Well we took the trailer out for its first shake down. Everything went pretty smooth. I had a problem with the brakes the minute I left the parking lot the day I picked it up. It would show a short every once in a while. While my truck was down working on the suspension and unlocking my ECM I had my Dad come over and plugged the trailer in. I starting wiggling the brake wires all the way to the back. The last one I check I heard some arcing. Turns out it had gotten a flat at some time. I noticed some cord floating around the axle. It must’ve caught the wire and yanked it out of a grommet and chaffed it. Got that all fixed.
We took a 4 hour trip up to my parents property for a couple days. I’ve known the truck had a boost leak but never got around to finding it. Well they reared their ugly heads for sure with a load. Truck ran ok but seemed down on power and boost. Plus I don’t know if it’s related but the cruise control wasn’t working very well. I noticed climbing some hills it would down shift when I shouldn’t be. Cruise wouldn’t hold speed climbing. If I worked the throttle everything was fine. Is there anything cruise uses other than speed to operate? I don’t have any issues when there’s no load.
In the trailer things went pretty smooth. We had an issue with the sound bar not working which turned out to be a blown fuse. My first shower sucked with very low water pressure. I took the hose off the fixture and found a piece of plastic blocking the hole. The wife’s first shower was much better
. I do have a leak I need to locate. Don’t know if it’s shower related or not as all my plumbing starts in the same area. And we need to work on a check list. We forgot to latch the bunk house door and now there’s a (small) hole in the wall 
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After work today I went to checking for boost leaks. I found 3 so far. The hot side boot at the cooler was leaking. The PPE boost valve was leaking and the Dodge oil pan IAH plug was leaking. I need to soap and water the Y bridge and clam shells still.
The picture is next to my parents trailer that we are building a cover over.
We took a 4 hour trip up to my parents property for a couple days. I’ve known the truck had a boost leak but never got around to finding it. Well they reared their ugly heads for sure with a load. Truck ran ok but seemed down on power and boost. Plus I don’t know if it’s related but the cruise control wasn’t working very well. I noticed climbing some hills it would down shift when I shouldn’t be. Cruise wouldn’t hold speed climbing. If I worked the throttle everything was fine. Is there anything cruise uses other than speed to operate? I don’t have any issues when there’s no load.
In the trailer things went pretty smooth. We had an issue with the sound bar not working which turned out to be a blown fuse. My first shower sucked with very low water pressure. I took the hose off the fixture and found a piece of plastic blocking the hole. The wife’s first shower was much better
. I do have a leak I need to locate. Don’t know if it’s shower related or not as all my plumbing starts in the same area. And we need to work on a check list. We forgot to latch the bunk house door and now there’s a (small) hole in the wall . After work today I went to checking for boost leaks. I found 3 so far. The hot side boot at the cooler was leaking. The PPE boost valve was leaking and the Dodge oil pan IAH plug was leaking. I need to soap and water the Y bridge and clam shells still.
The picture is next to my parents trailer that we are building a cover over.
) they changed that table. I don’t ever remember having trouble with cruise in my ‘04. Fixed now and we will see how it goes.
