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trum

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nt

is

parti

c

ularl

y u e

fnl

on

lon

g

trip

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ju

st a g

lan

ce

sh

ows

whether

yo

ur

e

ngin

e is

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ing

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ithin

prop

er te

mp

e

ratur

e

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e.

I'

ltd

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g

('

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th

e

fuel

level

in

th

e

tank.

so

that

YO

ll

IIla y

know

when

to fill lip.

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s:sure

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ge

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ll

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in

s

tantl

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th

er

or

not

lhe oi l in yonI' engine i c

irclliatin

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prop

erl

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is a good

hahit

to

g

lan

ee

at

th

e gauge occas

ionall

y

wh

il

e

th

e engine is

in

operation

.

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tIl

e g

au

ge is

not

regi.

tering

. l

op

imm

ed

iat

ely

and

check to

see

if

there is

I1ffi

cie

nt

oil

in

th

e

(Tank-

ca. e.

if

thi

s is

not

the tl'ouhle call

an

aut

ho

riz

ed dealer.

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ll

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at

e disc

har

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tion

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dri

ving

~

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th

en yo

ur

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tor

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uld

be

in

s

pected.

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good

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s

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th

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right

hand

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of

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road

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rmittin

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affording

no

in

co

ll

veni-

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it

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be

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running

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s

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all

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th

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warm

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s

ur

e

propcr

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culation

of

oil

to

all

part

s,

and

that

c

an

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(lone

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for

e

yo

nI'

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it

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Proper

Way

To

Shift

Gears

In

thi

s

tru

ck, ge

ar

s

hiftin

g is

always smoo

th

, sile

nt

, e

ff

ort-

less. Yo

ur

tru

ck has

an

im-

pr

ove

d

tr

an s

mi

ss

io n a

nd

"'

Lig

ht-Pr

ess

ur

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clut

c

h.

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uld

lik

e to o

Jf

er a few ugge tions

ab

o

ut

gear

hift-

in

g-

ele

me

nt

ary though

th

ey

may

see

m.

U

nd

er n

ea

rl

y all co

nd

iti

on

s, yo

ur

tru

ck ho

uld

be s

tart

ed

in

lo

w

ge

ar

-

unl

e , of eO

llr

e,

yo

ur

fir t move

mu

st be

ba

ckwa

rd.

llut

very sho

nl

y you c

an

hift

int

o eco

nd

-

unl

e s

YO

ll

are s

tartin

g

0

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a

hill

or

ha

ve an

unu

sually he

avy

load. \V

ith

tIle

tru

ck

in

seco

nd

and

still pic

kin

g up peed,

it

i us

uall

y best to s

hift

int

o

high

at

ah

o

ut

20

to

25

mil

es per ho

ur.

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thi

s pro-

ce

uur

e of gear s

hiftin

g, YOII save fuel

and

get longer wear

fr

o

lll

yo

ur

til' '.

Ic

e Is

Dang

e

rou

s

Here is

an

exce

pti

on to

th

e

rul

e

of

sta

rtin

g

in

l

ow

gem'.

If

you

ar

e stal·

tin

g on icy p

av

ement, st

art

in

hi

ghest ge

ar

lo

ad

co

ndi-

ti

on will pe

rmit

- don't use fir t or seco

nd

ge

ar

unl

e s n

eee

-

s

ar

y. \Vhen you sta

rt

in

a higher ge

ar

, the poss

ibilit

y of

th

e

wh

ee

ls s

pinnin

g is Ie, sened,

an

d they get a he

tt

e

l'

gri p on

th

e

ice. Ce

rt

ain non-s

kid

devices may be

allaeh

ed to the wh

ee

ls

thr

o

ll

gh the slot

ju

t JJe)

ow

the

rim

s.

On wet or icy pave

lll

e

nt

s, gear ,hif

tin

g is

imp

o

rtant

in sto

ppin

g

as well as

in

tartin

g.

Move

the gem' s

hift

lever

fr

om

hi

gh

int

o eeo

nd

,

and

then

th

e en-

gine d

oe

s

part

of the

br

a

kin

g

for you,

and

an

y

dan

ger of

s

kiddin

g is greatly re

du

ced.

14

Handling

Your

Truck

On

Hills

Too

man

y

dri

ve

r feel a ce

rt

a

in

sense of s

ham

e

in

s

hiftin

g o

ut

of

hi

gh gear

wh

en

climbin

g a long or steep

hill.

Yo

ur

tru

ck

need

it

s ge

ar

s, a

nd

YO

Il

sho

uld

use the ge

ar

s fO

l'

th

e

purp

o e

for wh ich

th

ey

were iIlte

nd

ed.

Ev

en

if

a "tiff

hill

'cal/, be

climb

ed

in hig

h.

it

i

~

II. lIally hcller to ,

hift

int

o "c('o

lul

S

hiftin

g

int

o "

CC

OIl.!

when

climbin

g a hill

,.:

a

n',

"

train

on YO

llr

engine

and

minillliz

e,.:

th

e

ha

z

ard

of

sta

llin

g.

nut

if

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