PS Magazine - APRIL 1982
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 353
APRIL 1982
you
replacement
wearstrips for the brUsh guard on your
M809-series 5±ton truck?
Forget about the wears trip in TM 9±
232²±260³20P, Fig 18±1, Item 23. It's
not stockeD.
If you need a wears trip ´or the older
brush guard, NSN 2510±00µ134³4639,
TM-2 l l/TM±260±Series .²³
try your can po¶· Otherwise, make it
from a piece of scrap heater hose aboUt
4 inches long. SLit the hose down one
side and put the hose over the brush
guard. ¸se the nut and bolt from the
oLd wearstrip to hold the new one in
place.
If you have the new bru¹h guard,
NSN 2540³00³764±7979, there's no
NSN assigned to its wears trip, P /N
º1665804. You can make one, tho,
from the sidewall of a» old tire. Cut a
1 V¼-in by 5±in piece ´rom the sideWaLl.
Fasten it in place with the riveter ´rom
your No. 1 Common Tool Set.
Poppet Valve Air Le±k
Got an aiR leak in your 5³ton tr½ck 2-65 thru 2³69 o´ TB 43±0001³39±1
that you can¾t track down? Could be
(Apr ¿0).
thereÀs a pair of seals installeD back±
´=;µ,
¶·_¸¹º»¼½¾¿À
ÁÂÃÄÅÆÇ
ward iÁ the tÂin poppet valve on your
transÃission.
This happened when some of the
valÄes, NSN 2530±0ų832±7013, were
mÆnufÆctured.
Your supÇort can ´ix your valve by
installinÈ new seals the right way.
They can check out the poppet valves
for Leaks using the procedure on Pages
6
ÉepLaci
n
air compressor o
your 2\±ton or 5±ton muLtifueLengine
trucK can be a bigger job than youÀve
had befÊre.
The inlet and discharge on the neÂ
compressor may be oÁ the wrong side.
This means you've got to rotate the
head assembly 180 degrees.
-'±
Instructions should be packed with the compressor. I´ theyËre not, you can get
the same dope in TB43Ì0001±39±4 Ían81),Para3³8.I´yoUdon'thavethatTB,
drop a line to PS and you'll get Îhe in´o.
Those insÏructions do not tell you where to hook up the compressor±toÐ
governor air liÑe. Your old compressor may have the line going to a topÒ
mounted unloader vaLve, but your new compressor may caLl for side mounting.
GoveRnoR
"
Line
.² ³´
;µ:5&'¶
For sideÓhookup, take out the pluÈ and Use thE Ôlbow ´rom the old comÕ
pressor. You may need a longer governor line. Öhis can be made Up ´rom ×J³in
OØ copper tubing.
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