Service Tips - Chrysler Plymouth 1962 Owner's Manual

SERVICE
TIPS
The service tips found on this and the following page are simple maintenance
items that may be of interest to you .
Long-range service procedures and mileage maintenance intervals, essential
for trouble-free driving, are outlined in detail in your Certified Car Care
booklet, which accompanies this Manual. We strongly urge that YOU
familiarize yourself with the Certified Car Care plan and the benefits you
are entitled to.
GA 0 INE
A standard-engine car is designed to operate
on a good grade of "regular" gas. Optional,
high-performance engines need a dependable
"premium" grade.
HOW TO CHI::CK LEVEL OF
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
OIL
Check every 2,000 miles. With engine idling
and thoroughly warm, apply parking brake
and push the Neutral button. Then shift
briefly through all ranges. Push Neutral
button again and remove dip stick with
engine idling. Oil level should be between
"full" and "add 1 pint" marks.
If
oil level is checked with transmission cold,
fluid level should be at or slightly below the
"add 1 pint" mark. Add oil through dip
stick tube. using only automatic t ransmis-
sion fluid Type "A." Suffix "A." After
checking, press dip stick firmly into tube
for proper sealing.
" UT 0 :
To prevent possible wiring damage, certain
Check every 2,000 miles. Clean dirt from
cap and remove from oil reservoir. When
engine is hot, ftuid level should be half-way
up in filler neck; when cold, level should be
at bottom of neck. Use only MoPar Power
Steering Fluid.
Remove all caps and check fluid level at
least once a month in bot weather and on
long trips. Add only pure distilled water.
Never allow flame or sparks near uncovered
tmer holes because explosive hydrogen gas
may be present.
Battery should be held securely in rack.
Terminals should be ti,ht and free of cor·
rosion. Remove corroston by neutraJizing
with mixture of baking soda and warm
water, then rinse with water. Do not allow
solution to enter battery cells. Apply grease
to battery
posts
and cable clamps.
precautions should be observed: It is
essen--
tial
when replacing the cables on the battery,
or when using a "booster" battery, that the
positive cable is attached to the positive
post and the negative cable is attached to
the negative post. The negative cable (over)
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