PS Magazine - OCTOBER 1976
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 287
OCTOBER 1976
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Ml13Al SERIES CARRIErS
MISHANDLING THE handle?
WHO
MOVED
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dISCoNnBcT
HA±²Le Wli th³
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RUNnI±G?
As alL good drivers know, there's a
time to push and a time to puLL the
engine disconnect handLe.
BEfore you start in cold weather, you
push the disconnect handLe IN to cut
'·±"²
the engine off froM the gear train.
Before you puLL it out, shut down the ±
engine.
Some drivers go wrong and puLL the
8
p
HandLe OUT whil² the engine is st³
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This is strictLy a bummer.
If you pulL the handLe out with the
engine running, you're jabbing a shaft
into a hole that's moving as fast as the
engine.
The spLines on the shaft and in the
hole rub together so hard they' re LikeLy
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to chipµ If the worst happens, the
entire engine disconnect system can
break down.
So take a fast Look at para
2¶58
on
page
2¶31
of T¶
9·2300·257¸10
(Dec
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'speciaLLy where it says: "Do not
attempt to move handLe while engine
is running.·
You aLways turn off the engine and
wait untiL it stops before you pulL the
disconnect handLe OUT to connect the
engine and the drive train.
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CENTER GUIDE NUT TrACK GUIdE NUT
SeLf-Locking nuts Lose up to haLf of
their hoLding power after they've been
screwed off and on. So, use new nuts to
secure the expensive assembLies the
nuts are attached to.
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INCLUDES A±² m48/m60 SERIeS
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