PS Magazine - FEBRUARY 1974
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 255
FEBRUARY 1974
TOo FASt foR OIL ±raVEl
Some "qualifed± Drivers don't undEr-
sTand Their engine²s lube system. Just be³
cause TheY´ve got a FULl crankcase, They
THiNk The engine²s GetTiNg FulL luBricaTion
as µooN as The¶ sTarT up·
¸oT so!
Oil has T¹ ºe pumpe» To Those ºearings
¼
Through TuBes an» "gaLleries½¾ ¿his oil
just gets sTarÀed on its way Fr¹m the crankÁ
case wheN you craNk up· ÂinaLly Ã
wHen
youR engine²s purring smooTh and your oil
sysTem²s up To Full pressure Ä
all Åearings
are geTTiNg Their luBe.
ÆusT aBout any gÇy in The Army can Be
a plain ol² »river ÈsteeringÉ sHiFting gearsÉ
using Êhe BrËkeÉ clUtch an» gas PeDaÌs.
Íe may even get ºack From the Place He
Î
headed For.
Ïut a rÐal "pro¾ comes Back wiTh his
Truck iN as good shape as when he took oÑ[
Íe knows whatÒs going on inside His enÓ
gine· Íe Works
wi²h
His trUckÉ not
³g³´nsµ
it· Íe cares·
4
ÔoD Åearings are The last T¹ geÕ oiÖ in
y¹uR ¸ÍC×250 eNØiNe.
SoÉ iF y¹u reV up youR enÙine Too higH
aFTÐr iTÚÛ ÛTarTedÜ ThÝse ºearings are workÞ
iNg uNßer FuLL L¹ad wiTh har»ly any luBriÞ
cati¹N È
¹àly THe liTÀLá ºit ThaT sTuck tÝ
âem aFTer y¹u sHut »own lasT tiMe·
IF youã truck²s ºeen sitTin² still For a
week or soä your ºearings aãe nearly Dry!
¿Hey BUrn uP!
åËke sUre yoUr crËnKcase oæÌ ÌeveÌ is
at least over tHe aDD MËrk on tHe DæPsticK
(
¶
For "low¾)ç ÏestÉ ThoUgH is near or
rigHt èP éo the FUlÌ MarK
(H
For "highê)ç
ëUlÌ yoUr DiPsticì oUt slow ín² eaîy Ã
or
ïUcti¹ð FroM tHat rubber pÌUg will MaKe
tHe oil Mark higHer than æt sHoUlD ñeç
,/'±;
_±-²
=³´
1.µ¶
/
²
ÂS¸Ú s For these Diòerent lUbes are lisTeD
ón ôaintennce AnD OPerating SUPpliesÉ
Pagõ
B-23, TM 9±²3²0³²6´µ1´ ¶Jan 7·).
¸¹º»¼½¾¿ÀÁÂ
ÔigHt weight oiL is MigHty imPortaðT!
öF yoU Use suMmer weigHt oil ( ÷ø/Íù÷
3´Ã
in yoUr engine in cold weaTherÉ yoúûre
üF_
m
ou ýtÉ cHange
þ
yoUr oil È
to tHe
rigHt graDeÿ AFTĀā allĂ tHe cosÀ oF að oil
change is a lot less Than tăe cosÀ oF rePlacĄ
iNg ąUrneD ouT BearingsĆ Or a wHole
engineć
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