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We moved the yellow truck today, we went to Walmart in it. Zina drove both ways. I told her she could drive it without power steering, she just needed to get used to it. She gets more confident every time she drives it. The guy is still working on the power steering though- I guess. Last time I talked to him he said "I haven't forgotten about you" and he was still tracking down parts. PXL_20260503_151949178.mp4

I ordered and will replace the speed sensor and the flywheel sensor tomorrow and see what that gets me.

My stubborn mind is fighting the ground idea because i live in a dry climate and i did not mess with any grounds/ wires accept the three wire connections on the transmission. I did clean the connections on all the terminals on the batteries and still this bugger is still kicking my tail. The truck ran fine until i messed with it.

I am getting a 2-4 code and that doesn’t make any sense.

Absolutely. Once I get the pipe installed I will be working on a heat shield and tying the hoses up. It wasn't an issue with the 237, but this manifold tilted the turbo outward more and creates clearance issues. Bob, I got the clamp at Mack dealership. It was in stock? Strangely enough.

I typically post the 9-2 fault code bulletin for this because it is about checking the grounds. 9-2 code.pdf

Thats a new one for me Joey good check!

All one pocket buddy! Its all about the money!

Let us know what you find ! The flywheel sensor is a good first step!

A craked egr cooler. We used to drain the coolant, and remove the front hose off the cooler and put a vinyl glove over the port. start the engine.. If it inflates, the cooler is leaking exhaust into the coolant.

And I doubt there are many (any?) chances to find a factory single axle R with air ride at the rear. B's are out of that point definitely. There were converstion made by owners though.

Heater hoses look like they need to be moved. too close! I ran into a "heat problem" with a wiring harness I thought was far enough from the turbo/exh. It was, except when pulling a grade in the summer. Heat shield came to my rescue. I had much more space then you have there. I thought it wouldn't be a problem but I was wrong.

This is what I’m worried about with this Utuber trying to expose the California hospice fraud… bob

Again not surprised…. Thanks for that

Excellent… my god that thing fights you all the way …. It must be some how related to my DM … excellent progress … where did you find the correct exhaust clamp????

Thanks all for the stories. Here is some Saturday updates. Carrier bearing bracket: 1/2" plate welded to fit. I don't have any fab shop available since buddy retired and business was bought by new company. Due to slight misinformation the shop put the bolt pattern on centerline of my bracket, instead of a couple inches behind so I had to zig zag a bit. No worries, it will work. Just had to cut and paste it a couple times. Took a few tries to get it tacked in proper orientation before welding solid. I can't reach truck with welder, so had to use digital protractor and guesstimate, then tack, reinstall and see how each piece fit. Couple times and it was dead on. Now to drill for the four holes to attach to existing cross member. I have driveshaft angles all worked out using online calculator. I will need to roll pinion down from 5* to about 1*. This frame was from a short single axle and the driveshaft was short and aimed up. Now I have to go 120" and it has too much angle to get there. When I had the third box in, it wasn't an issue because it had a short driveshaft. There are a couple shims to pull but not sure if that will get me down. I may have to cut torque arm and shorten a touch. Time will tell, that is for another day. I got the cruise control cable all remade and hooked up. Should function as well as before. With the Z bar reverser I had to extend the cable to get to the block side and around to pull. It used to have a bracket on head of compressor and pulled on pump arm. This pump works back asswards and so has to reconfigure it. Luckily a std throttle cable fits it. Exhaust downpipe: After picking up the correct clamp, a short piece and a SS 90* pipe I was able to fabricobble it into one piece and it aims right down to my existing pipe that runs down under the truck. I just need to weld a 1/4" npt bung for my pyrometer. Will do that at work Monday as I need to use SS and TIG it. I only have mild steel Mig at home. Don't zoom in on the welds. They aren't pretty (my buddy would have made it look like jewelry but I wanted to do it myself). Thus I put some black paint on it. Ya, polished SS, it was what they had. Driveshaft sorta hanging in place. It will get wiped down after carrier bearing hanger is installed and then put some paint on it. Damn that thing is HEAVY! Even in two pieces. I put it up one piece at a time. I purchased steel Friday for the clutch linkage contraption. New revised sketch. It won't criss cross now. I am using the longer arm from the old Mack 5 spd(fits perfectly) and gets me down and away from transmission better to allow linkage clearance. It is the larger circle, the smaller is the arm I am building for clutch pedal. The item to lower right is the Z bar and it lays out the motion and travel I need. It is a plus to be an "engineer". 😆. I am nothing of the sort, but can draw shit. I will work on cutting pieces out for some machine work this coming week. Progress.......baby steps all around.

They make this florescent dye stuff that turns a certain color if it detects combustion gasses in the cooling system, I would start with that to see if you have a seeping gasket somewhere.

2015 Pinnacle CXU613 with the MP8, I’m getting this black like sludge built up in the coolant reservoir, drained the coolant, put a new coolant filter in, & installed a new reservoir. Go to crank it up and the same build up is already happening in the reservoir. Suggestions on what it could be, what to look for/where to look. Thanks.

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Got the front shutters installed,generator rebuilt and installed.

I have replaced the transmission the other day and was thinking maybe the RPM sensor on the flywheel housing maybe?

I still I have power to the cab, the a/c and lights are operational but the RPM gauge goes straight to zero.

If it is a total electric cut out. I would look at wiring issues, or even hot relays. They are in the panel on the right in the cab fuse panel.. I should have mentioned the ground connections...

Hello, my 2002 CH613 is cutting out and dies while i am driving. I can cycle the key and it will start back up but not an ideal situation in traffic.