Navistar ProStar+ User Manual

InspectionGuide
SECTION3—INSPECTIONGUIDE
Introduction
GeneralInformation
WARNING
Topreventpropertydamage,personalinjury,and
/ordeath,whenservicingthevehicle,parkona
atlevelservice,settheparkingbrakes,turnthe
engineoff,andinstallwheelchocks.
WARNING
Topreventpropertydamage,personalinjury,and
/ordeath,exercisecarewhenworkingon
vehicleswithrunningenginesthatareequipped
withanautomaticfanclutch.Thefanengages
whenenginecoolantreachesapredetermined
temperatureortherefrigerantpressure(if
equippedwithairconditioning)reachesa
predeterminedsetting.Thefanwillstartwithno
advancewarning.
WARNING
Topreventpropertydamage,personalinjury,and
/ordeath,ifvehicleisequippedwithanautomatic
transmission,haveaqualiedtechnician
regularlycheckoperationoftransmissionneutral
startswitch.Ifunitstartsingear,thevehiclemay
inadvertentlymove.
Tobesureyourvehicleisreadytooperate,conductapre-trip
inspectionatthebeginningofeachworkperiod.Thissection
givestheoperatorsuggestedguidelinestobeusedinperforming
tractorandtrailerpre-tripinspections.Safetyisthemost
importantandobviousreasonfordoingapre-tripinspection.
Dependingontheoptionalfeaturesofthevehiclebeingused
andanypossibleaftermarketitemsinstalledonthevehicle,
theseguidelinesshouldbemodiedtoincludeothernecessary
inspectionpoints.Followthestepsinthissectionandcheck
themofftoensureapropervehicleinspectionprocedure.The
pagesinthissectionmaybereproducedlocallyandusedona
regularbasis.
Ifanycomponentorsystemdoesnotpassthisinspection,it
mustbecorrectedbeforeoperatingthevehicle.T akeyourtime
goingthroughthepre-tripinspection.Rememberthatacareful
pre-tripinspectionsavestimebyeliminatingunscheduledstops
tocorrectafaultyitem.
Illustrationsinthissectionidentifykeylocationsofinspection
items.Theillustrationshereinaretypicalandmaynotrepresent
allengineapplications.
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Brand	Navistar
Model	ProStar+
Category	Trucks
Language	English