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Night Owl Fleet Services LLC Family owned Mobile Diesel Repair Company servicing south east South Carolina based in Eutawville

09/06/2026

Purge valve swap on an air drier. Had a line deteriorate from the inside out a few weeks back and although we flushed out the system pretty good we still managed to find a little piece. Being that we had it in and out dealing with the hose the customer opted to install a new one, picked one up and got her installed, been smooth sailing since!

09/06/2026

So this one was a snowball, originally my buddy had swapped out the fan hub because the wiring on the old one got chewed up and it never worked right. After installing the fan hub the truck wouldn't start. We did the basics, tested fuses, looked at power and grounds for the PCM everything looked ok, couldn't connect the scanner and had crazy ohm and power readings through the data connector. After digging for a bit we decided all he did was install a fan hub so we unplugged it and boom the truck started! Well simple enough we just got a bad hub, we will order another one. He goes to use the truck the next day and nothing. Cranks but won't start, hook the scanner back up and nothing. No communications start testing the computer powers and grounds and we have power coming in, nothing coming out. Also found a power in that was corroded in the connector so we started there and replaced the pin on the connector but the pin on the ecm was beyond repair, it was corroded off the board. Got crafty, opened the ecm, drilled a hole through the board, soldered a bare wire to a tracer wired it all back up and boom she ran! So we decided the best thing to do was order an ecm, just wanted to be sure that was the problem before we went and threw a 1400 dollar computer at it. When the Computer came in, we did a little wiring repair at the connector and replaced a few pins. Swapped the new computer in and she turned over but wouldn't fire. At this point we were both pretty frustrated and being it was a spare vehicle for him we just threw it on the back burner. As luck would have it things went really well for my buddy and he bought a beautiful house for him and his family not far from us! But now it's time to move the camper and some of his other stuff so the truck just became a priority! Dug I to it with a clear head and a new fan hub, started at square 1 with powers and didn't have anything going to the ECM 🤔 that's odd, we always had ignition power to the ecm.... Started checking fuses, popped the fuse panel and started probing wires from the back side and I find a set of chunky wires with power in, no power out... Flip the panel back over and sure enough, box style fuse with a hairline crack in it. Swapped out a trailer fuse in its place and tadaa. Sometimes you just have to step back and start from the beginning. When we were repairing the pins for the ecm connector we must have touched something and popped the fuse! Swapped in the new fan hub and she was ready to haul once again. Been on the road for a few weeks now and hauled a very sizable camper to its new home with zero issues!

Every once in a while you gotta dig a little deeper and pull out the extra skills to fix a problem! 2006ack granite dump...
09/06/2026

Every once in a while you gotta dig a little deeper and pull out the extra skills to fix a problem! 2006ack granite dump, seatbelt alarm and buzzer would randomly alarm and stay on. Didn't stop the truck from rolling down the road but listening to the buzzer will drive anyone crazy. I initially found a lot of corrosion on the board and cleaned it well in the truck, put it all back together and it lasted a few weeks but came back. Swapped the cluster from the parts truck so they could still run it and brought the cluster home to go over and see if I couldn't find any issues before we shipped it off to a repair facility and spend the big bucks! Found a hand full of solder joints that were cracked coming off the main feed harness. Cleaned it all really well, resoldered all the connections, cleaned everything the best n could and swapped all the bulbs in the cluster with LED's. It's been working 10 hours a day 5 days a week for the last month and hasn't made a peep!

This was another fun one! 100k service (tune up, belts, coolant flush, oil change and we changed the remaining 3 tpms se...
09/06/2026

This was another fun one! 100k service (tune up, belts, coolant flush, oil change and we changed the remaining 3 tpms sensors. Most of the job was scheduled maintenance as the truck is earning its miles and we're trying to keep it nice! The tpms sensors were about due, we swapped a few months back shortly after the new tires were installed by a local tire shop. One of the 4 sensors quit reporting and the tire kept losing air. After taking it back and having them reseal it multiple times they told them they most likely need a new rim! They brought it to me and broke the wheel down. Cleaned and buffed the corrosion off the mating surfaces swapped and programmed the new sensor and hadn't had to add air to it since! Well another sensor went out shortly after that and another tire started to lose air, not as fast as the first one but a few pounds a week. Cleaned up all 3 wheels, swapped and programmed the remaining sensors and she's good to go for quite a while now! Also had one of my little helpers out there making sure I stayed hydrated and didn't lose my 10mm, Thanks Shmits!

Sometimes things don't go as planned, but then they get your wheels turning and the plans change..... 🤔
09/06/2026

Sometimes things don't go as planned, but then they get your wheels turning and the plans change..... 🤔

09/06/2026

Here is a fun random one, poor guy just wants to get his boat out on the lake and some other shop had this truck for almost a year, swapped a bunch of stuff around with another truck that they had (supposedly) but they couldn't figure it out! Told him to bring it to me and I'll get her goin for you. Took me a couple days to get to it, popped the hood to swap the battery and gave it a quick once over. The previous shop had pulled the distributor cap and lost the screws, cap was super corroded and the ignition module looked original. Well I can't test it without the cap and wires hooked up. Ordered a new cap and rotor Amazon 2 day and the ignition module was cheap enough that I decided to just get it coming. Being that the complaint (truck was a crank no start) and the ignition module is the most likely culprit if I had to take a shot in the dark. Parts came in, swapped them over and boom she fired up and ran perfect after being down for over a year! Out the door parts and labor under 200 bucks! Can't always get lucky like that but every once in a while! The customer was very happy to have his truck back and we are happy we gained the trust of another customer!

Sometimes it's got to get worse before it gets better, and sometimes you have to get creative! Got some ideas and some p...
09/06/2026

Sometimes it's got to get worse before it gets better, and sometimes you have to get creative! Got some ideas and some plans, let's see how it comes out!

09/06/2026

Prius was due for a top end rebuild. New timing kit, head gasket, head studs and a full top end seal kit. In and out, on to the next!

05/16/2026

S cam housing broke, snapped the chamber bracket in half. Made for a fun afternoon, weather was beautiful and Pandora was playing hit after hit so it felt slightly less like work!

05/16/2026

Doing a little work to a few busses for one of the nicest ladies that I think I've met down here in this new town we call home. The busses are extremely well maintained and we're happy to help her keep them that way!

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