PS Magazine - DECEMBER 1974
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 265
DECEMBER 1974
I
TM-218±SERIES
%-
TON TRUCK .².
Just a twist of the wrist-and you've
really messed tHings up!
You tHougHt ±ou were unscrewiNg t²E
transmission Fll plug oN your ML51A2³
or otHer TM´218´sEries \µtoN truck.
But, iNstead, you unscrewed tHE PiVot
plug for tHe revErse sHi¶ter arm· T²iS ¸EtS
tHe arm droP down insidE tHe traNsmiSSioN·
WHen this happens, you¹ve got a¸¸ kINDs
of trouble-like ruining tHe tº
:
anSmiSsioN
wHen you taKe o»¼
To top it all o»½ t²at traNSmISsioN ²aS
to go all ¾He way up to geNeral suPPoRt
level to get tHe ar¿ replaced.
Ào, savE yoursel¶ and evÁrybody ElsE a
lot o¶ trouÂle· Ãemember, tHe Fll Plug isÄ
tHe recessed Ÿug low down and towarD
tHe front of tHe transmission· Æt takES aN
open´end wrencHÇand so does tHe draIN
Èlug on tHe underside o¶ tHe transmissioNÉ
T²e Pivot p¸ug takEs
wrENcH·
Êeave tHe Pivot plug aloneËaNd you
migHt get somEt²ing nice in your StOcÌÍ
ing ¶or CHristmasÎ
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EXHAUST PROBLEM
SOLVED!
Ïow youÐre a winner!
pot oÐ Ñgold at tHe end of tHE raINÂowÒ
you married tHe most beauti¶ul girl iN tHE
world andËbest o¶ allÇyou stopPed your
ÓLÔÕAÖ ×Øton trucKÙs exhaust mani¶o¸D
ÚeÛUÜ Ýr· j·
F´ Lµ,
Þt ßoulD ÂE
tHat somEÂàdy Put tHe
wrong kind o¶ Plug in t²ere³an aluminum
áoâ, ¶ãrinstance· äitH tHE cHemical åEactIon
æetween tHe 2 di»Erent çEtals, tHE Plug
will sEize in tHe Hole·
from leakinG.
THe last was the hardest-until yoè Hit
on Article Õ6 in TB 43´000Õ´39´Ö (Apr 74)¼
THis FX is for all vehicles in tHe éÓ´
ÖÕ8 series ×´ton êeetë
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