoment, Mar 31, 2013
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  10. Mar 31, 2013 #8
    anikkimoment

    anikkimoment Bobtail Member

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    And the thank you is for the ones that weren't jerks....we can't all know everything when we start.... And I'm glad I don't cause no matter how many years I drive I don't ever want to be like y'all!
     
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  11. Mar 31, 2013 #9
    DGStrong71

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    I wasnt being a jerk. I just thought it was an April fools joke. Even google as gotten into the spirit of April Fools' a bit early with its new "Treasure Map" layer in Google Maps.
     
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  12. Mar 31, 2013 #10
    adam1973

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    If your truck has an automatic transmission, I'd say it's Dextron III. That's the only fluid I can think of that would be pink / red.
     
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