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Make sure your air brakes are adjusted properly prior to Sept. 5th. The CVSA is doing a big (brother watching you) campaign on that day. Even if you think they are OK, twitch all your slack adjusters to be sure the shoes are contacting the drums with the parking brake applied. If you don't know...

LAST EDITED ON Sep-01-01 AT 10:10PM (EDT)[p]I have received many e-mails on questions related to truck tire wear, esp. front tire cupping on Freightliner FL's and GMC C/D units. I had this problem on my own FL70. The solution, finally found through 2 years of trial and error, is indeed...

When under your Freightliner FL's hood, spray some WD40 on the windshield wiper linkages now and then. If they get too dirty the system will become intermittent, making you think the motor is on the blink. By the way, the motor and gearbox is in the cab, under the passenger side "glovebox"...

Freightliner dealers have rebuilt bendix D2 governors on sale for $9.95.. its a good idea to keep one in your spare parts box as they have mysterious ways of quitting and when they do, you stop. Take it from one who found out in the nice warm 20 degree below winchill weather of Portage, IN last...

Be coutious when turning on mirror heaters in extreme cold climates. I turned mine on to remove some ice in -15 degree windchill, and both mirrors cracked. Now I've got seven years of bad luck- Yay. --Weave--