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    So a horror story just rolled into the shop...

    poor truck =( sad to see stupid people mess up a good truck
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    Big Truck I work on Hino trucks. I'll answer any questions I know the answers to.

    we do have a tail gate but don't use it often, if we do use it, I just leave the truck on. I'm base in Toronto, Ontario. There's few cold days in the winter here. Since I have the extra battery, i thought I should put it to good use. Never seen that square four holes fuse box before. Is that...
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    Big Truck I work on Hino trucks. I'll answer any questions I know the answers to.

    I plan to add my 6 months old battery from my old truck to my 2015 hino. my old battery has a threaded connector. how do i access the battery tray, remove the rail (front nut and one in the back) and drop it in or just unscrew the front nut and the bottom driver side step to slide battery in...
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    Big Truck I work on Hino trucks. I'll answer any questions I know the answers to.

    what brand are the hino batteries are they group 31? I looked at the 2015 268 spec sheet and it says capacity is 1400 CCA is that per battery? I think only coaches (large batteries are 1400CCA ?) thanks
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    Big Truck I work on Hino trucks. I'll answer any questions I know the answers to.

    I use pwr when I have a load and going uphill and find that it does help but given my old truck is like a v8 and this is a straight 6, I cant complain much. Gonna put in a extra battery this week, my old truck use the thread battery, while the hino use clamps gonna have to buy a longer cable do...
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    Auxiliary lighting

    ya Japanese trucks are awesome
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    Big Truck I work on Hino trucks. I'll answer any questions I know the answers to.

    The model I have is 268-271 2015 http://www.hinocanada.com/pdf/specs/2015/Hino%20Spec%20Sheets%202015_268%20english.pdf it has an allison 2200RDS transmission, on pdf, it says rear axle gear ratio is 5.57? I have to check what rpm it is again, because we use KM here. The truck is quite and...
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    Big Truck I work on Hino trucks. I'll answer any questions I know the answers to.

    I went out of the city today for a job. Going up Hill its so slow, compare to my old international v8 VT 365. Is that normal, I even out it on D instead of OD
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    Big Truck I work on Hino trucks. I'll answer any questions I know the answers to.

    Thanks greasytshirt :D The truck has a 26 feet box with a walco tail gate. When I need to use the tail gate, I would need to run the truck at idle, will that use def? what is this whole def regen thing? to clean the def system? well with the hino warranty I get " 1 year scheduled...
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    Big Truck I work on Hino trucks. I'll answer any questions I know the answers to.

    Hi there I recently purchase a new Hino 268 with automatic transmission, its a 2015 just picked up yesterday. New to this whole exhaust brake thing. Dealership told me to leave the exhaust brake on? I check online and getting mixed review. I checked the owner manual saying how to use the...
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