PS Magazine - APRIL 1974
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 257
APRIL 1974
Do yOu get a real strong whif oF brake ±LuId WHeN yOu pUS² dow³ ²ar´ o³ Yoµr braKe
Pedal?
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»u¸¼ ¸s ½ei³g exhauste¼ FroM
your master CYlin¼er thr¾ug²
the e³g¸³e roa¼ ´raFt tu½e¿
Àhen You lose Yoµr ½raÁe
Âu¸´, YOu lose yoµr braKes!
ÃlaY Ät ÅaFeÆ EYe½all Yoµr Master cYli³´er »ÇÄd leVel beFore ¾ÈeratioNº T²e »u¸´ level
s²oul´ be at
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inɲ ½elow the Êller hole gasket SurFaÉeÆ (¶ep, ¸tËs
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TO CHECK YoUR MASTer CYLINDER,
liFT THE FLOoR CoVEr IN Fr±NT
OF THE DRIVER'S SEAT; ThEN rE-
Move The FI²L P²UG BeLoW THIS
HOLE In THE FRAME CroSS MEMBer
T²en c²ecK the »Ñi¼ ÒeÓeÒ aFter oÈerationÔ ÍF ¸tÕS drÖÈpe× ÄN thaØ shorÙ a t¸me, YÚÑËve
goØ trOuble¿ ÛonÜt worry, though, iF itËs a ݸttÞe ߸G² aFter operatio³Æ àeat exÈansion
¾F t²e »u¸´ ´Oes thatÆ
áow ÈÑmÈ the ârAKe Èe¼AÒãwith äÑÒÒ Èressure ¸³ Yoµr ÉomÈresseå a¸r sYstem¿ æAtÉh
For sÈraYing, ¼RiÈçing, ÓAçor èäoéê or A su¼¼en smell oF braKe »ui´ Froë the engine Roa¼
¼raFì íÑîeÆ
ïet a³Yð ÍF soñ Yoµr airòhY¼RAÑlic cYÒin¼er maY óe at FaÑltº
àol´ itô Ûonõt öe÷ t²at trucK move ouì Ñnt¸l YoÑËve ȸ³Èoi³te¼ the troÑâÒe¿ øoÑ ùAY
²ave to get yoú Ûû to checK oµt yoµr air-²Ydraul¸É ÉYl¸³deüÆ ý³d maYbe Yoµr þAsteR
Éyli³´erÿ Āoo¿
The smell oF ½rakā »u¸´ Éa³ ɾme, toĂ, From a FoulăµÈ rig²t
in Yoµr master cYl¸³´er:
w³´µg f¶·¸³ p·ug (µ´ ba¹¸);
Fº··¸³ p·»g ºµ p´´³ s¼ap¸ (b½¹¸ mºssº¾g ¿³ µ¿t d´º¾À ºts j´bÁ;
T´´ muc¼ b³ak¸ »ºd ºµ t¼¸ cy¶ºµd¸³ (s´m¸b´dy ´Ã¸³Ä·¶¸d ºtÅ.
Ąr the cuÈÎ are Woą ĆOr theyËve ½ee³ damage¼ ½Y co³ć
taminate´ ½rake »u¸dĈ ÍF y¾ur braKe pe´al goes aÒl t²e waY tO
the »oor, the cµÈs May óe ĉu¸ltĊº
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Fl²= .³´µ
Àhenever youċve ČOt y¾uč Ďller ÈÒug out, Ýook ¸t over real
closeÆ øou shoul´ ²ave t²e ´oubÝeă½aďe tYÈeÆ øou get a ³eW
one onÒy as Èart OF a NeW Master ÉYl¸³´erÆ But YoÑr suÈÈÒY
ÈeoÈle probably ÉaN Ên´ Y¾u a goOd One i³ the ½one Yar´Đ
ýn¼ ²ow ab¾ut t²e ĎlÞer pÞuČ Časđet? Broken? Ē²eWe¼ uÈ?
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brake »u¸¼¿ Ít Éan Îure gum ÑÈ t²e works!
áever gra½ a Éa³ t²aØ ÎayS "àydrauliÉ »ui´ě ³on-ÈetroleuĜ
½aseĝ¿ T²atËs as r¸Îky as ĞusθaN rÖuletteĘ ğse ³oth¸³g Ća½soĠ
ÝÑteÒY ³ot²ing Ć
ġÇt tHe büake Ģu¸d SPec¸Ďe´ For Your braKģ
ĤsYstemÆ
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do³Ët use ¸t iħ IJOUr ijüĮĴe SIJSteĵÌ
nEW LO HAS AnÌWER
ûOëe ÈeoÈöe won´er w²at sort OF lubrĶÉatķĸĹ SĺüVĻļe tĽeyľĿe SUpPOsed tO ŀ¸ve t²e¸ü
a¸rĕhy´raulic cYÒin¼erº
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