PS Magazine - DECEMBER 1982
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 361
DECEMBER 1982
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Starters on vehicles
series diesel engines can freeze during
cold weather if they're missing a
gasket.
Water gets inside the starter anD
freeZes when the temperature drops.
Your vehicle's Fuel
control gets a lot of use-and abuse.
Take what happens to the control
CabLe when you pull the engine, for
example. It's sorta left dangling.
Un±ess you're carEful, the cable can ge²
bent, twisted, kinked or otherwise
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Mangled.
Then yOu jerk, kick, pound and
man³handle the ContRol when it won't
connection Comes apart.
All that is unnecessary.
Pay attention to T´
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anD
You carrier mechs may be causing
yourse±f a heap o' dirty fuel problems
anµ not even know it¶
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¼ ½hat's right¾if you're not replac¿
ing thÀ fuel ÁÂnk cover gasket every
time you remove the covers.
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Those cork gaskets take a Ãet real
easy, so they're maDe to be replaceDÄ Åf
you DoN't replÆce 'em, DÇrt anD ÈÉater
can get into the Êuel tank.
Ëake sure you don't twist, bend
or kink the cab±e during eÌgine
removal/ instal±ation.
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If the control won't operate
smoothly, find out why before you tear
up somethiÌg. A kink or beÌd may be
the Íroblem. Îr, you may just need a
Ïittle oil at the enDs of the Control to
ThaÐ'l±
clog the Fuel filters and could
foul up the engine.
Pay attention to your vehiclÑ's
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ReplacE thE gaskET EvEry·
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timE you r³movE tHE covEr
diesel
starter.
ËaKing surÒ the gasket is in place
now can save pulling the pack later
when the starter fai±s because it's
TË.
Óheck thÔ cover for niCks, cracks oÕ
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warpÖ×gØ Ùeplace the coveÚ if needed.
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ÓheCk the screws and washers and
replace them if they're damaged or
worn.
Üina±ly, make sure you don't overÝ
tighten the screws. The torque you use
is
45-50
±bÞin anD no more. You cßuld
cause more ±eaks if you overtighten
the scrws.
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