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holstein13
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Aug 08, 2015

Jake brake on or off driving on flats or small hills?

One of the debates we had this week was whether you should drive with your Jake Brakes on or off while on flat land or small hills. Everyone agreed that you should use them in the mountains or steep ...
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holstein13
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Aug 08, 2015
pulsar wrote:
On our previous coach, the computer was reprogrammed so that the exhaust brake came on only if one touched the brake pedal (and the switch was on). The exhaust brake was released when the accelerator was pressed.

Our current coach is programmed in the usual fashion, but I'll have it reprogrammed next week.
Tom, this sounds like a brilliant solution. Who, exactly, would reprogram this? Also, can I get them to boost my HP to 700 while they've got the computer running and hooked up? ;-)

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