Go well, go Fluid Transfer
18th February 1984, Page 16
18th February 1984
Page 16
Page 16, 18th February 1984
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The vehicles, which are based on Mercedes-Benz LP809 7.5 tonne gvw chassis, are required to pump fuel from storage tanks to aircraft via underground hydrant pits at up to 3,800 litres (850 gals) per minute.
Aviation fuel passes throug' the vehicle mounted equipmeni which meters and filters it in th process.
For their airport role, She specified automatic transmif. sion so Mercedes-Benz's modif cation centre at Wakefield ha replaced the standard five-spee synchromesh gearbox with th Daimler-Benz W4B-035 fou speed fully automatic unit.
A quadrant type ratio selectc is mounted in the place of th gear lever.
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