Truck Broke Down Unexpectedly - I am frustrated and sad

[LightningB514]

No problem, I can use my other truck or motorcycle if no rental available. Call me Mr. redundant. I have a backup plan for just about everything.

Smart to have a backup plan!!

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[LightningB514]

Look around and tell me that there are vehicles on the road that are so clearly jacked up that they're not going to die on the spot at any given moment.

Exactly, there are cars that you wouldn’t be surprised that they brake down on the side of the road anytime now. My brother has an old car that has had so much work done, he can’t be surprised if he ends up on side of road. I don’t expect a 13k mile truck to breakdown.

 

[Wendy]

I hope @chl is able to get dis-gruntled.

I like that the Tech did the "wiggle test" and the parts required were two coat hooks!

What ever happened to high tech?

 

[trev5150]

I hope @chl is able to get dis-gruntled.

I like that the Tech did the "wiggle test" and the parts required were two coat hooks!

What ever happened to high tech?

I am here for dodgy bodge jobs and good old fashioned suthrn engineering.

 

[RLXXI]

I hope @chl is able to get dis-gruntled.

I like that the Tech did the "wiggle test" and the parts required were two coat hooks!

What ever happened to high tech?

The wiggle test is as old as time itself, well at least since we've been building cars/trucks. Connectors are the single biggest failure point on most vehicles which unfortunately are required for assembly. High tech is a lot of low tech wrapped together in one package and shrunk down for less weight and space requirements.

One of the very 1st things the shop manual has one check for during diagnostics is connector pins, are they pushed back in the shell, are they corroded, ice/water intrusion, are they making intermittent contact, wiggle test is the quickest way to pinpoint problem circuits/connections.

 

[chl]

Exactly, there are cars that you wouldn’t be surprised that they brake down on the side of the road anytime now. My brother has an old car that has had so much work done, he can’t be surprised if he ends up on side of road. I don’t expect a 13k mile truck to breakdown.

Maybe it is 'unexpected' that your brothers car HASN'T? That I can see.

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