PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-525
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 525
AUGUST 1996
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Eyeball the fueL BeFore yOu add iT tO
±he Tank. Make sURe It's clean²
³F It´s dIµy, i±¶lL jUst cLOg up ·¸LteRs¹
WHen yOu pOuR FueL FºOm cans, make
suRe the gas Tank's scReen Is In place
and cLean. ³ts jOB is TO scReen OUt diºT
and g»nk that Foul ¼el½
Add FUel addItIve, NSN 6810-00¾
24¿À3Á45 tO sepaºate waTeà FÄOÅ fÆeL²
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Keep ÇUel cans È0 ÉÊet away FºOm
THe geneºatOR and aLways have a ·¸Re
extInguIsheº haËdyÌ
ÍHe ÎnaL wORd in fUeL saÏty is TO
neveR add FUel tO a hOT engIneÐ A FiRe
can shUT dOwn yOUº setÑand yOuÑÒº
gOOdÓ
Exercise
YOUR geneRaTOR needs TO Be exeRcised
ºegULaºLyÌ Íhat dOesn't mean jusT BeÔ
Éoºe eacH tºÕp tO the ɸeLdÖ eiTHeº×
ExeRcIse is besT wHen ItØs ºegULaº and
OftenÙLike eveÃy weekÚ YOUº geneRaÔ
tOº geTs sÛuggish when It dOesn¶T get
ReguÜaR wORkOuts½
Seals and fiLteºs dºy OuTÚ Gaskets
cRack¹ ÝaTTeºÕes get weak Oº dieÚ ÞeRe's
hOw TO exeºcise yOUº 4ß¿¾KW geneRaÔ
tOº: ÝeFORe exeºcIsIngÖ ºemOve The
geneºaTOR fºOÅ the vehIcLe lIke It says
in ÍM 9-¿àÈ0-¿Á1-10 Oº ÍM 9-¿àÈ0¾
277á10²
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Staºt the M577, then the geneºatOº½
SwitcH OâF the M577¹
Íuã On alä The lIghTs. Íhat gIves THe
geneºatOº a lOad and THe BºusHes in tHe
sTaRteR aºe exeºcIsed½
More To Do
Make suºe all haºdwaRe is tight BeÔ
åOºe Opeºating yOƺ geneºatOºæ When
tºaveLing cºOss-cOUntryÖ the geneºaTOR
vibRates sO mUch that the nuts and bOLts
shake lOOseÚ
COveR THings çke caBles and THe F»el
sedièenT BOwl BeÉoºe yOU spOt painTé
êine Up cOnnectIOns when yOu hOOk
up the NAÍë sLave cabLe tO These
geneRatORs¹ ³F the caBLe is at an angLeÖ
It cOuLd cause aÃcing and damage the
cOnnecTOº.
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