PS Magazine - NOVEMBER 1978
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 312
NOVEMBER 1978
TM-209-Series 2-1±2-Ton Truck
...
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oear H
al
f-
M
ast
,
k the
bRake Flu
id
When
we
c±ec
tRu
ck
mAste²
/eve/ in
Ou
R
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µ
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eti mes F; n d
c
y
lindeRs
,
w
e
asket's s³Ot.
that the F
i
L
l
E
R ca
p
¶
²
¸ (AP' 65
),
T
M
9-2
320
-20
install a new
p
a²a 179
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(
3
},
sa
y
s t
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essaR
Y
"
µ
bu
t
gasket
¶
when
7±²
t±e F
il
L
e²
caP
w±e²e
dO
we
gasket?
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.
p
;
Dear MR
º»
P,
)_
-
Wear a straitjacket. Or stick your elb±ws in
your ears² Or keep your hands in your pockets.
But keep your hands of that master cylinder
boot when you're checking the 21³-ton TRuck´s
1
brake system Fr leaks!
²
µo many master cylinders are being replaced
Just because o¶ a littLe ·uid In the boot. Don´t
sweat it ¸ that seepage is normal. ¹¶ the cylinº
der´s reaLLy
.
leaking, yoUr owN eyes will tel» you.
¼he boot w½lL be swelled up and dripping brake
¾uid.
NSn
¼3½¼¾¿¿¾7ÀÁ¾ÀÂü4
will get
you that gaskeT.
³
´
·
¿en the boot Looks good Àom
the outside, lEave it alone. You
won´t prove anything by pulLing
the boot of. Messing around with
the boot only Lets dirt get in. Áhis
dirt wilL ride into the cyLinder on
the
sha¶t
¸
aÂd
work
like
sandpaper² ¼hen you´lL have a LeaK
where there was none beFre.
MAKe sU±e, too² ³Hat tHe maste´
cy'
got a
Cbl
ba
-type
f
Leµ cAP¶like pa±a
ÄÅÆÇ IN
t
h
µ
ÈÉ
TM
sAYs.
tHÊ
c
ap
coms unr
±S²
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Ths
e
,p±Rs
I·ll be
sHi²
g
up
ÒN
ÓÔ ¾ÈÕÖ ×
.·
la
-
?
1·
,
³5
¹nspect the brake system the
right Ãay Ä every
´000
miles.
I
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