PS Magazine - JANUARY 1977
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 290
JANUARY 1977
Check Engine and transmIsSIon
.oIl LevELs and corRecT If ne±essary²
WaRm
To
normal
opera³InG
TempEraTures, whIch A´µ:
µnGInE, In GreEn arEa o¶
180-
225± F
·R¸a¹ dePendInG on wHI±h
gaGe You ºaVe²
»RansmIssIon,
UppEr
ThIrd
of
greEn arEa or
250²270° F
on The
TransmIssIoN GaGe²
¼ame as bEFore² Do Every³hIng
YoU ±an ³o ½ro³e±T PeoPLe and
ProperTy² »here Is aLwaYs The
¾chance oF a runaway EngIne² CLear
The area around YoU¿ vehI±LÀ² ÁU³
The vehI±Le on LeveL Ground for ³he
³es³ wITh Brake LocKed²
ÃoU now Have ³He enGIne a³
normaL oPera³IÄG ³emPera³UreÅ so
PU³ ³He ³ransmIssIon In neU³raL for
³he Æo-Çoad ³es³² ÈradUaLÉY Press
down on YoUr foo³ ³Hro³³Le Un³IL
YoU have I³Êas far as I³ wlÉL Go² Ën
Mos³ cases ³He enGIne sPeed wILL
sUrGe over
2600
´ÁÌ and ³hen
sTaBILIze
wI³HIn
30
seconds
Be³ween
2550
and
2640
´Á̲ Ëf ³he
Governor KeePs cU³³InG In and oU³
or ´ÁÌ does no³
faLL wI³hIn ThIs
ranGeÅ adjUs³men³s are needed²
CaLL YoUr sUPPor³²
WI³h ParKInG BraKes s³ILL Lo±KedÅ
PuT
³ransmIssIon
shIf³
LeÍer
In
ÎÏÈÎ ranGe and rev UP ³he enGIne
³o
fULL
³Hro³³Le²
ÐnGIne
sPeed
shoULd sTaBILIze a³
1800-2050
´Á̲
Ïn
case
³he
enGIne
sPeEd
Is
BeLow
1800
´ÁÌ
maxImUm on
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