PS Magazine - AUGUST 1986
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 405
AUGUST 1986
Su
Ii
air Compressor .±²
Stop the Drain Pain,
_
±± ²
·
±
.
750
CFM
Jr' .Cl ± cNR²³´
Changmg
oil
m
your
.
µ,¶ knOW·AG 74T
SuLLaIr aIr co±pressor can be a no-wm
t£ a¸¹ oF º»¼½¾¿À
sItuatIon.
ÁLÂE 15 gÃe/
You draIn the dIrty oIl, bUt you TwIst
the o²L draIn tube aNd crack the oIl pan
by us²ng just one wrench to take out or
put In the draIn plug.
Play It saf. ³se two wrenches´an
8µIn pIpe wrench to hold the tube and
a 10-In adjustabLe wreNch to tu¶ the
draIn pLug.
Or, to reLIeve the dra²n paIn, change
the dra· setup next t²±e you change oIL.
Just repLace the plug wIth a ¸/4-²n
brass draIn cock, ¹S¹ 4820º»º287-
4268, ¼o± the ¹o. ¸ Co±±on shop set.
250-CFM Compressor ³´µ
±MCS CorrectIon
REPlAcE PlUg wIth
b¶·· d¶In cOck,
N¸N 4¹º»ºº¼½87»¾¹68
SuppLe±entaL O½Ra¾ng, Ma·tenance and ¿epaIr Parts ÀnstrÁctIons (SOMA¿PÀ)
5-43¸0º452 Âr the ÀngersoLl-¿and 250ÃCFM co±pressor lIsts the wrong Ägures
Âr ÅeL gage pressure ²n the PMCS sectIon on Page D-4. As long as the ÅeL
gage reads betweeN 4 and 6 PSÀÆnot the ¸2º¸8 PSÀ lIstedÆyour co±pressor's
good to go.
I
¿ump ¿M .
.²
Cover ²s the Key
FaIlure oÇ your 350 GPM centrIÅgal
ÈÉÊËÌÍÎÏ
pu±pÐGor±anÑ¿upp
Model
84C15-
4A084 or BaÒes MoÓeL ³S36ACGÔ
caN co±e ¼o± a sI±pLe gooÇ ÕIke swapÖ
pIng
engINe
hoods
between
the
two
±odels or between pu±ps oÇ the sa±e
±odeÕ.
×he eNgIne cover carrIes your pu±p's
IdeNØca¾oN pLate. ×hat's how the pu±p
Is IdentIÄed Ùr schEuLeÓ ±aIntenance.
WIth
a
wrong
cover,
a
pu±p's ±aIntenance schEule
Is throwN oÚ. Àt'll eIther get
±aInteNance It
doesn't
yet
neeÓ, or, worse, It woN't get
±aInteNance It does Need.
¹o sweat to soLve the proÛ
bÕe±, though. Just "¾eÜ your
pu±p and engIne cover toÛ
gether wIth a dab oÇ paÝnt.
Mark 'e± both wIth theIr
owN s½cIal color, nu±Þr or
ßy±bolÐany syste± that wIll
keep the pu±p aNd Its cover
together.
À21 B SÁraper .
.²
Keep ³t Capped
×he radIator cap on the 621à scraper, ¹S¹ 2930-01º127á25â5, has a nasty
habIt oÇ loosen²ng when the locKng tabs break.
A loose cap can quIckLy send you and your scraper to the boIãIng poInä.
So do a hands-on check oÇ tHe cap durINg your beÂre operatIons PMåS.
Make sure the cap Äts sNug. ÀÇ It tuÒs wIthout a Äght, get It repLacædç
¹S¹ 2930-0¸è059-0826 gets you a Lock²Ng cap. ×he ¹S¹'s Not yeä oN the
AMDF, so order It on a DD For± ¸348ºé usINg ¿êC S9Cë
Ä
a pInch, you can use cap, ¹S¹ 2930-00-852-1¸74ì Àt's the cap Âr the D7F
tractor, but It Äts the scraper, too. ×hIs cap doesN't Lock wIth a padLock, tho.
Å9
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