PS Magazine - JUNE 1973
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
1973 SERIES, ISSUE 247
JUNE 1973
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So you're-an on±the²ball Kiowa
mech and you want an accuRate Read³
ing on you´ biRd's main tRansmission
.
oil leveL?
Man, you stand a betteR chance of
getting a t´ue Reading if you oRdeR
the new t´aNsmission oiL FLLeR cap,
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1615-18±-5552,
P/· µ9457¸
When yoU KIo¹A TH´oTtLe jockeys
ºOve Out O» engIne Idle, neve´
ADvAnCe The Th´OTtle AB´U¼tlY¸ ½» yOu
DO¾ THe ´elIGHT sYsTem
wil
O¼e´ATe¿
ENGINE
RELIGHT
±nDICAtOR
WILL
FLASH ON
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ÀsiNg the New cap, keep Áhe oiÂ
up to the "dotà LeveL on the sight
gLassÄ Åhat'LL head oÆ d´y ´uNs anÇ
a damaged tRansmissionÈ
Åhe deaL chaNges i
f
you'Re check³
É
ing the sight gLass with the oLd ÊLLeR
cap, P/¶ µ9
2 5
3-1.
Åhe old cap is
Ëulty and Lets ÌaÍing oiL spiLL oveR³
boa´d, so you caR´y the oil at the Lo¹Î
est safe Level¸ Åhis is about haLfway
between the "dotÏ and the bottom
of the sIght²gLass gauge¸
ÅhatÐs Right¸ Ñhe Light will come
"onà and youÐlÒ have to ´eset the sys³
tem¸
ÓId you RealLy have a ´eLIght? ¶o,
because the Ôame dIdn't go out¸ Åhe
Ra¼id advancement o» the th´ottle
cReated a sUdden ´Ise in Bu´ne´ ¼´es³
su´e and a ¼´essu´e change in the
cOm¼´esso´È Åhe AutO ´eIgnItIon con³
t´Ol sensed The cHange aÕ a ÔameÖOut¿
×oU kno¹ what that meansØa lot
o» exT´A s¹eAT and elbow g´eaÕe by
you´ ºeCHs, eyeballing the COm¼´esÎ
so´ aÕ though the´e Had been a ´eal
Ôame²Out¿
Åake It easy, huh?
Getting oil leakage around the oil
strainer on the rear²bearing housing
of that T53 Huey engine?
If you Find the gasket wrong³
side²up on top of an 0´ringµ put in
a new gasket and leave out the 0²
ring. An inverted gasket can give
the strainer and cause leak²
¶act isµ an inverted gasket and 0´
ring can lead to a No·
2
bearing oil
passage clogged with 0²ring paRtic³
les¸which can cause engine ¹ilureº
¶irst chance you getµ »uey and
Cobra mechsµ eyebaLl the V²band
coupLing that secures t¼e particle
½¾¿
separator À(Bell Mouth AssembLy) tO
the T´Á3 engine ¼ousingÂ
²9
The coupling gap has to be at the
6
o'clock position Ãr water drainageÄ
Any other position and trapped
water will corrode the magnesium
Åange on the engine inlet housingÂ
Tht means flange replacementµ
and much breadµ at ovErhaul You
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