Ribble Build New Maintenance Shop
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WHAT is claimed to be one of the vy most up-to-date fuel-injection equipment maintenance departments has been brought into operation at the central workshops at Frenchwood, Preston, by Ribble Motor Services, Ltd. All the equipment, with the exception of the Hartridge test machines, was designed and built in Ribble's own workshops. • Injector components are washed in a jet of clean oil and beneath the bench are concealed draining arrangements which guide all used oil to a common settling tank. When the oil in the tank reaches i pre-determined level a float arm makes contact and through a relay an electric pump is started. This forces the oil through a series of filters into a storage tank on the roof of the shop.
Injection pumps are removed from engines every -42,000 miles for calibration and governor check. At 168,000 miles, when all vehicles are brought in for overhaul, the fuel pumps arc completely stripped and rebuilt.
Injectors are removed for servicing every 21.000 miles and as a result of the strict attention paid to maintenance, injector troubles are almost unknown. They can be [eft in engines for 42,000 miles without loss of performance.