Taking the plunge. My journey as an O/O.

Armor all is bad for rubber.

Keep up on your Maint. When on hometime. You shouldn't need emergency parts on the road.

I wouldn't dream of taking my car or bike on a road trip if I found something that could be a problem.

 

So when a hose clamp breaks on Sunday, under a load, you call a tow truck?

 

When my hose clamp broke. The hose popped off. Someone had to bring me some antifreeze.

And it wasn't a tow.

 

That reminds me, I used to keep at least 8 gal. If old AF in the passengers step box. I broke a clamp a few mo.s back, Luckily, I was on the fuel island. In over 23 yrs. 3 Trucks, been on the hook twice, Once for a locked up engine, once for a totaled out Truck. Knock on wood. Being prepared, is key. The 3 turbos I’ve blown, we’re on the road, Along with broken front spring, water pumps, fan clutches, A couple injectors. An unexpected repair is just that. A 20 yr old Truck that always makes the delivery, doesn’t just happen by chance.

 

Update.

Having the oil, oil filter, and fuel filter changed at a bit over 5k miles post rebuild.

Fuel economy is still a bit low, but I realized the other day that this is partly due to winterized fuel. When I fueled in GA, my fuel economy was only a little below 6.8 MPG. When I fueled in PA, my fuel economy dropped to around 6.4 MPG.

 

You’re basically breaking in a new engine. Might take 75k or so before your fuel mileage comes back to what it was.

 

About what speed you cruising at?

 

Governed at 67 for the duration of the loan, I normally keep her there as much as possible.

 

That’s exactly what I was thinking, pretty good mpgs for a fresh engine. Expect up to 1 mpg gain around 70 k

 

I’ve never been around a DD15. But the 12.7 I had took right around 70k after the overhaul to start acting like it did before.