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    2006 M1083A1 6x6 Start up problems.

    Not of you are in the north. Flooded lead acid, 2x could not start my truck on -12f. Agm might have been able to.
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    From fire truck to MTV

    Victron system gives some really nice data. Dropped to 40°F in the evening the other day, from the time solar went away to it coming back the next morning, truck had lost 10% battery from running the heat. Batteries were back up to 100% by 10am. Seems the high efficiency of the heat pump and the...
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    From fire truck to MTV

    Lots of cutting and grinding to fit the sink into a harbor freight tool chest.
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    From fire truck to MTV

    Batteries have an air gap of several inches, they all have individual temp monitors inside as well. For forced airflow, I have speed and direction control of the heater matrix so if I need to cool, I can suck cool air over them, or turn on heater and reverse air flow if heating needed.
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    From fire truck to MTV

    Took the truck to a kids birthday and gave him a ride home (he loves army stuff). Boys testing the electrical system. Learning how Node-Red works to set discharge limits on the batteries. Using this I can interface and control everything in pretty much any way I want. Finally got around to...
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    From fire truck to MTV

    Fun milestone today, charging the electric truck from the....military hybrid diesel-electric truck? Try to guess our political leanings 😄 Lots of learning to do as there are tons of options with the Victron equipment. Generator and shore power inputs are up and running.
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    From fire truck to MTV

    Been working hard on the truck trying to get it done soon so we can go on adventures, haven't been taking many pictures though. Mcmaster and Amazon love me right now. The storage boxes came in, still need to mount them. I maxed out the size so need to be careful with clearances. All 24"tall...
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    From fire truck to MTV

    I'm not adding up the costs as I go, that would ruin some of the fun!
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    Hand pump overflow

    Thanks for all the info! Reservoir ordered, I'll probably order new hoses too as I think they are original. Bleeding process is helpful, and with me changing 3 things at once, I'll have no idea which thing fixed it (fingers crossed it is fixed).
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    Hand pump overflow

    I'm wary a large reservoir will cover up a separate problem (hand pump would empty when I had the AOP and AOP reservoir would overflow) but it wouldn't hurt to have some extra volume. $42 for a larger reservoir-double the capacity. I'll give it a shot and I'll also try to bleed out the air in...
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    Hand pump overflow

    After raising the cab all the way, I've been able to use the tire hoist just fine, indicating enough fluid. Maybe I do have air bubbles messing this whole thing up. I removed the balls/springs from the tire hydraulic a while ago as I often had issues with them locking. They do make a reservoir...
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    Hand pump overflow

    I'm really not following. It has more than enough volume to raise the cab, so when lowering, that same volume should return to the reservoir. Instead I'm getting more back than I pumped out. I really think there is another issue here, as when I had the AOP, the hand pump would become empty and...
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    Hand pump overflow

    Not for when the AOP is removed.
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    Dearborn adapter woes

    Sure, I should have been more clear, some websites post download links to files that are pirated.
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    Hand pump overflow

    Reservoir volume is .6 liters (20.3 fl oz) I am able to tilt the cab and lower the spare, then raise the spare and start the cab coming down. If I manually pump while the cab is coming down, it does not overflow. It seems very odd to me, that I can lower the cab, the reservoir overflows, then I...
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    Hand pump overflow

    Yes, hand pump is vented to atmosphere with the specified venting cap from the manufacturer. Yes AOP lines are capped.
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    Hand pump overflow

    From the diagram, it sure looks like it should pull from the reservoir. Even if the return pickup is high, it should pull fluid before overflow can happen. Check valves don't look they would be in play at all. I wonder if the cab latch may have a leak under vacuum as it could pull air from the...
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    Dearborn adapter woes

    With the exception of CTIS they are all paid software so links cannot be posted on the forum.
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    Hand pump overflow

    Had this problem for a while now, with two different pumps. When lowering the cab (allowing gravity to do it slowly - no pumping on the way down) I get hydraulic fluid pushing out the vent plug. It will do this on successive raise/lower cycles until it pushes out enough I can't even raise the...
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    Dearborn adapter woes

    Based on what the validator shows, yes it looks like he does. I have had very good luck with this adapter on various computers and versions (xp, windows 10). Have used it with CAT ET, Allison Doc, Spicer CTIS, ABS The dearborn driver is for 32bit operating systems only, I doubt that's the issue...
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