PS Magazine - AUGUST 1979
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 321
AUGUST 1979
You've heard the old tune-up tale:
The spark Plugs won't spark, the
distributOr won't distribute, the car±
buretor won't cArb, and the pistons
etc., etc²
³nd
it's
for
sure
your
M880's
carburetor won't carb if you take off
the fuel inlet Valve seat and Jose the
inlet needle valve.
Fuel
inLet
L
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_
:l-±.²=
'³fLr
r.:±²
n
I
THis valve butts up to a lip on the
float. When the bowl is fUll, the lip
Pushes on the Valve to shut off the fuel
flow. If you lose that tiny valve, the
Float won't shut off the fuel´ The bowl
will run µVeR. You need to fix it but you
can't get another needle Valve. So yo¶
2
just be mighty carefu· when you
loosen ¸he fuel line. ¹old the inlet
The answer isº of course. »f t¼erE's a
lube fitting, it's suPPoseD to be used½
for lubinG.
S¾me 4 x 4 M88¿Àseries 1ÁÂÃton
L
.±
±²
_
:!²³´µ
=
¶
trucKs have 3 lube fittings on tHe front
ProP shaftÄ Some haVe only 2. But all 3
were left out of
lO
9-2320À266 12
You'll need a special needle Nose
adaPter ÅSÅ
49Æ0À¿0À435À7588. It
(³pr 77).
±²³´,µ¶·¸
¹
You haVe to hit these lube points
I
with the same lube and at the same
time as fÇr the rear Prop shaft´
The 2 lube Èittings near the front
differential are on all 4 x 4 trucks. The
r-
±²
³
.´µ¶
'"
,
TRt·
iI
¸
¹
º
1 in the centering ball is on someÉnot
all. Êyeball the centering ball carefully.
3
comes with the traileË mounteÌ lube
and serVice unit, ÅSÅ 4930Í00Ã935-
4451Î If your unit doesn't have the lube
and serVice unit, Ï use ³ppendix ³,
CT³ 50Í970 Ðul 74) for your authoriÑ
ty. The adaPter costs about 10 bucKs
but that
Ò
Óay be cheap. If the cenÔering
ball goes out, you lose your trucKÕ ÖS
has to repair it.
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