PS Magazine - MAY 1986
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 402
MAY 1986
MLRS .±±
Two
WRONGS
Don't Make a right!
It's mighty easy, mechs, to bump,
bend or otherwise screw up the shift
tower when pulling or installing the
pack. Seems theRe's never enough
Room, right?
But you must not Try to correct
damage donE To the sh±fTing toWer by
messing
With
THe
transmission
linkage²
³hat transmission is reaL sensitive
to controL inpu´² If you sTart adjust-
ing here and there so the shifter
works Right, yoU can realLy screw up
the works²
Some vehicles have pivot steereD
oR gone bacKward or forwaRd much
to the surpriseµ¶and withouT the
·eLp¸¸of their drivers ²²² alL becaUse
¹he linkage got messed up²
So,
if you wrack up
the
shift
tower, fix the shift tower² ºeave the
linkage on the transmission alone²
It's You± ²eck, ³u±key
Less the jury struts are in pLace² ³he
moduLe can come crashing down²
But it won't come down if tHe jury
'\
struts aRe in pLace²
So take no short cuts² »se both
struts every time you'Re going to
1
±-:²;³´·
work in the cage² ³he necK you save
Never stick your neck¸¼or any other
part of youR boDy¶½in the "cage¾ area
of the ºauncher ºoadeR ModuLe Un½
µ0
may be your own²
MAY86
You BRadLey and M º¿S dRÀvers need to heLp your engine warm up when
the temperature drops beLow
4¶° F.
Because of the speed of the radiatoR fanÁ the engine rarely reaches normal
operating temperatuRe foLLowing initial start½up and dURing idling²
³his means a Lot of unbuRned dieseL fueL goes thRoUgh the engine, clogging
it with black crud² ÂventuaÃlyÁ the engine wiLl have to be Replaced.
A neW fÄn control vaLve is being DeveLoped that'Ll slow down the fan
¸¶¹9¶
percent when the engine is at idle² Åntil it's availableÆ here's what to do:
After start¸UpÁ put a piece of cardboardÁ vehicle tarp or sHelter haLf oveR
the Radiator inLet griLL² Çeep a cLose eye on the tempeRatuRe gage² As it Rises
in¹o the green zoneÁ partiaLLy uncover tÈe grill untiL the gage settles haLfway
in the green²
Éefore moving oÊtË remove the coveR compLeteLy²
MAY 86
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