Instrument Panel And Controls; Disc Brake Wear Indicators; Speedometer; Odometer - Chevrolet El Camino 1983 Owner's Manual

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DISC BRAKE WEAR
INDICATORS
Ffont
disc brake pads have buih,!n
wear
incIcators which iue-designed
to
make
a
high-pitched Si:JJeaIing
or
crlcket-ike
warning
SOIJnd when the brake
peds
are
worn
to
where
new-
paPs.
we needed.
The
fI!)LIlCI
will
come
end
_
g
o.
CJ(
be
hearcI
all
the
timlit
when
,the
wheels are
roling
..
but will
slOp
whI:Jn
the brake
pedaf
Is
pushed
down
.
flrmty.
Expenstve
rotor damage can result
:
~
PadS
are not
_
wilen
needed.
.
See,
~
the
brake
~
Ist8d in the
MaintSnance
~
folder
.
INSTRUMENT ·PANEL AND CONTROLS
INSTRUMENTS·
Th8
inst'uments, gages
arid
Indcator
lights.
oonveniently grouped in the
insfrunent
cJuster
are
Cktsigned
to
ieII
you at
a glance
rrmy
irrp)r1<w11 things
about the perforrrBlce
01 your
vehcle.
The
toIowtng
information
will
9ilabte
you to
more
quickly,
understand and
properly
il'ilerpret
these
inStrum8nts
..
H
'JOUI
_
v ehicle
-
i
s_
~
-equippe(:I with
Jhe
Optional deseI ~
-
it
Ms a
special
sWtlng system.
An
instn.menl
penet
~
f
'WAIT")
leI!3
,
y ou wt., tf'ie engine
is
ready 10 be started. For
details,
see
"Starting
the
Diesel
Erigine"
in Section
2 of
this
manual.
.
' .
Speedometer
The
sPeecJometer
_
h and
,indicates
vehicle speed
in
~
per
hour
and
kilometers
per'
hoix.
0cI0rMW
The
group
of
figures
in
the
speedometer
lower
center
section
indicales
the
accumulated
~
Of
lcilomeler's.
Tamper--Re.i . .
nt
Odometer
Fed8ral
iaw prohibits
tampering 'With
'
vehicle
OdoJneters 10
alter
aCcumolated
miIeag8.
For
yolK
prOledion,
the odometer 01 this vehicle
is
cJes9led
with
'IIinl*-resi5tant
features,
to
indicate
that it has
been
~ed
with
.
-
ines
appear
verti,
c ally between
odometer
numer;US,
it is likely
that
1he
odometer
has
been
IlMned
back
Of
reversed.
The
rnteage'shown may
not
be
actual
.
.
Whenever a
r~
odometei is
mtaII8tt
and~'
be'set
kI
'
t
t~"
same
mi~
registered
o,t
the
prior
.oOOmeter,
the
IaWltlq.dres
that
a
I~
be
installed on
th8
aiY.er's
door
frame
to
stlow'
Jhe
previous ocbmeter,reading and
the date 01
reptacemant
The replacement
odOmeter
will
then
be
set
10
zero.
To
deterrriine
the
ac1UaI
vehic18
miJeage.
add the mileage shown
on
the
label
to
the
replaoemant
odometer
reading.
If
the
replaCement
odor'rl9ter
'
c an
tJe
Set
l.p
to 1he
same
mlJe,sge
as
the
priof
.
o dometer.
no
door
frame
label
is
needed.
.
.
Fuel
Gogo
The
fuel·
gage
will
r~.
the APPRoXIMATE
fuel
1Qv8l
ln
the
tank,
when the
ignIion
is
in the
RUN
posiOOn.
.
When,
~
.
9 age
r~
EMPTY
.
SOII1E'
fuel
Is
still
avaUable
as a
reserve.
When
the
gage
'registers'
FUU...
ISOme
additional
fuel
canstiU
·be
added
to'
the
tank. The
foIIowinQ oordtIoi\s
may
be
cOns6deI ed noiTnat
.
..
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