Retard switch
My neighbor just bought a new 2013 Fleetwood Expedition 40X with a 360HP Cummings and Allison transmission on a Freightliner chassis. We were talking about the "Retard" button and he said the owners m...
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et2 wrote:wolfe10 wrote:
Yup, very familiar with Allison retarders. I to a lot of mechanical inspections on Foretravels which do use the retarder.
But, rather than "he said, she said", as I posted above, please call Freightliner with your VIN and/or Allison with your transmission model number to get the FACTS.
I'm not sure what that experience has to do with the Fleetwood in question. I've posted documentation printed by the manufacture that should give some answers to your claims, other than the personal experience I've had with exhaust brakes and the now mentioned retarder on our exact model.
But in effort to resolve this issue I will be at he Fleetwood plant on Tuesday and will attempt to put his controversy to rest. I see you are claimed to be the Allison expert on other forums. I expect this will be a learning experience and help in further controversy on this subject.
Excellent. Thank you. Looking forward to getting the facts.
On edit: Fleetwood may be a good source for the facts-- they can probably look up for you the transmission model number/serial number as well as chassis information.
Probably best would be Allison (transmission serial number) with Freightliner (VIN) being a very close second.
