Adjustment Of The Parking Brake Operating Force; Maintaining The Battery Terminals; Cleaning Pre­cleaner (Option; Fuel Tank Check - Toyota 8FG35N Manual

16.6 ADJUSTMENT OF THE PARKING BRAKE OPERATING
FORCE
(1) (2)
(1) Higher
(2) Lower
(3) Parking brake lever
16.7 MAINTAINING THE BATTERY TERMINALS
WARNING
• Always stop the engine before working on the battery or terminals. Remove the negative
terminal (­) first, but replace it last.
1. Attach a spring scale to the center of the
grip of the parking brake lever.
2. Pull the scale backward to measure the
operating force.
NOTICE! Please refer to Service Data
section of this manual for the desired
range of force value.
3. Should the force value be low or in ex­
cess of the desired range, adjust screw
for higher and lower force and re­check.
Be sure to release the parking brake so
brakes are not applied when the adjust­
ment is made. Turn clockwise for in­
creasing and vice­versa for decreasing
force.
(1) Grease
16.8 CLEANING PRE­CLEANER (OPTION)
Pre­cleaner is mounted to the inlet port on the right side pillar of the overhead guard.
Inspect the pre­cleaner and clean it if the dust has accumulated up to the white line.
16.9 FUEL TANK CHECK
Check fuel tank, tank covering, fuel inlet, and drain plug against possible fuel leak. Follow the
steps below.
1. Try to smell leak.
2. Look for leak.
See the nearest Toyota dealer upon finding leak and have them repair tank immediately.
CAUTION
Never perform do­it­yourself welding or other repair work for it might cause
explosion or fire.
16 SELF SERVICING
1. A loose or corroded terminal causes fail­
ure in connection. Remove white
powder, if any, from the terminal by pour­
ing warm water over it to dissolve it and
then apply grease on the terminal.
2. If the terminal is extremely corroded, re­
move it from the battery and brush off
the corrosion using a wire brush or
emery paper. Connect the terminal
tightly to the battery and apply grease on
the terminal.
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