PS Magazine - SEPTEMBER 1976
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 286
SEPTEMBER 1976
Take off the battery coYers and
check for good coNNections, clean
[
±B"²³C
Ri
mT
batteries, anD a good eLectroLyte LeveL
in
both
batteries.
The
electroLyte
shouLd Be up to tHe ring. Add distiLled
water if needed, but never OverfiLL-
you'LL weakEn the acid and the bat±ery
won't
charge
fuLLy.
·
To
check
the
coNNections,
just give the cables a
wiggle with your fingertips. A healthy
yaNk can cause trouble where there
±²³
=
´µ
¶
·¸¹º»¼
½
was none.
FiLl up the fueL tanks to the "fuLL²
tag inside the filler neck. Keeping the
tanks
³uLl
wiLl
keep
water
³rom
condensing inside. ´verfiLLing is bad
here, too. µou need some room for the
fueL to expand when it warms up.
Check
¶he
horn
and
windshieLd
Special-REmEmbEr
CArrIEr pErsonnEL stop LIght.
¸Urn on
ThE bILgE pump to sEE tH±t²
It works³ Do not run It dry for morE 'n
12
sEConds´
C
µE¶k thE too·s; thE pIonEEr tooLs
on
th¹
tAILgAtE (not on thE AmbuLAnCE)
And tHE tooLs
In
tHE BAg bEH¸n¹ tµE
opErAtor And CrEw sEAtsº
L-_
±²
.±:²³-=´'µ"¶
Back to Top Back to Top
