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Correct. It has the A1R and the A1P2 which really helps with A1R information because the A1P2 shares the C7 and later Allison. The military doesn't call them A1R - they just call it an A1 with a serial number above 100,000
I have an entire software package for free for your truck(wabaco, cat et, allison, dana) PM me your email. Only need a chinese nexiq adapter off ebay and a few hours to screw around installing the software and your off to the races.
Which gives you codes and maybe some useful live data. Don't get me wrong - it's the critical first step. But it doesn't tell you what to do with the strings of digits you get out of it. It's just one piece of a much larger puzzle. And yeah you can pull the codes, ponder at the live data with no other frame of reference than your own experience and what you can glean from google searches on the Errornet (assuming you have Errornet access). You might solve your problem even - but there's even odds that you'll just generate a whole bunch more questions like what am I supposed to be seeing here? What part is that code referring to? Where is it located? What are the specifications? - what constitutes valid data? what are the component level test procedures? what's the part number? What's the replacement procedure? What are the torque values? What are the tips and tricks that will make the job easier? What tools and equipment will you need? How many personnel are required? etc, etc.
IDK what you mean by interpreting the code at all. You simply connect the adapter to the laptop and open the program you want to diagnose and select j1707 for anything but the engine which is j1939 protocol and the software will tell you the error code then you can diagnose the problem from there. Cat ET allows you to do all sorts of tests and diagnostics that can do 90% of any troubleshooting a TM would give you.
Oh I'm well aware of what it does and how it works. I do diagnostics and re-rates for people. But a scan tool isn't a shop manual. That's why at my shop I have multiple scan tools, a PICOScope, DVOM's, and a subscription to Shopkey (Snap-On/Mitchell) and other resources.
I agree so distributing those TM's free of cost would help the hobby tremendously but in fact distribution of them at all is illegal because the a1r tm is not for distribution.
The reality is that no one actually cares - it's a cargo truck not a weapon system. Ukraine has all of the manuals and a whole bunch of MSD V3's - I know units that were directed to turn some of their equipment in for disposition to Ukraine. Not to mention we gave them the TRUCKS themselves including the HIMARS which IS a weapons system so they have those TM's also. I'm sure Russia has captured a few copies by now. Pretty soon it's going to be on ebay for $50. MOST of the ICE kits sold on ebay still had their older version EMS and TM's on disc included in the kits (usually unopened). DLA didn't care and wasn't directed to remove them obviously. Also it's a moot point - in the digital age if you want it secure you need to protect it with public/private key encryption. They didn't. So now they get to watch it get loose on the internet for everyone's pleasure.
Eesh.. that's not a good look for the hobby and this community. It's not released for public distribution so it means just that. I don't agree that these TMs should still be classified since they sell the trucks to the public but since when did the military care about common sense? It wasn't there when I was in.The reality is that no one actually cares - it's a cargo truck not a weapon system. Ukraine has all of the manuals and a whole bunch of MSD V3's - I know units that were directed to turn some of their equipment in for disposition to Ukraine. Not to mention we gave them the TRUCKS themselves including the HIMARS which IS a weapons system so they have those TM's also. I'm sure Russia has captured a few copies by now. Pretty soon it's going to be on ebay for $50. MOST of the ICE kits sold on ebay still had their older version EMS and TM's on disc included in the kits (usually unopened). DLA didn't care and wasn't directed to remove them obviously. Also it's a moot point - in the digital age if you want it secure you need to protect it with public/private key encryption. They didn't. So now they get to watch it get loose on the internet for everyone's pleasure.
It's kinda like how marijuana is federally illegal...... yeah good luck with enforcing that
Also they ARE for distribution. They can be distributed to contractors - and obviously to NATO allies. And apparently to former soviet states that aren't NATO partners.... The only real issue with posting the stuff online is that it takes gigabytes of storage. I've already posted the schematics for the A1 and A1R to archive.org for everyone but those by themselves are small downloads.
So explain why DLA sells the ICE kits on Govplanet with these supposedly "restricted distribution" TM's on CD's in the kit?Eesh.. that's not a good look for the hobby and this community. It's not released for public distribution so it means just that. I don't agree that these TMs should still be classified since they sell the trucks to the public but since when did the military care about common sense? It wasn't there when I was in.
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