PS Magazine - DECEMBER 1972
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
1972 SERIES, ISSUE 241
DECEMBER 1972
engine
your starter is
hanging up. You can often free a stuck
Bendix by gently tapping the starter with
a
hammer
whiLe
another
crewman
presses the start± button. DANGER-Stay
cle²r of the cooling fans.
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J."'
This
is
just
for
emergencies.
Bendix
hangs up often,
get your me³
chanic to put in a new starter.
UnLess your air cleaner ´lower motors
are workingµ your engine won't ´e getting
the clean air it need¶. Get in the habit of
Listening
for
them.
You· can hear the
bLower motors running for a few seconds
after the engine has shut off.
If your bLower motors have gone out on
youµ the most likeLy reason is because
current is not getting to them through tHe
fuel PrCssure¸motor blowe¹r switcH on top
of the secondary fueL filter.
ºheck
this
by
turning
the
master
switch ON and then grounding the wire
on toP of the fueL pressure»motor bLower
switch¼
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I
(
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(l:i'±-²³
1±
'!
If your ´Lower Motors start up½
f²uLt is not in them but in the switch.
·¾ave your hulL mechanic replace the
bad switch with a neW one.
It's FSN
5930¿069»3604¼
ÀeÁLL m²ke sure he gets one stamped
with the letter "ºÂ and"9¸13 ÃAKEÄÅ
The danger is in putting in a transmitÆ
ter by mistake instead of a switch. Since
they look ² Lot aLike this can happen and
has happened.
´µ¶ .
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.
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.
engÇne s
runÈngÉ
Êater in the huLL c²n corrode your
st²rter and make the Bendix hang up.
3·¸¹º»¼½¾¿À
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