Starting - TM-5-4320-258-120024

Figure 2-6. Stopping Instructions.

2-8. Starting

b. Starting. Refer to figure 2-5 and start the

centrifugal pump.

a. Preparation for Starting.

2-9. Stopping

(1) Perform the necessary daily preventive

Caution

maintenance procedures (para 3-4).

Do not stop the pump by pulling out

(2) If the pump is being started at a new

the choke. This floods the cylinders

installation for the first time or if it has been drained

with raw gasoline, which washes

after the last period of operation, remove the fill plug (6,

away the lubricants and makes the

fig. 2-3) and fill the body with the liquid to be pumped.

engine susceptible to wear.

Caution

a. Stop the pump as shown in figure 2-6.

Always prime the pump before

starting engine. Operating the pump

b. Perform

all

after-operation

preventive

dry may damage the seal.

maintenance services.

(3) Remove the engine cover panels (fig. 1-2).

2-10. Operation Under Usual Conditions

Caution

Prime the pump before starting.

(para 2-8a)

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