PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-598

PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly

ISSUE 598

SEPTEMBER 2002
PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-598 - Page 4 of 33
M
echanics, is your Amertek fire truck
having a problem with engine run-on? If
so, you can install a parts kit to stop it. Get
the kit from the manufacturer:
American Fire Equipment, Inc.
13720 Dabney Road
Woodbridge, VA 22191
Toll-free 888-233-3473
(703) 491-2990
(703) 491-1688 (Fax)
Ask for the Kit-American. It comes
with installation instructions and
costs about $350.
Before installing the kit, make sure
the truck’s neutral safety switch
works. If the truck starts up in any
gear other than NEUTRAL or PARK,
the neutral safety switch is shot.
Order a new switch with NSN 5930-
01-155-7359.
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SEP 02
5
FMTV…
The new
upper
shroud comes
with NSN 2930-01-434-5219 and
the new
lower
shroud comes
If the area is
angled
(about
45
°
), your truck has the new
shroud. Need a replacement
piece of the new shroud?
Order the upper or lower
sections as noted.
Here’s a
new kit that’ll
stop engine
run-on!
Well, maybe
not
you
, but
there’s a guy
who blah bla
blah blah
blah blah-
blah blah
Before you
tune out,
here’s a
tip on the
tune-up!
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2500L Fire Truck…
Identify which shroud your
truck has by looking at the
area where the pieces are
bolted together. If the area
is
parallel
to the ground
(straight), your truck has
the original shroud
The original two-piece fan
shroud used on FMTVs is no
longer available. When you
have to replace either the
upper or lower piece of the
original shroud, you must
order
both
pieces of the
new shroud.
If your engine’s
been experiencing
run-on over the
years, you really
haven’t been doing
a very good job
of performing
proper pm.
did you hear what I
said? here’s a new kit
that’ll stop engine
run-on! what’s ‘run-
on’, you say? funny
that you should ask
about that!
598. 04-05 (C)
7/29/02
6:46 PM
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