PS Magazine - DECEMBER 1984
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 385
DECEMBER 1984
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This is where alcohol comes in. It
prevents the wateR fRom freezing-it's
an antifReeze. Some peopLe think that
alcohol dRies the air± Not so. It simply
mixes with the wateR and Keeps the
wateR fRom freezing.
So you neveR keep alcoHol in youR tRucK²s aLcOHoL evaporator During warM
weather³ You just waste aLcohoL.
But be migHty sure you Keep alcohol in the evaporator wheneveR fReezing
ALCOHOl EVAPORATORS
Vehicle
IHC F-5070
20±ton dump trUck
Goer
²nstrUctions
TM 5³3805´254-14&P-2
Pages µ69´µ73
TM 9³2320-233¶µ0,
Page 3-µ9, PMCS;
also Page 3-36
M7 46 tractor trUck
TM 9³2320·258-µ0
M876 telephone
ma¸n¹enance trUck
M9µµ tractor trUcK
M939ºser»e¼ ½´¾on
trUck¿
M9µ5-ser¸es trUcks
Page 3´8, PMCS
TM 9¶2320-269-µ0,
Page 4-5, PMCS
TM 9-2320À270-µ0,
Page 2-35, PMCSÁ
±o
9-2320³270-µ2,
Card 4
TM 9-2320-272-µ0,
Page 2-50, PMCS
TM 9Â2320-273³µ0
Page 2-42ÃPMCS
M.AÄNÅ µ0Æton trUcks TM 9º232Ç-282³20,
PagE 2-8, Èara 2¶3c(2)É
Page 2-µÊ and 2-µ8,
PMCSÁ
±o
9Ë2320-282´µ2,
Cards 5, 9, µ2, & 2Ì
Some other vehicles are E4uipped with
alcohol evaporators only as part of winter-
ization kits.
weather is expected.
And maKe sure you use only MethyL
aLcohoL (MethanoL)´no Matter what
your Tµ or anythi¶g eLse says:
NSN
6810-00²597³3608,
1
gaLLon
NSN
6810´00²275³6010, 5
gaL·ons
CON±TRU²TION ³qUIPM´NT µ¶·
Head Off Control CabLe FReezE-Up
_±²
Water inside tHrottLe, engine stop oR
other controL cab·es Freezes i¸ the cabLe
when the teMperatUre drops to
32
°¹ oR
beLow.
Water gets past tHe seaL over the outer
sheathº Even good seaLs won²t keep out
aLL tHe water.
You can keep cabLes from »reezing
witH antiFreeze, NSN
6850³00³µ81³
7929.
Besides ¼topping Freeze½up, tHe
anti¾reeze makes tHe cable s·ide easier.
You can use an oLd hyDrau·ic FiL·er
and bLeeDer, NSN
49µ0³00³273²3658,
to pump antiFReeze thru the cab·e.
DEC 84
It²s authorizeD by AppenDix
A oF C¿A
50³970¶
ÀÁN²¿
use your bRaKe FLuiD FiL·er
anD bÂeeDer FÃr this!
•
ÄnHooK one end
oF tHe cabLe anD
take oÅ any
Fittings.
21
•
TaKe o»f the seaL. Án the otheR enD,
sLip the seaL oÆ the sheath and down the
cable a bit.
•
SLide the Fi·Ler hose over tÇe sHeath.
CLamp it tHere with a Hose cLaMp.
¸L¹Dº H»¼º »Vº½
¼HºA¾H A¿D ÀÁAÂÃ ¹¾
È
¹i·· tHe Fi··eR anD b·eeDer witH antiÉ
Êeeze anD puMp up the pressure. Ápen
tHe vaLve unti· you get cLean antiFËeeze
out tHe otHer end oF thÌ cabLe, then cLose
tHe vaLve.
Put the sea·s back on botH ends of tHe
cabLe. Put baÍK any Fittings and reconÎ
nect tHe cabLe.
THe treatMent lasts about a year.
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