PS Magazine - MAY 1974
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 258
MAY 1974
SIMPLE
SQUEEZING
US A sYRINGt TO WI±HDraw EXCe² ³L´cµ¶oly·¸
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DTILLEd
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ÎÏuÐ ÑHÒÓJP ÔÕ Öpp×xØMÙÚÛÜÝ Þ ßàáâ
ABVe
ãäå
C±l² Plat³S.
The electrolyte levelling syRinge has a hole in the tube ±ha±'s
1I4 inch from the ±ip. ²f You Rest ±his ±Ube on ±he celL plates
you can Put in or ±ake ou±
uNt³l yoU have ±he righ±
AMount
´
of elec±RolY±eµ
IF YOUR SyrINGE
DOESn'T HAVe THiS
HOLE ±² THE TiP
I
DRILL
one 1 INCH FRoM eND
OF
·
TUBE.
ElECTRiCAL lEAKaGE CHECk
Set mult³meter at 0 to 50 volts range-1,000 ohMs PeR Vol±¶
·easure tHe Vo¸tage between the positive ba±tery teRm³n¹l
and a cleanº PAint»free PaR± of ±he ba±±ery case¼ Do the same
th³nG with the negative ±erM³nal½
²f the mult³meter Reads 1 vol± or more¾ Rejec± ±he batteRy And
turn it in to your OS shop.
æf
Vol±age on the muL±³me±eR is less ±han
1
vol±º you'Ve done
A Good J¿BÀ Áut the nickelÂcad back to work ³N the equ³Ãent.
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o n»ck¼½-¾ ¿À
ë 8ìíîïð
ñòóôõö
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9÷øùúûü-
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sÎUFfÏÐ
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Not you joints-yoU're not that old yeT. ±RoUbLe with the UniveRsal joints on yo²R
M³³3A³ seRies vehicle?
·
Want to know the 3 main caUses foR UniveRsal joinTs bReaking beFoRe they shoUld?
ÿĀ
´sIng
pivot
steer
wHen
TRavelIng faster than
ÿ5
miµes an
Ho¶r·
AnotheR thIng yoU can do iS eyeball tHe
UniveRsal scRews eveRy montH to see
āĂ
they¸Re loose·
Make s²Re ThE lock Plate tabs aRe intact
and in tHe RigHt posiTion¹
º
»o w¼at's a joint µike this doing in a nice½
gal like ¾he ¿Ucky ¿ady?
ÀniveRsaÁ joiÂt FaiLURe is a PRoblem, andÃ
tÄe engineers aRe Åorking on a solUtionÆ
BUt Çhese tHings yoU can do nowÈ
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