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

Didn't think you were. Seemed to me you were just saying that an oil leak is a problem that I should expect to cost me time and money. I think the same. That's why I have been watching it and hoping to make it to home time before I needed to address it. I always try to time any significant service or repair for home time, to reduce the real cost of the work.

 

Not really agitated. More amused that there are people out there that think a work truck should look pretty.

The way I see it, if the truck looks pretty, someone's wasting their money, and potentially my time.

That is, however, my opinion, and others are more than welcome to waste time trying to convince me otherwise.

 

I do not know for certain where the leak is. I took it to a Freightliner shop that has no connection to either the shop that did the rebuild, or the one that did the clutch replacement. It's possible that the leak is somewhere unrelated to either job. For instance, it might be the seal around the shifter cover at the top of the transmission. There are a couple other possibilities, I've been told, but they are all relatively unlikely. I think it's probably a leak at the top of the transmission bell housing connection to the engine.

 

Sometimes that just can't work. I normally manage to time washouts pretty well, and also tend to call washouts I don't know about and ask them if they have a dedicated washout lane.

I also keep my eyes open for sane shops near Blue Beacons with only one wash lane.

Example. The Petro in Monee, IL, right across from the single lane Blue Beacon, has a washout only bay. I rarely ever see anyone else use it. Most drivers just get in the three hour Blue Beacon line and wait.