TRUCK SERVICE MANUAL
Calibration Test Equipment
Cummins ST-848, ST-775, and ST-445 (with ST-773
conversion) fuel pump test stands have the following
features to provide accuracy:
1.
Large dial, laboratory accurate gauges.
However,
gauges are only accurate if properly maintained and
should, therefore, be checked at regular intervals.
2.
Accurate tachometers, either electric on ST-445, ST-
775 and ST-848 or hand tachometer ST-774 for use with
ST-445.
A digital tachometer is now In ST-848.
3.
A flow-meter, which permits the tester to adjust each
fuel pump for total flow and correlate it with pressure
calibration.
The "fuel manifold pressure" thus obtained
on the test stand will duplicate fuel manifold pressure on
the engine.
Test Stands
Cummins fuel pump test stands equipped with a flow-
meter are ST-848,ST-775 and ST-445 (with ST-773
conversion kit.) These test stands provide the most
accurate method of
calibrating the PT fuel pump, but due to some older
engines being built on special, "one time" orders cannot
be applied to all engines which have been built with PT
fuel pumps.
Test Oil
Cummins fuel pump test stands must be filled with clean
Cummins Test Oil No.
99011-68 or equivalent since all
calibration data has been established using this test oil.
Note:
Hydraulic oils are not suitable to use as test oils in
Cummins test stands.
Duplication of factory test methods and materials is the
key to correct calibration and insures uniform results
wherever the fuel pump is adjusted.
General Requirements
The material shall be a straight oil or a blend of oils
containing parafinic, aromatic
or naphenic compounds,
but not olefininc compounds, which show little or no
change in physical properties during storage or use.
The
use of various additives and/or inhibitors to stabilize the
oil is left