Jeff Adema

Nuts and bolts are nuts and bolts. You need spec's, test procedures, theory of operation/engine management strategies, and ACCURATE WIRING DIAGRAMS! Beyond that, though, they're all the same hooey. Damon, could you pass on to me some reading?

If you're going to be getting into doing warranty work on Cummins equipped Dodge trucks, there are lots of basic, and lots of wierd tools to obtain. Daimler/Miller's engine performance testing equipment is necessary, ie fuel pressure gauges and adapters for doing injector return flow tests and CP3 pump tests (all that info is on the Chrysler site). You'll want the engine turning tool and injection pump stuff for the older engines, if you don't already have them. Seal drivers for crankshaft, transmission, and diff seals....Terminal tools for electronic terminals.....compression test adapters....I'll think of more, just give the hamster a chance to get warmed up before he runs on the big wheel....

"I do precisin guesswork based on vague assumptions and unreliable data of dubious accuracy provided by persons of questionable intellectual capacity."

While I'm not a Freightliner tech, I did some hard time at a DDC/Allison shop. I haven't anything useful or relevant to pass on, but am interested in your new project, and how it differs from Navistar multiplexing. Did you try to contact Joseph Albert over on the west coast? Look him up through iATN, he's a head instructor with Daimler Trucks, and may or may not be of any help to you. Another possibility is Ken Henderson at Waterous Power Systems in Calgary, though he didn't teach Freightliner stuff per se, he could direct you towards somebody with good info. BTW, I tried following your previous link about Linder Tech North, but all it had was info on the seminar in the Toronto area, I think. Are you scheduled/committed to coming up to Calgary in the spring? Back to your M2 stuff, I have a couple contacts at the local college, one of whom stays somewhat sharp by putting in time at the FLLC dealer, I'll try to pull some info from him. No guarantees I'll get anything, though!

Oooohhh!! I used to work for a Mack dealer back in Ontario. I love the damn things, I'm still proud to wear my Mack winter coat to work, even if it gets funny looks. What is that, a B model or something smaller yet?

Awesome, thanks for the reply. My brother Mike went to Cochrane's thing in Toronto last year, apparently you were there as well. I'll be expecting to be be wowed. There's little chance of getting cuffed in Saskatchewan for something minor, like creative paperwork. Wearing a pink shirt, or sipping wine coolers, driving a Volkswagen, or cheering for the wrong hockey team, that's what gets you in trouble over there. Prince Albert is a special place.......

If your heading far enough south, I'm an hour north of Calgary now, the missus and I moved. The town is called Olds, it's two minutes west of the main highway. Gimme a buzz if you want, (403)791-6264 or my cell (403)598-1371.

Bruce, what class are you doing in May? Can I still get in? My wife and I have moved, we're now only an hour north of Calgary, where greet each morning watching the sun shine on the mountains outside our kitchen window. Seriously, who do I have to kill to go to this class?

Would love to Aaron, I run on beer. But I and my household are all sick after coming home from Thanksgiving in the Muskokas. Crap! It hurts to just drink water....

Man, I can sympathize! Three years ago I drove from Guelph to Edmonton with my fiance, through northern Ontario. All my tools crammed into the back of a recently acquired 1997 F-150 4x4 with the all-conquering 4.6 noisemaker. Tandem axle U-Haul 14 footer behind it with househole items, a hangover, beef jerky and optimism, we flogged that green truck through the hills, around the Great Lakes and over the prairies. As we drove into the sun each hot late summer day, we discovered our lack of air conditioning was contributing greatly to the ambient smells and lack of comfort, nevermind what a steady diet of road food does to me. But we made it, my only regret being that I didn't take more pictures of the awesome scenery in Northern Ontario, the greatest joy was getting out of Dryden and Thunder Bay as fast as possible. They must be prototypes of hell. I've never felt more at home and content as I do living here, in Alberta.

What do you mean, nobody wants to let the dealers do customer-pay work? With excess supply on the lot and dwindling demand, how else does money walk in the door? Sounds like something else is going on here....

Moving the exhaust manifolds to the inner portion of the vee helps retain some of the heat energy in the exhaust, where it can be utilized by the turbo, rather than wasted as radiant heat. It still doesn't seem like a lot of fun, mind you.....

Look at the poster in the foreground....looks like Ford is planning on SCR to meet 2010 and later emissions regs. I hope they make the filler neck on the urea tank large enough, so I can pee in the tank on long hauls!

I used to work at a Mack Trucks dealer a few years ago, one night shift we all got tired of listening to this one young punk mouth off. In about five or six seconds he was on his back, zip-tied to his creeper, where he remained for quite some time. We had to gag him after awhile, the noise was unbearable..... Another good one is rapping something metal with a hammer just when somebody fires up an engine after a major repair or rebuild, the look of horror is priceless!

That's pretty damn funny, Dwayne, you sarcastic son-of-a.....!!

Dwayne, why don't you head on up to Red Deer and see what MGM or Festival Ford are up to? Festival just opened up a new facility in Gasoline Alley with RV's and such. Just a suggestion.

I had a 04 F250 in not long ago, customer complaint was very similar to the original complaint in this thread. The dealers he had taken it to couldn't/wouldn't do anything, so he came here. What I found was a stuck unison ring in the turbo, there were actually grooves worn into the slots from excessive use that position, there was virtually no VGT action at all. It would cause overboost, which blew out his original intercooler. I found the terminals of the VGT connector and the EGR connector very loose while performing a pin drag test. It all smelled very familiar, as I'd run into this type of problem before at a Mack dealer when they put CEGR and VGT on they're trucks. Loose connections, poor VGT and EGR control, poor performance/overboost, etc. ad nauseum. Just thought I would share.