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SERVO STEERING
CHECKING THE Oll lEVEL
The
oil
level sho
ul
d be chec ked
every
10
000 km
(6000
mil
es). Fir$lt
'
check th
e
level with
t he e
ngin
e
standing to
,
c heck poss ible oi
l
loss.
The oi
l
leve
l sho
ul
d
then lie a
bout 5-10 mm
(5/8/1)
above
the level
marie
If the level is .Iower than this,
fil
l with oil with the
eng ine sl'and ing to e liminate the risk of ·air be ing
sucked
in. Start
the engin.e
and recheck the oil level,
whi'
c
h.
should now have fa
ll
en ;fo th
e
level mark, see
Fig
.
1-8. W hen t he engine has stopped, the
,Ieve
i
shou
ld
rise toabout
5-
10 mm (5/8"
)
above
,
t he marie
Oll CHANGING
Norma
ll
y
~
h
e
oil
sho
ul
d be changed in connection
with replace ment of the servo steering
components,
see Part 6 of
thi
s Service Ma
nu
al. On this
occasio n,
the filter in
th.
e o
il
co nta
in
er shou ld a lso be changed.
CHECKING THE BRAKE FLUID LEVEL
Thi
s
check
ca
n
he made witho
u,
t ta
kin
g off the cap.
(Fig.
1-8.)
If
th·
e
check
is carried o ut in co nnection
with
a
vi sit
to a
workshop, th
e
level should
be
attende
d
Fig.
1-9.
Bra ke
flui
d co
ntainer
to if it
is
lower than t,he "Max"
mark.
Under no
circum-
sta nces may t he leve
l
he be low the
"Mi
n"mark.
If necessary, top up
wi,
t h f.irst-class brake fluid whi-ch
meets the requ i;rements a.ccord ing to
SAE
70 R
3.
Clean
t he hra ke fl uid container cap
betore
removal and
observe max,imum clean liness
wh
en
fil
ling with oil.
Avoid sp
Hlin
g brake
flu·
i
d on to t he pa intwork
sin
ce
th is
will
da mage it Check to make sure that the
ve nting
hol
e in the cap is
not
blocked.
I NSTRUCTIONS FOR LU BRICATI NG
DISTRIBUTOR
Af ter every 10000 km (6000
mil·
e s) the di stributor
shaft, cam and i9'nition advance
me,
c hanism should
1 : 4
Fig.
1-10.
Distributor
VOLVO
10324
7
1. Lubricating wick
2. Cam disc
3. Oil cup
be
luhricat.ed.
The
distribul
t or shaft is
lubrica,
t ed by
filling the oil cup (3, Fig. l -la) wif.h engine oil. Af ter
fHling, close the
cup.
The contad surface (2) of the
cam disc should be lubricated with a thin coating of
gre'ase, Bosch Ft l v 4, o
r
corresponding
gr'
e ase. The
igniti on advance mechanism should be lubricated by
pouring
2-
3 drops of light
engine
oil
(SAE
10 W) on
the wick (l) in the distributor shaft.
BODY
To avoid
squ,
e aking and unnecessary wear,
the
hody
should be lubricated
as
descr·ibed be'low.
The
,lock
buttons of the door hand le should
be
I
l
ubri.cat,
e
d
approx. eve ry 10000 km (6000 miles) and
othe
r
parts
of the body about once a year.
Moreov·
e r, during
winter the door handle luggage compa,rtm
en!
t lid
locks
should be lubricat.ed with a suitable lock oil which
wou'
l d prevent
,
t
he
m from free zing up.
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