PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-496
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 496
MARCH 1994
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rivers, early model M915-series trucks with the air shift transmission have a
bad habit. They leAk oil±
IF you see a puddle of oil undeR the engine, you can bet the starter gasket is leaking²
On theSe brutes³ oil settles in ´he µywheel bell housing. That's becauSe these
¶ucks have a "wet ·ywheel¸¹
The ºnput clutCh group, which connects the engine µywheel
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´he »ransmission
input shaFt¼ is oPrated and cooled by oil½ ¾ressure builds up and is released by
¿ÀrcºNg oil into the flywheel houSingÁ where it drains back into the input clutch
group. Âe gasketS that Seal ´he starter to the Bll housing keep that oil iN placeÃ
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you Åe a puddle of oil, reÆÇ it ÈÄÈ¾É Your mechanºc wiLL replace ´he
two sealsÉ Äeal¼ ÊÄÊ 5330ËÌËÍ43Î7737, goes on the inside³ then the spacer¼ then
seaL, ÊÄÊ 5330ËÌË252Î3Ï7м on ´he outsideà Torque staÑ´er bolts to Í30ÎÍ70 lbÎÒÃ
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