PS Magazine - FEBRUARY 1974
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 255
FEBRUARY 1974
±
Here's
where
We
sepaRate
the so-so
dRivers from the real "pros.±'
Play it cool ² like an aiRline ³iFOt´ Make
aLL those µbefoRe operation¶ checks and
services on page 3·19 and 3¸20 in your
TM 9¹2320¸260¸10º »atch those gages on
y¼ur instrument ³anel ²
they teLL you
What±s going on inside youR engine½ Kee³
±
a shaR³ eaR out foR
.
;'o±-:
;
iI.²
³L´,
µ
'
±
²³
·.•
rlIK
-:
²
any oddBa¾L noiSes
¶/·¸¹º»¼½
´µ ¶
t¿at might mean tRouB¾eÀinÁtheÂmakingº
Go onLy by t¿e
Ã
book
Ä
_ "ÅtaRting The
Engine,¶ ³age 2¹33 in your Á10
TM
-
not
What some
harpshootinÆ shortCutteR
tRies to hand youº
ÇÆRinstance, neveR use any engine staRteR
Èuid, ¾ike ether, to BÉost youR engineº It±s
deÊniteLy not authorized foR this vehicLe oR
any otheR tacticaL truck in the Armyº
If your engine preheater ²
oR a toW
staRt ² Won't do the tRick in co¾d Weather,
youÆve got starting ³RoBLems that need
youR mechanic's handº
And give your starter motor a BReakº
Never kee³ it tuRning oveË for more than
Ì
10 seconds½
If your engine doesn±t take
ahoLd, ¾et YouR staRter cool oÍÎÏoR 10 to Ð5
seconds½
Then tRy againº
Quit afteR 3
tRiesº
If you canÆt get youR engine going
With a toW start or By using jumpeR cables,
it's no goÑ It±s your mechanic's BaByÑ
tOO SOON .±² tOO LAtE
Åay it again, Åam:
If you Rev u³ youR engine too soon,
µKee³ your engine ÒÓM ÔoWn to id¾e
you±ÕL Ênd out ² too ¾ate ² that oi¾ Wasn±t
s³eed Ö
800
to
1,000 ÒPM ²
duRing ½ getting to youR beaRingsº
Wa×Øu³!¶
Åome guys think they±ve got to Razz
Åo hoW ¾ong does this µWaRmu³¶ take?
¾ unt¿l yOur temperature gage shOws
120°F
¸¹º
and
¾ unt¿l yOur OÀÁ gage shOws pressure ÂÂÂ
and
¾ unt¿l yOur enÃ
g¿neÄs runn¿ng smOOth
¾when yOu can be
sure O¿lÄs gettÀng tO aÅl
yOur bear¿ngsÆ
t¿eiR engine Whi¾e it±s Wa×Øing u³ ² W¿en
it±s snortin± and buckin± a ¾ittLeº Çight t¿at
tem³tation! It±LL smooth out aÕL By itse¾f Ù
at idLe s³eed ² oR there's somet¿ing WRong
With it t¿at RazzinÚ Won't heLpº
ÛouLd you beÕieÜe What ÝendeR eaRs
some guys±ve gotÞ
T¿ey can±t stand the
noise of the aiR ³RessuRe WaRning bußzer ²
so t¿ey Jacà u³ thá engine ÒPM to BuiLd
-
»¼ ½ ¾"
I
I
j
m113
/
ml13Al FA³I´Y
BLEeD GREASE, NOT bLOOD
•µ
\
Ç
If the bleeder in the track tension adâ
ãusteR is missing, you may Be the one Who
WiLL do the B¾eedingº
äust so you don±t learn this the hard
Way, make suRe the bLeeder is ³Resent and
åK BefoRe you shoot gRease into the Lube
Êtting of æ tRack tension adJuster on any
one of youR Mçç3/Mçç3èç famiLy of veé
hicLesº
a RoU¶ine ·H¸(f
B¹rº VDu s»¼½¾
¿hÀ GÁÂÃÄÅ
¿À
CÆÇ
ÈÉvÊ yËÌJ 6ÍÎÏ !
A coupLe of ³eople have been huRt by
gRease squiRting thRough the êhole Where
the BLeeder should have beenë ±NUì saidÞ
FUEL GAGE WASte
Dear Half-Mast,
I've seen fuel gages on tRucks and otheR
equipment Replaced just because the·
needle hesitates foR a second befoRe going
up.
That seems like a waste of money to me±
Except foR that little hesitation² those gages
woRked peRfectly³
What do you saY?
ÐÐg gÑbÒÐÑ
Dear Åergeant í.
ÓÔ
Åî,
I say you're right ïn most casesð
Õ
s¾oW takeoñ can be noRmaL ²as ¾ong as the need¾e sto³s When it hits tòe Right readó
ing on the gageî
If theRe's any qôestion, check all eõectö÷øcaù hookups foR tightness anú good coûtact ²
üs
p
ýLlþ
Ö×
THE GUN
cØÙÙÚÛÜÝÞßà
9
Back to Top Back to Top
