PS Magazine - NOVEMBER 1975
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 276
NOVEMBER 1975
FIRST, TAP IT ON THE GROUND, GENTLY! IF
yOu. BANG IT TOO HARD, YOu'LL CHANGE THE
ShAPE± THeN IT WON'T FIT SNUG IN T²E
CANNISTER-AND DIRT ³LL GO RIGHT PAST It±
GIVE IT ANOTHER GOOD
GOING OVER AROunD THE
INSIDE ANo, FINALLY, ON T²´
OUTSIDE AGAINµ If THE ELEMENt
IS STILl PLuGGED WITH
DIRT, wASH IT LIKE
yOuR tm SAYS¶
Your
-20
TM tells how to clean the
element. Or, if the TM For your
[
±
_}
equip²ent hasn't yet picked up the·
!
³
word´ get TM
9±2320²209³20
(Apr
65) .
for the 2µ¶-ton truck and check the
.·
,
¸
¹
ºpoop
in Ch
3,
page
218,
para 70b .
. 1lt;
±²
³
> ±
. ,
After it's washed and dried (about
3
<-
·
'3
days for
.
drying), this element can BeI
·-±²"
³
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»:
¼½ ¾=
¿ À¼ÁÂÃÄÅ;ÆÇÈÉÊËÌÍused
agaÎÏ
_
´
l
These are the dryÐtype air cleaner
Ñif there' re no holes or tears in itÒ
L
0
´
elements you find on all multifUel
Ñif the ends are not bent so they/
engine trucks and ²ost other diesel make a bad FitÒ and
engine equipment. YoÓ cÔn Óse 'em
Ïif air can still get through.
over Õn' over again if you handle 'em
careFully and clean 'em.
When yoÓ
Ö
pÓt a c
;
ned ele×entØ
a
back in yoÓr equipment, rÓn the
Ù Ú
engine for a few ²inutes and watch
that indicator. ÛF the little red Flag
shows Óp in the windowÜ and then
Ý
locks into full view, the air cleaner
element is plugged uP so bad it can't be
used anymore.
That's when you put in a new one.
Trouble is, some guys just take a
look at a dirty eLement and sayÞ
"Û guess Û need a new one.ß
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