PS Magazine - JULY 1972
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
1972 SERIES, ISSUE 236
JULY 1972
FILTER SERVICE IN -10 tM
There's one parE in chat -10 operator's
TM you meChaniCs sure don±t want co
²iss. ³HA´'s pARAgRApH 3µ9e, Fuel FiL´eR/
WAter SepArator ServiCe. ¶xCept for drain·
ing the fiLter, the operator keeps his hands
of¸ thAt baby¹ ºike the »¼½ in your-20TM
says, other fueL fiLter serviCes are striCt¾y
"2¿ÀorganizacionaL maintenanCe.
Áight up your a¾Ley is the dope on "PrimÂ
ing the fueL system¿ in the -Ã0 T»¹ You
won't find it in paragraph 2-Ä8 ("ÅueL
ÅiL´er ServiCe¿) in your -20 TM.
¼nd speaking of "hands o¸f¿, you'LL reaLLy
¸ouL thinGs up if you mess with those 2
sCrews next to the throt´Le armÆ These're
notÇrepea´ NOT Çfor idLe adjus´meÈ´¹
Éour suppor´ useÊ ±em Ëo CALibra´e the
fueL pump¹ Ìands o¸f!
You Can bust a gut tryinG to get the air
CLeaner fiLter eLement out ¸or serviCe If you
don't know how¹
Ít's different. Ínstead o¸ just unLatChing
the housing and puLLing
i´ off, you've got to
Give it a 90-degree
twist Before it'LL
Come off. Then you
´ake the ¸iLtÎr
eLement out.
lOOKinG fOr LEAKs
So a driver reports his truCk won't startÀand you're tryIng co fiGure out why.
Ít CouLd be a Leak in the ¸ueL LIne between the ¸ueL pump and ÏeL tankÀaIrÐs being
suCked Into the LÑne.
There're uÒ to a CoupLe o¸ dozen ¸ueL Line ConneCtIons, deÓndIng on whICh ÔodeL
truCk you've Got. So you'LL just have co CheCk 'em one-by-one. ºook fÕr ¸ueL Leaks ¸rom
Loose or broken ConneCtIonsÖ TiG×ten or repLaCe 'eØ.
10
eYe±cA²cH³rs
±
ÙÚen you've Got any o¸ thoÛe T»-260Ü
Series 5-tonnerÛ in ¸or a ÝriÞIC serviCe,
take a speCIaL Look at .
.¹
•ßxhauÛt ØanѸoLd CLaØps: You Øay
¸ind 'em CraCked or even broken. ภsoá itâs
ÒroãabLy beCauÛe the mou ncInG sCrews were
torqued down coo muCÚ. WIth Úeat and
expansion, the pressurä busts tÚe CLamps.
The mountinG ÛCrews shouLd Gåt onLy 25
Lb-¸t torque.
• Åront sprinG UæboLts: ภtÚey're Loose,
the truCk CouLd wInd up çith a busted axLe.
Or the steerinG CouLd Go out çith no
warninG.
½heCk the Lower spring seat ¸Õr siGns of
fastener Looseness or axLe shiftinG. èÚis
CouLd mean the aLignØent pinÛ on the axLe
have sheared¹ éåt
'e
repLaCed quICkê
¼s a Last CheCká put your torque wrenCh
oÈ ËHosë UìBoLt Èuts And give 'em Ä50Ü400
LBíft torQue Ëo mAke suîe they're tigH´¹
• SteerInG Gear housInG mountinG boLts¹
ºoose boLts Lead co torn up Gears. Keep 'em
tiGhcÇ260-280 Lb-ft torQueï
• ½rane boom CyLinder LoCkinG pLAce on
M8Ã6 wreCkerð Some have showed up with
a bad weLd¹ Åind a bum one? éet it fixed.
1±
• NopioneercooLraCkon»8ñ6or»8ñò
wreCker: That's riGhtÀnone Is authorized.
You keep your pioneer cooLs in your
wróCker's tooL boxeÛ¹
tAcHOGraPH ´yES? nOµ
Now about chat taChoGraph on the »8ñ8
traCtor truCk.
UnLesÛ your own Command wanEs co
Øake ôØe use of the taChoGrapÚ in¸oá you
¸orGet about aLL Ëhat taChogrApÚ poop in
paraGraph 2-2ñ6 in your Ü20 T»¹ TÚat
Critõer is ÛpLiccin' tÚe sCeneÀanyway. öE
won't be on LaterÜproduCtion vehiCLes.
USE OF
TACHOGRAPH
INfo IS BY
LOCAL SOP
÷uE i¸ you do need new ChartÛ ¸or the
taChoGraph, you Can Get a paCkaGe o¸
Ã00 under øSN 75Ä0-4Ã5ì6286. This re-
pLaCed chat other ÅSù you see in the T».
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