Lightning-Fast Commercial Truck Diagnostics with Diesel Explorer
Introduction: Turn Hours Into Minutes When a commercial truck flags a fault, every minute counts. Traditional diagnostic workflows, such as referring to manuals, searching across OEM systems, or calling suppliers,...
Thermo King TriPac Evolution Diagnostic Tool
The Thermo King Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) is perhaps one of the most common generators you will find on today’s commercial trucks. APU’s are truck-mounted generators that allow drivers to...
Top 10 Most Used Cojali Off-Highway Cables
Here’s a guide that breaks down the top 10 cables needed to diagnose different equipment on your Diesel Laptops Cojali Jaltest Agriculture or Off-Highway Complete Kits. What Cables Are Included in Your...
Coding a John Deere DPF with TEXA Off-Highway
https://www.diesellaptops.com/blogs/news/coding-a-john-deere-dpf-with-t Diesel Particulate Filters, or DPFs, are exhaust filters designed to reduce the emissions produced by diesel engines. Once the machine has been in operation for 3,000 to 5,000 hours,...
Truck SAE Codes Such as J1939, J1708, SPN, FMI, & MID Explained
The Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) and the American Trucking Association (ATA) Without making this too complicated, the short version is this: commercial trucks started to go away from mechanical systems...
Diesel Laptops DieselLink vs Nexiq USB Link 2
To connect your PC or laptop to a commercial truck, you need a communication adapter that interfaces between your laptop and the truck. These devices are often called RP1210 adapters,...
Bendix Wingman Collision Mitigation Systems
Currently the most popular collision mitigation system on todays commercial trucks is made by Bendix. They make three different systems, depending on the needs of the truck owner. These are...
Troubleshooting J1708 Connections
If you aren’t familiar with truck datalinks, we suggest you read our post regarding the Introduction to Truck Datalinks. In this post, we are going to get more in-depth on...
Meritor WABCO OnGuard Systems Explained
WABCO first introduced the OnGuard system to the commercial truck industry in 2008. The OnGuard is a Collision Mitigation System (CMS) that provided a variety of functions that help commercial...