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What special tools do you have or need?
We just noticed gear lube coming out the rear axle vent; traced it to the right rear CTIS axle seal, there is gear lube in the banjo bolt =/ Not as big as the front axle job though—
So, all marker, brake, blinker lights, work fine as the headlights alone blink inappropriately? Are all the lights LED, incandescent, or mixed?
[edit: I wish I was as smart as @Ronmar}
And it is still possible that resistor and the R13 under the PDP are both blown which in our experience lit the ABS dash light. When you connect to the diagnostic port does J1939 and J1703 both connect and read?
Resistor plug under the PDP
Pulled the caps off two burnt out resistors...
The ABS cycles upon power up. When we were having trouble with the J1939 resistors at power up the ABS light would come on (as it always does), go off while checking the four spots around the truck, (rear, front, rear, front) and then come back on and stay on.
Our J1939 resistors were burning...
Our 2003 M1078A1 also looks like @GeneralDisorder
And doing the test the rear absolutely vents as pressing the pedal, the front upon pedal release.
This is good to know, thanks @Ronmar
Here's where we started our swap to a 24v 200a alternator on a modified mount, pulled the LBCD and added a Victron 24/12v 70a converter at the passenger foot kick.
m1078a1 cab and chassis electrical upgrades @MatthewWBailey swapped using a pad mount alternator.
We still have a working 24/12v...
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Here on the forum you will likely find what you need for this and other issues that may arise. First you may want to look in the TM section:
Forums/Technical Manuals/FMTV>
While not a TM for the M1084, the M1083 (and other A0 FMTV's) have a similar light switch. The...
Is this the deprecated EMI/RFI filter box? It was at the rear of our ECM when we pulled to send to you. It wasn't connected to anything at the time, just hanging out—
I have been looking at this as well. Also do not care for the location except that when driving off road we always protect the middle, right? Cheaper and easier things to fix are typically near the edges, expensive difficult to fix things in the middle. Tires over rocks, not avoiding them...
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