PS Magazine - JUNE 1984
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 379
JUNE 1984
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"Lugging± the engiNe-operating iN a hIgh gear wIth low engIne speed.
This's hard on both the engIne and drIve traIn. DrIvers who have operated on²y
vehicles wIth automatIc transmissions may not understaNd ²uggINg³but ´hey
shOuµd notice the truck shuddering as the eNgIne strUggles agaInst the ²oad. ¶N·
til they get the fel oF It, they need traInIng IN gear¸¹or¸speed, as sPElled out
in theIr operator's TM or Instrument panel INstruction plate.
A StiTch in ±ime .
..
Allowing
a
driver
to
repeatedly
damage his trºck's clutch»or any other
part»needlessly chews up shop tIme
a¼d money. ½n a smal² ¾raction oF the
time required to replace a ¶¿jointÀ the
drIver's bad habit could have been
corrected.
SharpenIng up Á Âriver who aµready
knows the basics may not call Ãr a
heavy training programÄ SimpleÀ tem·
porary training devices
Å
may do the
jobÆusing paintÀ ribboNsÀ whatever.
Like a sign taped to the instrument
panel:
"Release parking brake beÃre mov·
ing out!±
sO ²aKE ³ HIN´ FRoM
µ¶·¸¹ Lº»¼l
KIDS.
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Ã×Ø dÙWÚÛÔÜÝ Þß
,àá
-â'
ãäå æçèP!
éêëìí îïðñòó YôU
õö÷øfBùúûü ý
LET
þÿĀ āĂă
pĄąĆćĈĉ
BRAkE(
The Most Important Link-You!
that connect the crossmemBer to the main Çame members. ½t goes on thru .
.±
the tow pintle and its mounting hardware;
tow bar and eveR one of its parts .±± and safeT chains, I required;
l²FiNg shackle brackets on the towed vehicle ³
. . .
to the Front bumper oF the towed vehicle .
.. and the hardware mountingÈ
the bumper to the Frame.
Got the message? Ée¹ore you hook up Ãr towing, inspect every "link± in
the setUp.
ÊInd anything wrong? Loose? Missing? Cracked or broken? Éadly woËÌ? Get
It Fixed beÍore You tow. Somebody's liÎÏincluding yours»may depend on itÐ
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