PS Magazine - NOVEMBER 1977
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 300
NOVEMBER 1977
Goats, Goers and TM-260±series 5²
"7
tonnErs havE fuEl tank drains that'll let
' ,
you drain as much as you want.
1
il
'±J
³xtra Effort should be takEn to wipE
r
away snow or icE from fuEl tank fillEr
Additives are covered on page 2-7,
TM 9±207 (Dec 70).
Diesel gEts a 1-pint dose of etHylenE
gLYcoL monomethyl ether, NSN 6850´
00-060-5312, to 40 gallons of fuel.
4
openings, filler cans and hosE nozzlEs
beforE refuEling.
In cold wEathEr, you gEt lots of static
ElEctricityµso makE certain all your
fillEr
nozzles
arE groundEd
bEfore
pumping any fuel. And do your bEst to
kEep fuel tanks full to hold down the
condensation.
Bulk
fuel
containErs
should
be
stored
with
their
openings tightly
closEd and pro¶ected. And keEp opEn
cans under covEr. A littlE care hErE
goEs a long way.
Keeping
a
battery
at
its
peak
Efficiency and chargE in zero weather
is as easy as getting a date with Farrah
Fawcett·Majors.
¸ou've got to watch its specific
gravity like a hawk¹easy to do with
tHe optical tEster, NSN 6630-00±105º±»
1418, in tHe No.
L
Common Automo¼
tivE
ShoP ³quipment.
½ow to use the tester is explainEd in
EleBtly± Sp²cifIC
TM 9¾6140200¾12 (¿ep 73), pagE 3¾
Gravity ReAding
33. ComÀlete instructions are right on
the testerÁ Âven at its bEst a battery has
1.280
only 40 ÀerÃent of its crankinÄ ability
±²250
F³eezing PoiNt
-
9Q
0
f
-6´°µ
¶l · ¸
at 0° F when fully chargEd. Ånd at zErO
±¹200
I ±50
+5º»
temperature
it'll
freeze
and
breaÆ
·
when reading 1.160 specific gravity.
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