PS Magazine - FEBRUARY 1975
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 267
FEBRUARY 1975
Mix up your transmission trunnion_ caps
You have some Help iI puTting tHem
and you've got yourself a frEsHLy-±ixEd
back right.
Under
²
aLl the layers of³ wHite
mess of trouBle.
paint you´ll Fnd a couple of tiny letters,
µhis is What you¶ll ·nd out:
eit¸er ¹R Cr RRºfo»
LEF
R¼AR or
.±²³,´_µ¶·¸¹
R½G¾µ R¼AR¿ µhat'll help you gÀt 'Em
linEd up the Way tHÁy shouLd go.
½f one Of the truNni01Â caps gets lost or
Brokenà Ät's a job for suPportÅ ÆrdÇring a
neW repLaÈement tÉÊnnion cap WonËT do
the job for you. ÌeW caps are BLanKs and
must be machined
Í
to sizeÎ
µhe best Deal is not to get the trunnion
caps lost or Ïixed up. ÐoLor code the caps
in the vehicle ÑBefore Ò Óou pulÔ the poWÕr
pack.
Öhat Way you can get tHem Back
intoÒ thE right vehicle and into the right
place in that ve¸icLe.
TRUNNION CAPS SHOULD HAVE
.002
TO
±010
INCH CLEaRANCe AFTeR TORQUE
×a"nt yØur color liÙEs clear acrÚss the
caps and
an iÙch Ûr so aloÙg the transÜ
mission
·
so you can see w
her
e theY'
re
·
s
u
p
-
pOsed tO
ÝtÅ
·
-END!
M6²
S±IES tANKS
FINAL
DRiVE-
.nO
±
BULLl
Þf the bull gear chips apa
r
ß the rest of
yÛur Ýnàl driVE is Ùot long for this World.
Öhis could be a real ¸ead bumper if it
¸appens aT t¸e Wrong timeá
So hoW can you help preVent it?
Ðheck the FLl ând LeveL plug on both
your Ýnal drivEs Every feW daysã µ¸is is
±speciallY nece
s
sa
ry äith ÙeW and rEpLacEd
·nal drives. µhE pLugs are magnetic and
if you Fnd theyårE holding mEtaL c¸ipsÃ
When YOu're draining the crankcase Of
YOur
m³´Al
tank or oTher vehiclE ²ith an
A VDS l 79´-µA
engine, keeP this in Mind.
³here´re
µ
Oil suMp plugsµ ¶ach Drain-
ing a DiFerenT compartmenT. UNless
¸
YOu
Take ¹eM bOth ouTº harMful depOsits will
!»iLd
æp
in The engine oil pan anD
y
OI¼1½
haVe a BlockeD oiL ¾ow. ¿aturalLYµ this
can cause OverheatiÀG aÁd cOnTribut tO
earÃY enÄiÅE failureÆ
Çet Èhe vehicle as level as pOssible wheÉ
ÊrAininG The engine OilË KeepinÄ the Oil
coOl_ers cLean wiLl aLso heLÌ pRevent heaÍ
ÎuilD upÏ
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