PS Magazine - AUGUST 1983
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 369
AUGUST 1983
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It's too bad batteries are so quiet.
They Don't purR when everything's
OK. ±hey don't squeak or rattle
when something's wrong. ±hey
work-and die²in siLence.
!³batte´ies could sound off, some
of µeM w¶uLd be screaming, "Hey·
we're discharged¸ You sucked the
juice out of us starting your engine¹
and you didnºt put the juice Back in.
We won»t be aBle to start your engine
next time¸¼
However, ½our Batteries and your
Batter½ charging system caN "talk¼ to
you¾through that Battery/gen¿
erator indicator on your instruMent
PanelÀ
üýý þýýÿ, üýý ĀāĂĂăĄ
Even easÁ engiNe starting sucks a
Lot of power out of your Batteries.
\,
b³T´GEN µnDµC¶·oR
·¸¹¹S wh¶·'S goµng on
And hard starting may leave Âem
right on the edge of being poopeD¸
If you shut off youà engine too
soonÄlike at the
end of a short
runÄBattery power has not yet built
Back up. Your batteries are weak¸
Even worse, leaVing batteries in a
discharged condition ca uses damage
insideÄdamage that can't Be fixed.
·
±Åe batteries can't Be Brought back
up
to
full
charge¸
±his's
what
happens when you shut down after a
short runÄand then you don't run
your engine again for several Days or
weeks.
14
Stop
ą
BatTery RiP-Of!
A
Lot
of
commercialÆdesign
batteries
are
Being
stoLenÇ
especiaLLy
the
maintenance
free
battery used in È880Æseries 1 É/ 4Æ
ton trucks.
Your command can headÆoff this
bummer By requiring that batteriÊs
be marked as property of the US
Government.
Ëount the battery and pLace the
markingÄUS GO̱²on the best
avaiLabLe arÍa. ±hÎ size of the Letters
wiLL depend on how well the marking
can be seen after the battery has been
instaLled.
If you can't find a good marking
place· mÏrk the batteryÄbefore it's
mountedÄon the most noticeabLe
Ðrea. Ñrocedures for Òarking are in
±È
9Ó6Ô40Õ200ÓÔ4·
Ñara
4Æ9a(7).
±he marking may be handÖpainteD
or
stenciled·
using
lacquer·
×S×
80 É ØÆ00Æ166Æ1667.
Goat s±ud BE±te²
You don't have to suffer with stripped wheeLÆmounting studs or Loose Lug
nuts on your Gama Goat. Ùhen you've got a bad stud· repLace it with stud·
×S× 53Ú6Æ01Æ075Æ787Û. ±his is better than the stud Listed for Item Ô3· Fig
103· ±È 9Æ2320Æ242Æ20Ü. Use a new nut Ä
the same one Listed for ÝtÞß
4Ć
Fig 102· in your Æ20Ñ. ±orque the nut to 70 Lbàft. Èake a note of the
improved sáâd ×S× for your ã20Ñ.
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gAm³ g´Aµ S¶Aµ ·DjU¸µ¹º
Get the baLL on your Gama Goat driVer's seat adJuster with ×S× 5355Ó0ÔÆ
031à9492. ±he SÈä code is changingåfrom XæOZZ to ÑAOZZ .ç èake
note of this in Fig 140· Item 19· of ±È 9Æ2320Æ242Ó20Ñ.
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