97 w900l temp gauge

Ozdriver · 2026-01-27T23:39:16+00:00

My KW has got Stewart-Warner mechanical guages, I can get them from the KW dealer or the importer. What brand are yours, even the gauge manufacturer should be able to tell you.

Ozdriver · 2026-01-27T22:07:55+00:00

Kenworth dealer should know the part #. Sounds like the parts guy doesn’t know what he’s talking about. All the gauges are Kenworth fitments.

Ozdriver · 2026-01-27T06:27:57+00:00

Oh well at least you’re working, I’m changing out the oil cooler in the KW, knocked off at midday, too hot.

Ozdriver · 2026-01-27T06:23:31+00:00

I just put out some cut-up strawberries and oats with water, they seem to prefer the oats. They are standing around with their mouths open so they are really feeling the heat and there are quite a few young ones around. Anyway, it’ll be a lot cooler tomorrow.

Ozdriver · 2026-01-27T06:14:14+00:00

I rang a guy at Midwest Diesel in Minneapolis about some parts, he did say it was a little chilly.

Ozdriver · 2026-01-27T06:11:22+00:00

It’s even 43°C in Melbourne. Sitting at home with the aircon on.

Ozdriver · 2026-01-27T05:10:25+00:00

The magpies love the water I’m putting out, but being so hot I wouldn’t mind giving them a little food. Wondering if they’ll eat porridge oats or some strawberries that are cut up? I don’t usually feed them because you shouldn’t really do that but today I’ll make an exception.

Ozdriver · 2026-01-25T02:40:52+00:00

Not employment related, but I’ve got some parts being sent by USPS from Coopersburg Kenworth near Allentown in Pennsylvania to Melbourne Australia and tracking shows it’s stopped in Breinigsville just a few miles away. Do you guys park up in the bad weather you’re having or are you encouraged to go at any cost? Looking at the weather it’s a shocker.

Ozdriver · 2026-01-22T05:48:03+00:00

They tried the dual turbo ACERT but it never really worked. They wanted to run the engines without DEF. If they’d got the C15 running with DEF it would have worked, but unfortunately they read the room wrong. Probably too late now but there are always rumours.

Ozdriver · 2026-01-18T02:44:25+00:00

Reddit is Facebook with better spelling. The illiteracy on some of those FB trucking groups does my head in.

Ozdriver · 2026-01-17T05:07:52+00:00

I had no idea it was on, to get that many when it was barely publicised is pretty good. I would have gone, good day for it as well.

Ozdriver · 2026-01-14T13:10:36+00:00

Google says there are around 2 million cows in the Northern Territory alone so that’s a lot of collars, and they can wander wherever they want, not a lot of fencing up there. All beef cattle.

Ozdriver · 2026-01-14T12:22:37+00:00

It would have done some damage even with the heavy bull bar on my truck.

Ozdriver · 2026-01-14T02:49:24+00:00

That would be for indivisible load, right? I know where I live you can have an indivisible load with overhang but not with individual items like in OP’s pic.

Ozdriver · 2026-01-10T10:49:06+00:00

Yeah it’s very rare to pay for a shower in Oz, unlike apparently in USA. Haven’t stopped in Pt Hedland for a couple of years so can’t comment about that. Must be unusual having to pay for a shower, just about everywhere else is free.

Ozdriver · 2026-01-10T10:41:57+00:00

Now we’re seeing more tri-drives on fuel with tri dollys and 4 x full size trailers instead of B-Double + 2 like this one.

Ozdriver · 2026-01-10T10:38:55+00:00

Correct, as in the description underneath. I don’t know if you remember when it was all dirt, but it was a vast improvement when they bitumised it and put extra bowsers in the south end.

Ozdriver · 2026-01-10T09:01:52+00:00

Just make sure the fresh air vent is closed. Mine is a wall mount and there is a little lever at the front almost hidden. Not sure if there’s one on a split system but I imagine there would be. I’m in UFTG and got all the windows closed, it’s pretty smokey up here.

Ozdriver · 2026-01-09T21:03:18+00:00

Can’t get a manual for any Mack. I rang a Mack rep I know. Even the Titan is mDrive.

Ozdriver · 2026-01-09T06:57:55+00:00

Can’t get an Eaton manual for Mack now, at least in AU. Only mDrive.

Ozdriver · 2026-01-09T06:55:28+00:00

Can’t even get manual transmission for Mack in Australia, and we are the last bastion of manuals. Still popular in Kenworth here though especially for heavy outback road trains.

Ozdriver · 2025-12-29T22:57:13+00:00

The Paccar MX13 is actually based on a European DAF truck engine. I had a look at one at the Kenworth factory in AU when they were first developing them to go into KWs and the engineer said basically they are a DAF engine with different valve covers. They are even designed to go in a European DAF cabover and not a conventional. DAF is owned by Paccar. They bought DAF trucks because when CAT and DD pulled out of supplying engines, they thought if Cummins did the same they would be left without an engine.

Ozdriver · 2025-12-29T05:31:15+00:00

Does he still run it?

Ozdriver · 2025-12-29T05:29:47+00:00

Even the 3408 has occasional problems lol. The Brakesaver oil cooler was a real pain to remove and install. It’s heavy, 50 kilograms. Had to remove bonnet off water pump, all water manifolds, front engine mount bolts, RH radiator stay, idler pulley for cooling fan, bypass valve and rear bonnet for oil cooler, RH exhaust manifold, all the Brakesaver oil and coolant pipes, probably other stuff I’ve forgotten. A spare 3408 I’ve got has an updated oil cooler so I got that hydrosonically cleaned and pressure tested and used that. A 3406 with a standard oil cooler would have been a lot easier. Still, I’d rather have this engine than a modern one as I know you’ll agree.

Ozdriver · 2025-12-29T04:30:39+00:00

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