PS Magazine - OCTOBER 1975
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 275
OCTOBER 1975
Believe it. One kiLled a trooper
wheN it bleW Him 15 feet iNto the air.
OtHers have torn, cripp±ed ANd kilLed,
±
·
and soME Have EveN bloWN thE WhEels
±,
off vehicles.
9-2610²200³20 (´ov 72). The cAge is a µ¶
InfLatiNg a tire mAy seem likE A must for tires With Lock riNgs. If yoU
simple maintEnaNce chore, bUt thE doN't have a cage, Figs¸¹21a And 2º21»
best ¼ay to do it is to apProach it like in the ½¾ shoW yoU hoW to make one.
An ¿OD team member AboUt to de³
¿very
Motor
maintEnaNce
shop
fuse a bomb.
should have a cage.
InstEad of a shieLd, UsE A tire
infLatioN cage .
.. like it teLLs you iN ½¾
_
j
¿qUALly important is to keep yoUr
À
air compressor frEe Áf flammable
gases. If yoU puMp these gases iNto a
tire, they cAn bloW the WheeLs off a
sedaN or a 10³toN trUck ½hey can bLoW
,
1.±²³
´µ
.² 1!³f´/µ(¶F·I
Ãever use aÄti³freeze in a comÅ
pressor ½hat incLÆdes aLcohoL, dry gas
or any other Çlammable materiaLÂ
Instead, ÇrequentLy drain the moisture
from the compressor tank .
. and keep
the compRessor indoors in freezing
WeatherÈ
Store the compressor off by itself,
fAr from rUbber cement or fLammable
solvent vapors that might be draWN
into the air ÉNtake.
Êever Use gasoline or fLammabLe
soLVeNts to cLean the air screEn of the
coMpressor. ËheN yoU cleAn thÌ Air
·
screen, b±oÍ it dry With aN Air hosE
before yoU re³iNstalL it.
Keep bÎttery chArgers welL AWAy
from the air intakE of the comprEssor.
BAtteries give off hydrogEN gAs dUriNg
chargiNg, and thAt stUff caN rEAlly lEt
go! ÏNd, rEad ½Ð 9-2610³200³20. ½hE
WArNings iN it are for reaL. ½HEy cAN
sAve yoUr Life.
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