toby1234abc:
Don’t take offence, if you do not own the truck, don’t fiddle with it.
Has the boss giving permission to do botch jobs ?
Are you qualified to mess about with it ?
If an error is made, it may cause further problems with the electrical system , causing a breakdown or a fire .
So hands off it .
Get it done properly , who knows how to do it.
100% agree mate i was only going to do the job if it was a quick easy switch i d already found the proper ISO lead and the new fascia plate but there is no way i messing about with dropper boxes and cutting wires or going into fuse boxes. My biggest reason for wanting to is there is no AUX not that i can find anyway and it only has radio and CD i dont have CD’s anymore (gone digital) and i ve got a fair bit of Euro work to do so could nt bear the thought of trying to find a radio station that was bearable abroad but i ve since found i may be able to buy an aux lead that will go into the back of the stereo so fingers crossed
Juddian:
MAN artics are funny things on undulating roads, not sure what a rigid would be like never driven one, it’s not the seat itself thats bottoming out its caused when you go over a series of bumps that coincide with the rebound of the relatively soft springs coupled with anything other than brand new shockers.
There’s one particular fen B road i go down once in while, if loaded and i hit the section at anything over 40mph the rebound is so violent it chucks anything not bolted down out the open cubbies and off the shelf in the middle, trouble is there’s no bloody landmarks so have to try and remember exactly where to cut the speed, that massive road collapse bump that used to be outside Peterborough hospital on the A47 inside lane would do the same, haven’t experienced anything as bad since Leyland T45’s, a Constructor version of i drove which was peppered with dents in the thin steel pressing just above the drivers head where the radio (IIRC was mounted), you could leave the seat completely with spring rebound and bounce off it if the road undulated enough.
Just a quirk of the marque, bit like the ship’s wheel to steer with and what feels like 47 turns from lock to lock 
, rest of the time MAN are one of the most comfortable lorries out there.
To be fair take away the seat issue it is a lovely truck to drive and sleep in plenty of room and goes like joe stink only issue with the speed part is the tacho is a bit of a stretch when you get overspeed 