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I had the main belt, tensioner and idle replace on my M2 about 6 weeks ago and took three weeks off over the holidays. Yesterday was the first hill climb for the truck since then, south on I 17 from Flagstaff, AZ. The temp went up to 200 degrees and kept climbing. The fan never came on. We...

I noticed a little bit of wear on the forward edge of the serpentine belt on my 2004 M2 with 560,000 miles on it and MB engine. Looking closer, the idler pulley was about 1/16" further out than the belt. I assumed the bearing was going or gone. I took it to the nearest Freightliner dealer, about...

If you've got a Freightliner M2, do yourself a favor and check the air dryer. There is a big hose clamp on the top and a metal bracket on the bottom. If that hose clamp comes off, the thing will shake and break the bottom bracket. This happened to us, 150 miles from a delivery on I-10 in...

FYI, we were heading north on I 75 in KY last week at midnight and it was raining bad. A semi passed us and threw a sheet water on the windshield and "poof", the driver side wiper assembly was gone :eek:. My wife was driving and pulled over and woke me up. She just passed a T/A so I drove about...

We are having a Powertech APU installed on our truck at Fyda Freightliner in Columbus, Ohio. They are telling me we have to pay Ohio sales tax on this, almost $600. Does any one know if these are sales tax exempt like our truck was when we bought it?