PS Magazine - JUNE 1985
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 391
JUNE 1985
Whether you're hooking up brake aIr hoses or the IntervehIcular cable on
your 2-wheeL traIler, care's needed or you can get Into a heap of trouble.
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±f you cross aIr hoses, the traIler brakes wIll lock up, burn out and maKe a
mess of tIres.
Make sure your traIler's hooked up rIghT!
Remember, the SERV±CE aIr couplIng on your tow vehIc²e Is on the³leF sIde
of the ´ame and The EMERGENCY couplIng Is on the rIghtµ Match couplIngs
accordIng to The truck's ±D plates¶ Plates mIssIng? Get new ones:
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SERVICE
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2 1/2-ton truck
NSN 9905±00-740²9721
NsN 9905³00-774-4284
You can coLor·code TraIler aIr hoe connectors and the Tow vehIcLe's cou¸
pLIngs¹a dot of yeLlow paInT on the SºRV±CE connectors and red on the
E»ERGENCY paIr¼ Use dIrT To cover 'em when It's camou½age tIme¼
Care for a Cable
Be¾re you push the IntervehIcu²ar
cable co¿necTor InTo The trucÀ's recepÁ
tacle, LIne up The connecTor's keyway
wITh the recepTacLe's key or nub ±f the
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connecTor Àeyway Is Too snug, spread
IT by gentLy TwIstIÄg a screwdrÅver In the
sLoTÆ UsÅÄg Çrce
c
bend or break pÅ¿sÈ
Whenever the pIns do geT benT,
sTÉaIgHTen 'eÊ wITh nee9²enose plIers¼
±f any of The pIns have been pushed
down Into the pLug, use the pLIers to
genTly pËLL the pIns back ouT even wIth
The oThers¼
When The connecTor Is pËshed Into
the receptacLe, makÌ sure the recepÍ
tacLe cover tab ÎTs Îrm In the conÁ
necTor noTch.
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