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Maintenance-Standard Cleaner. Under ordinary conditions
where the tru ck is driven on hard s urface roads, the air cleaner
should be serviced every 2,000 miles.
Under extremely dusty conditions,
often encountered on gravel
or dirt
roads, the air cleaner should be serv -
iced at more f requent intervals.
Servicing
is accomplished by re-
moving the cover wing nut, the cover
and the filter element (fig. 29). Sl ush
the filter element in cleaning sol vent
until all foreign matter is removed,
fig . 29_Se,wld"g Sto"dcm ' let it drain thoroughly and th en dip
AI, CI.o"., it in clean engine oil. Let all surplus
oil drain from element, wipe all dirt from cleaner body and '
cove
r, and reassemble cleaner.
Maintenance-Heavy Duty Cleaner, The oil level in the air
cleaner reservoir should be checked at regular intervals and
sufficient S.A.E. 50 oil added in summer and lighter oil added
in winter. Adding oil and servicing the cleaner will vary greatly,
depending
upon operating conditions. Experience will tell when
these services should be performed. Servicing of this cleaner,
an important operation, must be performed as follows:
Loosen clamp screw
and
remove air cleaner assem-
bly. Remove wing nut which
retains the cover and remove
cover and filter element as-
sem bly (fig. 30).
Empty the oil" out of the
cleaner reservoir and clean
out all accumulated dirt.
Wash filter el
ement by slush-
ing . it in cleaning solvent un-
til all foreign matter is re-
moved and dry thoroughly. '-------= ==---J
. W ash cleaner body in clean- ~ 15I. 30-$e,wld"s Hecr wr O lltr Air CI.o". ,
.' lng solvent and wipe dry. Fill the oil reservoir with one pint of
S.A.E. 50 oil in sununer and a lighter grade in winter.
Reassemble
the filter element to the cleaner, being sure
that the flange seats properly against the cleaner body. Install
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