PS Magazine - JANUARY 1981
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 338
JANUARY 1981
AlcohoL Evaporator
Add alcohol thru the filL hole .
.. just
like it says on page
2-42,
item
40,
iN
your -±OTM. There's ²o good ReasoN
to remove the coNtaiNer to RefiLl it.
You could lose the gasket³it drops
out of the body. Fill the coNtaiNer 2;
full with methyl aLcohol wheN th
tempeRatu´e is freeziNg aNd beLow.
µSµ
6810±00²597±3608
get¶
1
galLoN
aNd ·S·
6810-00³2´5-6010
gets
5
galloNs. There's No Need to use alcohol
in wa´m weatHeR.
LO
IntervaLs
The draft copy of ¸¹
9±2320±2´3-12
is goofed up oN iNteRvals lubes aºd
-
'
±
-
±1²
Notes. The TaNk»Automotive head¼
µ
shed seNt out
2
woRLdwide Letters to
²= ³
major commaNds with correctioNs. If
=
½ou
didN't
get
a
cop½,
write
to
¥±
CommaNder, USATAC¹M, ATTµ:
´
D¾CPM¿ÀT, WaRReN, MI
48090.
:
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TR±NsmissiO² ³i´
Áo Ão²Ät ÅÆEÅK tÆe tÇaȶÉʶ¶Ê˲
oÊÌ ÌeVeL exaÅtÌÍ LÊKE Êt ¶aÍs ʲ
TM
¶·
³´µ¶
23·0¸273¸¹0
˲ ÎagE
2¸32.
•
•
Check tHe oil cold
b f
t
.
º
•
E ore
opEra Ion w±th thE engine oFF TH
truck
²
should be on level gro
³
und
E
The o±l sHould be betweEn thE
ADd
and
FULL
marks on the diPstick
´
µF yoU cHEc
_
K thE oil hot, sHut
dwn the eng±nE
¶
Wait at least
¸
m±nutes for thE oil to run bAck
down out of all thE cavitiEs TH
check it·
·
en
Power SteeriNg FLuid
Despite what the ¸¹ sa½s, yoÏ caN
use ¹Ð/ÀD¹
10
oiL for power
steeriNg fluid afteR youR truck's
warraNty
Ñ
has exÒiRed. Your truck
came with DÐX¾¹µ, but ½ou doN't
Need to use it. If the fluid's low, just
add ¹Ð/ÓD¹
10
(¹ÐA fËR arctic).
µtHer Quick-StaRt
Use it wheN the tempeRatue is
32°f
aNÃ beLow.
There's
No
¶uRe-fiRe way to teLl
wheN the cartriÃge is empty. So, if you
get a hard starterÔLike thE eNgiÈe
woN't fire aNd RuN aÕter
4
trÊesÖgEt a
New
cartri×ge,
µSµ
2910-01-0´2±
1´83.
WiNdsh¶eLd Washer
ChØck the windshield washer coNÙ
taiNer fluid. If it's low, get CLeaNiNg
Compound µSµ
68¹0-00-926-22´5.
f
rom
40Of to-l±OF, use
º
paRt
c
²
omPound
to
»
parTS wateR.
³
´rom µO¶ to -40O·¸ uSe
¼
pa
om pound and
½_
pai WateR¹
º »¼rom-30OF
to -65O½' uSe
¾
paRtS
¾
Com¿ound to
¿
Àart wateRÁ
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