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So, picked up my rig yesterday. First of all, I want to say that I'm extremely happy with the service and pricing from Freightliner Custom Chassis.
Since I only purchased her two years ago, I wanted an overall inspection and lube as well as a coolant and ATF flush as I had to top off coolant during a trip last year in Florida and I wasn't sure if I had added the wrong stuff and I didn't know when it was last done.
They found worn bushings and control arms as well as brake lines. There was also a crack in the expansion tank which of course I had taken care of while I was there.
As four our issue causing random shut downs, I'm embarrassed to say how silly it was. Apparently one of the power cables had a broken turnbuckle that looked fine but would freely rotate. I obviously missed this when I inspected the wires and made new one for any that looked worn. This one looked fine but had separated internally. They found it by running the engine and wiggling all of the cables one by one.
The good news it overall I got a clean bill of health, took care of some maintenance items, and was able to drive home the four hours without a single shutoff. The tech came out to talk to me as I wanted to better understand the problem in case something like that happens again. He was an obvious Caterpillar fan as he gushed for about 5 min about it.
Overall, the rig is in great shape and I'm happy that this item is finally resolved and that everything else has been taken care of.
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