PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-575
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 575
OCTOBER 2000
perating in rough terrain causes wear
and tear on your DEUCE. But if you
make quick checks every day, you’ll
stay on the move.
Battery Clamp
Bouncing around in the rough stuff
loosens battery clamps. A loose con-
nection keeps your battery from re-
charging and your dozer from starting.
So play it safe. Before each day’s
operation, gently test the tightness of
the battery clamps. Using your thumb
and two fingers, try to move cable-to-
clamp connections.
Deployable Universal Combat Earthmover . . .
SEE . . .
3.
Use clean rag to wipe
any crud out of bowl
...then loosen wing nut
and push clip aside
Blade Switch Brush-Off
Bulldozing through heavy brush can
damage the blade down limit switch
that’s mounted below the cab door.
Limbs disconnect the switch or tear it
off the vehicle’s frame.
Without the switch, the DEUCE can’t
run in the EARTH-MOVING mode.
Then your construction operations
come to a halt.
So eyeball the switch to make sure
it’s in place and not damaged or dis-
connected. Call in your mechanic if
it’s damaged or dangling.
Then make sure the battery indicator
and ammeter gauge are in the
CHARGE range before you go.
make these
checks
every day
to
keep me
moving
!
why
no go?
i'm dying
'cause you
forgot
to
clean
my fuel
strainer!
4.
Wash the strainer in clean diesel
fuel.
5.
Screw the strainer and bowl back
into place.
6.
Push the clip back in place and
tighten the wing nut.
7.
Open the fuel shut-off cock.
1.
Close fuel
shut-off cock.
..
PS 575
22
OCT 00
perators, the strainer that fits into
the SEE’s fuel prefilter bowl helps fil-
ter out crud before it gets into the
vehicle’s fuel system.
Never,
ever
, run the vehicle without
that fuel prefilter strainer in place. If
you do, crud can get into the fuel sys-
tem, clog the engine’s fuel injectors
and make the engine run rough, or not
at all.
To keep things running smoothly,
clean the prefilter at least once a week.
Here’s how:
2.
Unscrew bowl, then strainer
Connections loose?
Heavy brush can damage
blade down limit switch
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