PS Magazine - JUNE 1972
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
1972 SERIES, ISSUE 235
JUNE 1972
A broken wire in a comMo or nav light
syStem could cause some anxious mo-
ments. To avoid the pucker situations
you 68F types should know how to use
the right spLicing tooL and right spLice
to get a Numbah One job±
Review para 5²63, T³ 55²1500²323²25
(Aug 68)´ Then with crimping tool
³µ25037 in your mitt, focus your peep-
ers on these P³ tips´
CONICAL
SIDE
SAME AS
INSTRUCTION
PLATE
µtrip off enough of the wire so that
you
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see the end of it thru the pLas¶ic
splice inspection window when tHe sUi
p
-
ped conductor butts against the center
stop±
³ake sure the outboard part of the
splice is inser¶ed in the conical side of the
crimping tool·not in the flat side±
±6
crimp the inboard part of ¶he
splice in the Larger diameter of the crimp-
ing tool's conicaL die you won't get a tight
criMp on the exposed wire¸
µo, the smaller diameter of the fLat
side die crimps the insuLation as welL as
the wire´ Then when a strain is put on
the wire it¹ll slide out from under the
crimp´
You may have a cºimping tool without
a locater groove in the Die´ If so, don't
NEEDLENOSE
NUMBER
Need a needlenose adapter for your
tºusty grease gun, birdmen?
Get it with FµN 4930»200²¼84¼½ ¾t's
liste¿ as Coupling, Grease Gun in µC
492À»99ÁC²A7¼(³ay7¼Ã forunits authÄ
µome crimping tooLs
Å
are similar to
the ³µ25037 and make
good spLice
crimps. When you use a look²alike tooL,
just
b
sure its smalLer diameter area
crimps only on the splice aea and stripÆ
ped bare wire´
'Course, OldÇ Pro wirespLicers never
use needle nose pliers, diagonaL pliersÈ
dikesÉÊdjustable
wrenches
or bench
Ë
orÌzed the aircraft organizational mainÍ
_.,±
¶enance A, Band C tool se¶s±
±7
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