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Volvo FL7 help
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Also, it has 4 tanks... must have had a Blokes look... . I sat in the cab and watched the needles and let them build up and waited some more and eventually the Broms button was able to stay in, so I guess you must be right, the valves are in need of replacement.
Also looked a little more at the exhaust brake. When actuated, air just gushes out of the alloy bit on the front of the turbo. Without the cab tilted I can't get it apart, but I guess the actuator part of it is stuffed somehow. It seems to be comng out the side of the alloy fins so I have a nasty feeling that it is cracked.
All in all not a good day for the truck. I think I will work on the boat tomorrow for some light relief.
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The original F86 never had the broms or check valve. It was put in to stop runaways on start up if the hand brake is inadvertently left in the off position (remember it's Euro and the handbrake works on pressure and maxis only operate when the last skeric of air has gone.) If it goes in when you have full pressure and stays in while you go through driving cycle then it is doing it's job. Something to came back to later when you have another to compare with.
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Mate , My old Hino FS was exactly the same,had to lever it up the first bit . Maybe wear in the cab mounts ??? . We have a Volvo F7 {handpump only } ,it goes straight up without any problems .I have decided that something should be lifting the cab up a few inches when the hooks release, that is the only way it will be able to lift. If you use a lever and lift it manually while somebody is pumping, away it goes. I am thinking it must have the wrong springs in it or something. Maybe the cab is the wrong one for it and the geometry is slightly different. I need another one to compare....
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We have a Volvo F7 {handpump only } ,it goes straight up without any problems .
Thanks ianoz. Can you please answer me a question, when you turn the lever to the up position and start to pump, does the cab jump up a bit as soon as the hooks retract?
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Glenn.
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is there a cuple coil springs to start the cab on its merry way or is ther a toirsion bar @ the cab pivot point broke or out of adjustment
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