Why do so many Americans hate European trucks?

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  1. AModelCat

    AModelCat Road Train Member

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    Back when engines didn't have their exhaust forced throught 12 feet of EPA mandated crap.
     
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  3. KVB

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    Looks very old school without visor.

    Visor and marker light will be installed later?
     
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    Marker lights come as a set of 5. We can then install 2 more to get 7. If the customer wants something more radical like 13, we order the roof blank to install out own holes/spacing.
    The other way is to install a visor with small 1" led lights across the top to pass as clearence lights.
    If the customer is doing a mild visor, we order the truck with a visor as the smaller ones fit the factory holes, unbolt and bolt on the bigger ones. Very large or funky visors have different brackets and are ordered without a factory one.
    Not sure which way the customer is going with this, ill see if I can get some pictures when it is done.
     
  5. spsauerland

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    Hopefully customer doesn't want an obnoxious bowtie drop visor.... I don't like the look of the bow tie ones. Also, those Euro influenced headlights need to go in the the dumpster in favor of some double JJ headlights and blinker bars!!!
     
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    I agree.
     
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    The latest cranckcase vent module for the MX's ,is it correct you need to dismantle the module from the block to put a new filter in?
     
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    That is what has been stated on Rapido, but @Caeser may find another website stating it doesn't so that will make him correct!
     
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    It seems all MX engines now leave the factory filled with Delo 10W-30 oil. I found this page in a leaflet on the Chevron site, please read the highlighted text.
     

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    Where on the page does it say that they are all factory filled with 10W-30???

    Also, we've established many posts ago (by members who actually work AT the dealerships) that 10W-30 is perfectly fine if the engine has the most current software updates.
     
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  11. spsauerland

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    Yep, took a picture of it and posted awhile ago. If I get a chance I might post oil analysis that shows additive levels of the factory fill vs our oil. You don't think the OEM puts the cheapest oil that meets requirements on factory fill?
     
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