Sparky242

Thanks for the info I will check it more often

Was looking at the air tank valves on my Volvo 610, the middle and rear tank have screw in drain valves the front tank(wet tank) has a different looking valve with a cable hanging from it. wondering why it is different? Drained the middle and rear tank not much came out ( system had very little air in it) unthreaded the valve out of the front tank and got about a quart of oil out of it, is that normal? I have owned the truck for about a year and I am trying to learn the systems, I am assuming this needs to be drained a lot more often. I have only put on about 1000 miles since I bought it Thanks for any info Stan

Possibly a bad connection in the circuit some where, as current flows through the circuit excessive heat will be created at the bad connection and it opens up. Do any other outlets go out or is it just the 4 plug-ins, if so I would start at the 4 plug-ins . Turn the breaker off and pull the outlets out and look for blackened wires or loose connections, if that looks good with the breaker off see if anything else goes out and that will give you another place to look even if the outlet works when the breaker is on the power might not be going past that outlet to the 4 plug-ins. You might want to get a no contact voltage tester (from any hardware store) they light up when put next to live voltage

That's good news, I think the first one I had was just a fluke bad one🤞

Was a Wilson alternator from the local Auto Value Auto Parts store. The replacement was also a Wilson from the same store, Hopefully it holds up

Update the alternator was bad, exchanged it for another new one, wired it the same way and it works great. so what I had was three wires a big positive wire a big negative wire and a small wire with the #14 on it connected to the I terminal, traced it out and it went to the gauge cluster Thank You for all you ideas Stan

I believe the Delco-Remey alt that was on the truck was possibly the original alt, there are three terminals on the new Wilson alt just like the old one, one big one for the positive wire and two small terminals next to the positive terminal. A small wire is connected to the terminal farthest from the positive terminal , the middle terminal was not used. The ground wire is connected to the alt frame. I think the middle terminal might be for a battery sensing wire but I don't want to connect it until I know for sure. I think the Delco may have had an internal battery sensing connection. Thanks Stan

Would the battery sensing wire go to the 4th terminal? there was no wire on terminal 4 on the original alt just a big positive wire, a small wire(I think that goes to the interment cluster but maybe not) and a big negative wire to the frame of the alt. I measured the voltage at the batteries and at the alt and both said 16.8 The small wire also had 16.8 volts. the gauge said 14.3 when I started the truck. I got out to look everything over and when I got back in the truck the gauge said 16.8 There was no information in the box and the auto parts store took the box for the core

Hi everyone I have a 2000 VNL 610 with a Detroit S60 engine and the alternator was not putting out any voltage so I ordered a new alternator and installed it and connected it the same way as the old one and the new alternator is putting out 16.8 volts. Is there an adjustment I need to make or am I missing something, I believe it has an internal regulator but not 100% sure Thanks for any ideas Stan

When backing into a tight camp site I can see my rims bending, its normal, its even worse on cement or black top I make sure I move the 5er forward and back when I get it straight to relieve the pressure on the rims. I guess the dealers just don't worry about it.