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Freeze-up means no brakes.


Moisture in your truck's air brake air brake: see brake.
air brake

Either of two kinds of braking systems. The first, used by trains, trucks, and buses, operates by a piston driven by compressed air from reservoirs connected to brake cylinders (see piston and cylinder).
 lines will freeze in cold weather and block the lines. Drivers, that leaves you with no brakes!

If your vehicle has an alcohol evaporator to keep moisture from freezing in the air lines, make sure it has the alcohol it needs to do the job. NSN NSN National Stock Number
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 6810-00597-3608 gets one gallon of methyl alcohol methyl alcohol: see methanol. . NSN 6810-00-2756010 gets a 5-gal can.
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Publication:PS, the Preventive Maintenance Monthly
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Nov 1, 2005
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