PS Magazine - NOVEMBER 1977

PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly

ISSUE 300

NOVEMBER 1977
PS Magazine - NOVEMBER 1977 - Page 27 of 35
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With
sumMer
gone
and
winter
coMing on, ±hat's iMportant to
3-KW
military Design generator operators is
the colD ±eather operations poop in
their T²s.
Like ±hen you change the MilitaRy
stanDard engine's air intake shutter on
the Air cleaner. Para 2-5e³ T² 5´6115µ
271¶14 (·ug 76) says put the air int¸ke
shutter in the WINTE¹ positionºto
the leftº±hen the teMperature is 32
Degrees
F
(0°C±)
or
lo±er.
This
setting lets hot air froM the manifold
±¸rM
»he carburetor anD yoUr set
±orks at its best.
! I
I
l
HolD it! You Don't move all Mil¼tary
stanDarD e½gine air intake shutters left
for WINT¾¹ setting.
Not all air cleaners have Detents
that holD the shutter in position.
.±
:
It's tricKy¿ Just be sure you k
±
o±
I
tÀose air intake shutters are in the
I±
correct setting for best ±iÁtertiMe
operations.
Here're soMe tips that'll cut Do±Á
on Ângine repairs anD Do±ntiMeÃ
The
air cleÄner on Most 3ÅÆW
DOD
sets has 3 Detents for tÀe air
intake
shutter
settings:
SDz²¾È
(right siDe); WINT¾È (left siDe); but
only an arro± iÁDicates the MiD ±ay
Detent setting. SuMMer anD ±inter
settings are stÉMpeD on the upper
housing of the air cleaner.
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