ABS issue 2008 ProStar

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(06-13-2016 )Rawze Wrote:  You know there is a good reason that my truck has only been driven 55-58~ish mph all its life and less than 20 lbs of boost. We also refuse or re-negotiate the dilevery time any load that would require us to drive more than 600 miles in each driving shift too. -- all this while running UPS, FEDEX, and all the major carriers freight...

I refuse to let the roads beat the crap out of it, and I want as little downtime and problems as absolutely possible. -- To me, this pays the most, as I can keep it moving much more reliably than all those guys that go 65+ and are in my opinion,... "in a hurry" compared to my turdle-slow arsse.

I will always be a proponent of slowing down to below 60 mph in a big-rig. -- There isn't much money in constant problems like blown wheel hubs/seals, busted shocks, eaten up tires, worn out engines, intermittent wiring, and other constant minor problems due to the constant beating, and don't forget about the the fatigue of these horribly bad, in need of repair roads on your body too.

I know well that most of the truck owners and drivers completely disagree with my "pushing to go slow" or my "slow is better" philosophy but by god,.. If what someone is doing is not working out so good for them, ... and they are having constant problems -- perhaps a new strategy is warranted.

I have not heard of a single truck owner going out of business because they drove their truck below 60 mph and kept their boost down, but I have heard of plenty that loose their shirts who drive 65+ all day.

I completely agree with you Rawze. I see some drivers bomb down the highway 70+ and just think of the amount of stress the equipment is being subjected to especially if fully loaded. I know there are trucks out there with more heavy duty axles and suspensions that can deal with those stresses over a longer period of time, but usually just leads to a more catastrophic failure.

Unfortunately, because of the gearing on my truck, I have to run over 60 mph otherwise I'd be lugging the engine. I remember reading somewhere that the 2250 "Sweet spot" is 1350 rpms. With my overdrive transmission and 3.42 rear gears, that puts me right at 63ish mph. Seems to be working ok as I'm getting upper 7's mpgs with a completely stock truck.

(06-13-2016 )Waterloo Wrote:  Well, just got back from the dealer... You will not believe what we found! I had no clue that there is a compass in my truck. On the gage cluster, where the outside air temp reads out, right below that is supposed to read which direction I am headed. It has never worked, so we swapped one of these compass modules out from another truck on the lot and all of the codes went away! Problem is, these modules are not cheap and or easy to come by. A stinking compass module?

That makes perfect sense.......actually that makes no sense. At least to me it doesn't. Why would it now be setting codes if it's never worked before?