YRC Freight | It’s Cold and my new Peterbilt won’t stay running

[Jaloc]

No radio power posts for clips in the new Peterbilts. The power outlets are already starting to wear out and then you have to fight with the shop to fix them.

 

[Cab Lizzard]

Paccar has those ECMs pretty well locked up.
Even the people that have the fancy lap tops can't get into them.

 

[1984Sideways]

I had a older truck that lost the heater core one winter storm day at -10. Since it was a late 70's tractor it lost all of the coolant and made it a few hours to a shop big enough to replace the core and coolant without too much trouble on engine temps.

If that had happened today in the ECM trucks it probably would have shut down on the coolant loss and that probably would be that in due time. It took the shop's wood stove about 10 hours to thaw me out that day.

 

[dokman]

Start with one of these, it can be done.

Won’t work either, you can tap throttle, tap brake, put in gear, if you don’t move it shuts off in 5, have even had one shut off after just moving at train track.

 

[ltl lifer]

Not sure if this has changed on later models but the last truck I was in, a 2015 shaker with Cummins engine....Find a decent hole, park a wheel in that hole, do not set trailer or tractor brake.
Also, it would idle all night if I pulled the trailer brake valve and left the tractor valve engaged.

 

[the5tolls#2]

That use to work, but since we had too many roll away we had to reprogram the ecu to shut off even with the P brake released, constant rpm with no speed input should also shut it down.
But if you come up with a device to pump the fuel pedal up and down that should work :)

I might have something in my wife's nightstand?

 

[dokman]

I might have something in my wife's nightstand?

That blow up Ken doll in her drawer probably won’t work either.

 

[FatChance]

Or just jack up the drive axle(s), put jack stands underneath for safety, set the cruise control to 63 mph and watch the miles accumulate as you sit there comfortably getting paid for all that distance covered!

Actually I know some cops who did that very thing once because they were required to do x amount of miles a night on patrol. Till they figured out the speedo was on the front wheels. Our tax dollars at work!

 

[Triplex]

Actually I know some cops who did that very thing once because they were required to do x amount of miles a night on patrol. Till they figured out the speedo was on the front wheels. Our tax dollars at work!

Long ago cops in town used to sleep in their cars late at night behind a local body shop. I was so often tempted to silently sneak up and light an ash can or cherry bomb and flip it under the car and then watch the reaction. Never quite found the guts to try it though.

 

[snake eyes]

Can anyone tell me how to bybass the idle shutdown

stay awake !!!

 

[dokman]

That blow up Ken doll in her drawer probably won’t work either.

You might try that Ken doll and see if he can keep it running.

 

[skullcramp]

Do like that guy Maxi, over at T Force wants to do. Have the company change linehaul to day runs, when the suns out, take a pay cut though, and have those bastard p and d guys run at night. I’m sure all the customers will want to ship their freight out at night, too…

bastard p&d guys? and here i thought we were friends... see if I pick anymore freight to put in your trailer......