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Again the threaded housing doesn’t really mean anything. It’s simply the BIOS on the ecm that is configured for a certain type of truck. If the ecm isn’t the compatible part numbers and you can’t get it to flash let me know and I can bench flash a known c7 ecm
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The ecm will need to be reflashed at a minimum. There is a possibility that it is compatible with the C7 but some ecms are not compatible with other engines. Example most of the C7 ecms but not all are not flash compatible with the C12 in the mtvr but the majority of the 3126b ecms are. It...
Just take the resistor out of the J1939 data bus and watch the truck have a heart attack. Takes all of 10 seconds. For absolute protection put a switch in the J1708 connection between the ecm and the rest of the truck as well. If the switch fails the truck still runs on 1939. If the 1939 is only...
Funny thing is the rear tandems are only 3.6 inches away from being a 5ft spread which from my understanding increases the max weight allowable on those axles by a considerable amount.
Another note. I have found with Cat ET an almost 50% difference in oil pressure reading between the gauge and ET. It will sometimes at idle on the gauge say 15-18psi and Et says 35-40
Legally your openly allowed to tow 22k by dot standards and anything more is a citation. If you don’t already have your class a or e in Georgia you’re also violating the law.
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The pintle is a 50ton pintle. Buyers rates a 20k vertical load on their 50 ton so 20k tongue weight let’s call absolute max. If you had the right trailer and weight distribution I’m sure your gcvwr could be as high as 150-160k.
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