PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-426
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 426
MAY 1988
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2 1/2-T on Trucks .
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Switch Switch's Location
Installing the 2 1/2-ton truck's stoplight pressURe switch in the Wrong place leads
to three big headaches±each WoRse than the last.
W±th one push oN the brake pedal .
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New Sw²tCh
It shoUld shoW the ²eW pressUre sWitch, NSN 5930-00-789-6192, moUnted on
the side of the cylinder in the aiR line. The neW sWitch shoWs ³p as Item 48 in Fig
122 of the -20P.
Yo³ can't install ´e neW sWitch tho, ³nless yo³ have stoplight paRts kit, NSN
2530-01-105-5025. It's not listed iµ ¶he pa·s manUal.
¸atch it! ¹e kit inclUdes a 1/2ºin elboW that doesn't
f
all trUcks. Some deUce»
and-a-halfs take a 3/8-in connectoR.
Find oUt Which co¼nEctor yo³ need by measURing the tUbe shoWn as Item 12, Fig
122 of the -20P.
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yoU need a 3/8-in elboW, oRder NSN 4730º00-228º3302.
MoUnting inst½¾ctions come With the kit.
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MAY 88
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2 1/2-, 5³Ton ´ruck BRakEs µ.
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Clevis Pin Subs Can Sink You
Ta¶lga·E .
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NO SUbSt²tUteS
ACCep¸ed¹USe
CLev²S p²º
Hand±e End Ring NSN
Mechs, noW there's no
need to spend $10 to Replace
the tailgate handle assembly on
´e 2 ¿/2ºton tRUck When alL yo³
need is ¶he end Ring. Split con»
nectinG Ring, ÀSN 5365-00-
159º3981, Works and costs
only
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1Â cents.
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