PS Magazine - DECEMBER 1982
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 361
DECEMBER 1982
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Tires in the Desert
WELl
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MAYBe IT'±²
5NOw1( R³m´µb¶r
GALLaNT
·a6¸¹ 8.
Desert heat, cacti and Rocks aRe
muRder on tiRes.
Big cacti aRe easy to dodge, bUt the
low-growing kind iS hard to see± ²ome
of 'em have spines 2 inches long± Get a
few of Those in a tiRe and you³Re in
tRoubLe!
Check youR tires FoR cUts oR daMage
eveRy
chance
you
get±
High
tempeRatuRes weaken t´e RubbeR and
that means Rocks can cUt youR tiRes Real
easy±
Check aiR pREssuRe w´en t´e tiRes
coolµeaRly
moRning
oR
late
±t F²,
iº»¼n½
evening± Never c´eck ¶em Rig´t aFteR
opeRation· ¸hey¶ll be hot and s´ow a
high pRessUre Reading±
¹se the tiRe pRessURe youR ¸º says±
You can let some aiR out iF yOU get
bogged down in sand, but bRing them
back to specs the FiRst c´ance yoU get±
If pRessURe is low, youR tiRes RUn ´ot
and will fail sooneR!
¾
Rock stuck between the tiRes can cut
the sidewalls±
Drain Fuel FIters DaIy
»eseRts aRe ´ot and ¼Ry½ Rig´t? ²o½
you don¾t ´ave to woRRy aboUt con¼en¿
sation in yoUR fuel tanks, Rig´t?
2¿
ÀoU get Áondensation even in t´e
"dry deseRt± ¸´at¾s beÁause oF t´e
Range of tempeRatURes± Ãt May be ´ot
dÄRing t´e day, bUt t´e teÅP dRops ofF
fast w´en t´e sUÆ goes down± ¸´at¶s
when yoU get wateR in yoUR Fuel tanks±
Çe sURe Èo dRain yoUR FUel FilteRs liKeÉ
it says in yoUR ¸º¾s± W´ile yoU¾Re at it½
dRain yÊUR aiR tanks½Ë tooÌ
M887 Safe±y
CHain ²ookUp
MBBO Tow
²ook F³x
¸ow hook faiLuRe on youR Í880-
series 1 V-ton tRuck can be headed off
by instaLling reinfoRcement plates, ÎN
2977994,
ϲCР86403.
¸´e plate
(spaceR) is Ãtem 18, Ïig 68, in ¸Ð 9-
2320-266-20α
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Ày ÁÂVÃS ÄÅÆ
TOWING
ÇXPÈÉts,
Bon±IE/
ÊËÌÍ ÎÏCKÐG ÑÒ ÓÔ
I
ÕUDoLpH uÖ F×Ø
hÙÚdÛÜÝÞ ßf
YeARS!
¸Raileqlling wÑth yoUr Ð887 1ÒÓ-
ton contact maÔÕtenance tRuck ReÖ
QUiRes that you use the tRaileR saFety
chains± ²o you need a saFety chain
plate,
N²N
4940-01-1×2-1482,
beÖ
Tween the tow pintle and ReaR bumpeR±
¸o install t´e plate, Use t´is haRdwaRe
(4 of each): ²cRew, N²N 5305-00-071-
1769 oR N²N 53×5Ø00-964Ù0589; flat
washeR½ N²N 53Ú0-00Ù809-5998; lock
washeR, N²N 5310-00-582-5965; nut
N²N 5310Û00-225-6993Ü
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