PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-419
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 419
OCTOBER 1987
FIND OUT WH' IT
WON±T START BEFORE
'OU RUiN THE STARTER.
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fueL
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It's no-go when water feezes in your
vehicle FeL system. BoTH diesel and gas
neE additives to combat ice ±rMation
±²
\
³
´
µ
in FeL
t,
lines, pumps and ²LteRs³
-
Additives aRe covereD on p´ge Bµ1
±
¶· 9¸207 (J¹ 78)º
»ieseL gets a ¼¸pint dose o½ et¾yLene
gLycoL monome¿yL eÀherÁ NSN 6850¸
¶·
ÂÃĵ53Å2Á to 40 gaLLons oÆ FelÇ
\±' ²³´
µ
Us
Å piÈt oÆ tÉÊiC methËnoL NSN
¶
²
³
'
I
6810Ì͵275Î60Å0, to 40 gallons oÆ
gasoLine. Pour Àhe methËnol on top oÆ Àhe
Fel Ënd ÏheyÐLl mix ÑtÒer.
You jUÓt c´nÐt keÔp wateR out o½ Fel.
Õt comes Öom co×Dens´tionØ SoÙ draÚ
¸
²Lters d´iLy. I½ wateR buiLds upÁ you may
±
have to drain t¾e Fel
T
.
±
GoatsÁ GORs and Û·¸2ÜseRies 5¸
tonÈeRs haVe Fel
T
dRai×s tH´tÐLL Let
you dRaiÈ ´s much ´s you waÈt.
Ýxtra eÞRt shouLD Ñ ßken to wià
away snow oR ice áom Fel
T
²LLeR
oànângs, ãäeR cË×s ´nD hose noZzLes
å±Re reFeLing.
Õn coLd Weæ¿eRÁ you get Lots o½ sßtic
çLÉèciÀyéso MaKe
cr al
youê ëìeR
noZZLes ´Re gRou×DeD å±Re pumping
¹y íeä. A×d do youR bîst tï KeÔp FeL
± fL
to hoLD DoWn ¿e cï×denðation.
BuLK íeä co×ßñneRs shouäD Ñ stoReD
WiTh TheñR ïò×â×gs TigHTäy cäoseD aÈd
'
óRotîcteD. AnD keîó oà× c¹s u×DeR
coVeRØ A äñôäe
c
heõ gös ´ äï×g W´y.
'´
÷øping a batÒery at its
p
eùciency
and chaRge in zeRo wút¾eR is as eæsy as
getÒing a date wiTh a centeûoLD.
YouÐve got to watch iü sýiþc gÿ´vity
Like a hawkĀe´sy to do wi¿ t¾e optic´L
testeRÁ NSN ā30Ăă¸Å05ĄÅ418, in Àhe
No.
I
ąommon shop set.
Ýven at its Ñst a batÒery has onLy 40
àRcent o½ its cr¹kĆng abiLiÀy at 0° ¶
when FLLy chaRged. And at zero temàRć
atĈRe itÐLL feÔze aÈd bReËk when Reæding
ElectroLyte SpecifIc
¼. 1ĉ sàci²c gRavity.
Ċow to use t¾e tester is expLaineD in
Û· 9ċ6Å40¸2ă¸Å4 (Sep 81)Á Page 3¸2Č
ąompLete instructions ´re right on t¾e
testerº
TemPeR±u²e
sPeciFic G³vity
80°F
1.280 (FulL charge)
80°F
1±225 (Half charge)
80°F
1²³80 (Nearly discharged)
32°F
1´280 (Full charge)
32°F
1´225 (Halµ Charge)
32°F
1¶180 (Nearly discharged)
0·F
1¸280 (Full charge)
0·F
1¹225 (Half charge)
oO
F
³±³80 (Nearly discharged)
GRvi´ µeading
1º»¼0
1¶»½0
1¾»00
1¿1½0
1À100
CRNk¶Ng
AbiLi´
100%
4%
2½%
6%
32%
1Á%
Â%
21%
9%
·r¸ezing ¹oint
-90°F
ÃÄ»°F
-1Ä°F
+ ½°F
+19°F
I½ youR vehicLe is not pučing on enough mâLes to keÔp Àhe baTteRy ch´RgeD u Á
youÐLä haVe to KeÔp sWitching batÒeRñes ´nd geT Ðem chaêgeĎ by youR shop.
Be±Re addi×g w´teď to ´ bačeRy å suRe youÐRe going on a äong hauL To give
it a ch´×ce to Mâx wi¿ tHe eLectRoLyÒe .ĐÇ itÐLä ×eeĎ ´đut ¹ houRÐs ďuĒâng tiMeØ
NeVeR add wateR to ´ coLD b´čeRyē ADd iT onäy i½¿e bačeĔÐs ReæDy to
b
cH´Rged
oR when ¿e eLeĕtRoLyÒeÐs ´đuT +40°¶Ė ñ½ ¿e b´čeRy is to å Leė sĘDing.
I½ a bačeRy ęøzes, get it ñ×dĚRs a×D Let ñt ¿´W säoWäy. And ¹yěy who Th´ws
ouT a batTeĔ wiTh ´ toRch oR oàn ĜaMe is oĝ hñs RĞKeRéit
C
bLow LñKe ´ gďe×´DeØ
¶oR ¿e whoäe ďundown on b´čeRğ c´Re Re´D youR copy o½ Û· Ġġ6Å40ġ2ăġÅ4Ė
Ģai×ten´×ce ·¹u´L ģR ĤaD¸AciD StoR´ge ĥ´čeRñes.
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