by webbiesmechanical | Oct 29, 2025 | From the Workshop Floor
It always starts the same way — a knock you can’t quite place. You turn down the radio. You check the dash. And you wonder: “Is that my engine?” That was the case for one of our recent customers, who’d been hearing a strange knocking sound while driving their white...
by webbiesmechanical | Oct 22, 2025 | From the Workshop Floor
A customer recently brought in their newly purchased green Mack for its first service. Everything seemed normal — until we drained the oil. That’s when our mechanic spotted it: a shimmer of metal on the sump plug. Not what you ever want to see. Fine metallic swarf in...
by webbiesmechanical | Oct 15, 2025 | From the Workshop Floor
You’re 100km out of Perth, truck temp is climbing, and you’ve got a load to get on the road.That’s exactly the spot this Freightliner driver found himself in. Instead of risking a full breakdown, he did what smart operators do — he nursed it in, dropped his trailer...
by webbiesmechanical | Oct 8, 2025 | From the Workshop Floor
Air pressure isn’t just a number on the dash — it keeps your suspension stable and your brakes working.Lose pressure too quickly, and you’re in for a rough ride — or worse, all your brakes could lock on. That’s exactly what happened with this Kenworth T909. The driver...
by webbiesmechanical | Oct 1, 2025 | From the Workshop Floor
You’d never think a split rubber hose could write off an engine — but that’s exactly what came close to happening here. This white Kenworth had just come back from a job up north when the driver noticed a turbo fault code pop up on the dash. He did the right thing —...
