PS Magazine - JUNE 1977
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 295
JUNE 1977
A "gasser± was something funny-a joke²a few years back.
BuT There's never been anyThing funny abouT a leaKy exhaust sysTeM in
your ³L51A2 or otHer ´³µ¶18µseries ·¸µton vehicle¹ A leaKy exhaust is a
Kiº»er! ´haT's no joKe in your ´³ 9µ2320¼2½8¼½0 (Sep 7½), first page:
±
You've goTta watch your \µT¾nner c»oser Than most other trucKs. It's
ºowEr and »ighter, so it suffers More wHen you go s
¿
craMblin' througH tHe
.UST LIKE
ONe o' ltfM
±²
WESTeRN
!rCK±²s³
brush and over rocKs and stumpsÀ ÁxhausT parTs get »ooseneD up-and
even Torn upÀ So wÂtch for ºeaks where The pipes hooK Together¹
2
Use your eÃes aRd your earsÄ ChecK
The pipe joinTÅ for bºacK smudgesÀ Or
for puffing sounds when The engine's
WaTch ThaT exhausT manifold cºose,
TooÀ IT's Æ lighTweighT jobÇnoT much
more Than a hunK of exhausT pipe wiTh
holes in The side ThaT maTch up wiTh
!±
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³
1
5´
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The
engine's
exhausT
porTsÀ
Èf
TÉe
;
mÆnifold's jusT a ºiTTºe ouT of shape, iT
won'T fiT TighT ÆgainsT The engineÊ
and Then you've goT an exhausT ºeaËÀ
Fixing
ThÌs
leaK
calls
for
some
speciaº²Ænd carefuºÇworKÀ If you've
sTilº goT Æ copy of ´B 43µ0001Í39Î2
(Apr 74), you'll find all of The poop
sTarTing on pÆge 18À ´his ´B died in
ApriºÏÐ975, buT The sÆme info shoÑs
up in ´B 43µ0001µ39Ò4 Gan
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and
wiºl be in ´³ 9Î2320µ218Î20À
´he seƺÆnT specified for manifoºdÓ
Toµcylinder
head
mounTing
comes
under NSN 9150Î00Î935Î4018 (14Îoz
Tube) and NSN 9150Î00Î754Î2595 (1Î
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