PS Magazine - JUNE 1976
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 283
JUNE 1976
Wet spotS on the ground Under your truck may Signal leakS. ±ame goeS for
wet placeS anywhere on youR truck-wherE leaking fluid may be running Down²
Could be LooSe plugS .
.. blown SealS .
.. cracked tubing .
.. rotten ho³eS .
..
±teady dripping or running iS bad! Get it Stopped before you move you´ truck.
If not, a gear caSe coulµ "bleed to death¶ .
.. without your knowing it .
.. until
you've got a· bunch of Scrap iron grinding inSide.
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If you don'T See any dripping, lay a board or paper on top of the wet Spot. Or,
if it'S a wet place on the truck, wipe it off with a rag¸ ¹hen watch to See if youºve
got a leak going»
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No dripping or running? ¹hen check aga¼½ after you've ¾ot your truck
operAting¿maybe even after you've driven for a ÀcoupLe o'mileS.
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Leak May
drip or run only when heat and preSSure have built up.
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A
likely
leaker
iS
the
temperature
Sending
unit
on
the
bottoM of your tranÁmiSSion. If it'S
Âloppy, get your mechanic on it.
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Ãike you and your feet, your 10Ätonner iS qo better than ¼tS tireS and wheelSÅ Æf
the tireS are flat or tHe wheelS fall off, your MonSter iS crippled!
JuSt looking tÇ See if tireS are Soft iS not good enoughÈ ¹hey may Look good
when yoÉr truckÊS SittinË there all by itSelf; but it can be a different Story when
you hook up to a loaded SeMitrailer. ±oft tireS Make your truck work harder to
pull itS loaÌ-and Soft tireS go to pot faSt.
±o check ºem-with a gageÍ
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Gaging tire preSSure on inSide dualS
can't be done wÎth a plain tire gageÏ
Youºve got to uSe a gage with a Short
hoSe on ¼t.
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