Keith Browning Posted January 21, 2006 Share Posted January 21, 2006 A big thumbs-up and a pat on the back for the employees of the Blue Diamond Truck plant in Escobedo, Mexico for quickly addressing a potential defect in the CF/LCF trucks. Last year I reported that a main wire harness located behind the radiator grille of the LCF trucks was chaffing on the center support bracket for the grille. Many of the circuits in that harness could cause the electronic engine control system malfunction in a variety of ways including a sudden stall of the engine. We all know about that situation too well. I also posted the following article: LCF - 4.5L Power Stroke Surging and Stalling Last week I was performing a PDI on a newly delivered LCF. As I mentioned, I began checking all stock units as they arrived for this potential problem. To my surprise I discovered that the harness has been re-routed away from the brackets and mounts that were causing the chaffing concern. I am sure that calls from the Technical Service HotLine brought this to the attention of engineering but if this site was of any help, I would like to know. Since there are a few employees from the Escobedo plant that are members in these forums, I just wanted to say GOOD JOB! Quickly identifying concerns that require action and then making the required changes to the products we all rely on to make a living is a big help to everyone involved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay-D Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 Wow. Its good to see positive posts on a website like this because the sites I hang out in are full of a lot of negativity and bashing. We dont have any LCF trucks though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WGLR13MWZ Posted February 10, 2006 Share Posted February 10, 2006 FYI, there are approx 4200 LCFs running the roads Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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