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General Information

DETROIT D±ESEL

GENERAL PROCEDURES

In n1a±±y t'ases, a Service ²fC³hni³ian is jusTiFed in

replacing par´s \ViLh ne\V nµaTerial raTher Than a´Ten1p´ing

repair. HO\¶·ever, ´here are ´i¸nes \Vhen a s¹igh´ a±nounT oº

rC\»orking

recondi´ioning

n1ay

save

³usTonµer

considerab¹e added expense¼ ½ranksha¾¿sÀ cy¹inder ¹iners

and oTher parTs are in ´his ³aTegoryÁ Âor examp¹e, iº a

Ãylinder ¹iner is on¹y sligh´¹y \»orn and \Vi´hin usab¹e li±niTs, a

honing opera´ion To re±no»e The glaze ±nay n1ake i´ sui´ab¹e

ºor reuseÄ ´hereby sa»ing The expense oº a ne\¶Å par´Æ Ex³hange

assen1blies su³h as inJe³´orsÀ ¾uel pun1ps, \VaLer pu±nps and

b¹o\\ÇÈÉÊ arC a¹so desirab¹e service i´en1s.

Ëarious ¾ac´ors such as ´he Type oº opera´ion o¾ The

engineÌ hours in service and nex´ overhau¹ period n1usT be

considered

\Vhen

deTeNnining

\VheTher

ne\V

parTs

are

ins´a¹led

used

par´s

arÍ

recondiTioned

´o

pro»ide

´rouble-ºree opera´ionÎ

Âor ³onvenien³e and ¹ogi³al order in disasse±nb¹y and

assemblyÄ The various subasse±11blies and oTher relaTed par´s

n1ounTed on ´he cylinder blo³k wil¹ be ´rea´ed as separaTe

i´e±ns in The various secTions oº ´he n1anua¹Ï

DISASSEMBLY

Beºore any nµaÐor disassenµb¹y, ´he engine n1usT be

drained o¾ ¹ubri³a´ing oilÄ ³oolan´Ä and ¾ue¹Î Ñn engines

coo¹ed by a heaÒ exchangerÀ ´he ¾resh \¶ÓaTer sys´e±n and ra\v

\VaLer sysTen1 n1us´ boTh be drainedÔ Õubri³a´ing oi¹ should

also be drained ºron1 any Trans±1Öission aT´ached To The engine×

CAUTION:

to avoid be±ng burned by

²he ho² l±qu±d, aLLow ²he engine ²o cooL

before draining ²he coolan².

Øo

per¾ornµ a ±11aÐor o»erhau¹ or o´her exTensive

repairsÙ The comple´e engine asse±nb¹y, a¾Ter removal ¾rom

´he engine base and drive mechanÚsm, shou¹d be supporTed

on a le»el sur¾a³e; ´hen The various subassemb¹ies should be

renµoved ºronµ ´he engineÛ

Par´s remo»ed ¾ron1 an individual engine shou¹d be

kep´ ´oge´her so ´hey \ViÜÜ be a»ai¹ab¹e ¾or inspe³´ion and

assen1b¹yÝ Øhose i´e±Þµs ha»ing nµachined ¾a³es, \vhich n1igh´

be easily daßnaged by s´ee¹ or concre´e, should be s´ored on

suiTab¹e wooden racks or b¹ocksÀ or a par´s do¹lyÔ

CLEANiNG

Be¾ore renµo»ing any oº ´he subasse±nb¹ies ºrom ´he

engine (bu´ aºàer ren1ova¹ o¾ ´he e¹ec´rica¹ equipmenT)á ´he

ex´erior o¾ The engine shou¹d be ´horough¹y ³¹eanedâ Øhenã

aº´er each subassen1b¹y is renµoved and disasse±nbled, The

indi»idual parTs should be c¹eanedä Øhorough ³¹eaning o¾

each

par´

abso¹u´ely

ne³essary

beºore

i´

can

sa´is¾a³Torily inspec´edå Ëarious iTenµs o¾ equipn1en´ needed

¾or genera¹ c¹eaning are lis´ed be¹o\væ

Øhe ³¹eaning pro³edure used ¾or al¹ ordinary cas´ iron

parTs is ou´lined under

Clean Cylinder Block

in çec´ion

1.1;

any specia¹ c¹eaning pro³edures \ViÜè be n1en´ioned in ´he Tex´

\vherever requiredÔ

Steam Cleaning

sTeanµ c¹eaner is a necessary i´ené in a ¹arge shop and

is ±nosT useºu¹ ºor remo»ing hea»y a³³uRnu¹a´ions o¾ grease

and dir´ ¾ron1 ´he exTerior o¾ ´he engine and iTs subasseßnb¹ies.

Solven² Tank Cleaning

Tank o¾ suºêëcienT siZe ´o acconìn1oda´e ´he ¹arges´

par´ ´ha´ \ViÜÜ require ³leaning (usually ´he ³ylinder b¹ock)

should be pro»ided and provision ±±1ade ºor heaTing

c¹eaning so¹u´ion To

80í2î°Â (8ïð90ñ½òó

ôi¹¹ ´he ´ank wiTh a commer³ia¹ heavyðduTy sol»enT

\»hich is hea´ed To ´he above ´e±npera´ureõ Õo\¶öer large parTs

direc´¹y in´o The ´ank \viTh a hois´÷ P¹ace sn1a¹¹ par´s in a wire

n1esh baske´ and ¹o\»er The±n in´o The Tank. Imn1ersø The par´s

¹ong enough ´o ¹oosen al¹ oº ´he grease and dir´Î

R³ns³ng Ba²h

Provide anoTher ´ank o¾ sin1ilar size con´aining hoT

\Va¿er ºor rinsing ´he par´sù

Drying

Par´s n1ay be dried \Vi´h ³onµpressed airõ Øhe hea´ ºron1

The ho´ ´anks wil¹ qui´e ºúequen´¹y ³omp¹e´e drying o¾ ´he

par´s \ûiThou´ ´he use oº co±npressed airù

CAU³´ONµTo preven² possibLe personal

injury, wear adequa²e eye Pro²ec²ion

and do no² exceed

ps± (276 k¶a) air

pressurE.

Rus² P´even²ive

Iº par´s are no´ To be used i±nmedia´ely aºàer c¹eaningÄ

dip ´he±Þ1 in a suiTab¹e rusT prevenTive co±npoundü Øhe rus´

preven´ive ³o±npound should ýe renµoved beºore insTa¹ling

The par´s in an engineþ

¶aGe

1·

MAY, 199±

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DETROIT DIESEL 63 SERIES DIESEL ENGINES

DETROIT DIESEL 63 SERIES DIESEL ENGINES