PS Magazine - SEPTEMBER 1972
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
1972 SERIES, ISSUE 238
SEPTEMBER 1972
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Otherwise, coRrosion fRom dampness and
agent residue wilL freeze the dust vaLve tube
and put your MiCe out of action.
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1
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Dust vaLve disassembLy and corrosion
±eaning make for a messy, sticky job²
Worse yet, if the coRRosion hangs on foR any
time at aL³, the dust vaLve, its pRefoRme´
packing and the dust va³ve tube wiLL be
shot-and so wiL³ your Mite, 'cause those
parts aRen't in the supp³y system.
To Lock the dust control Lever open: PuLL
the meteRing pin from the metering controL
barµ Push the LeveR down as far as it'LL go,
and repLace the pin in tHe end of the meter¶
ing bar that's hanging undeR the eLbow
fLange²
The Mite's covered by TM 3·1040¸254¹
º3 (Apr
68).
»
Scoop on deconning the dis¼
perser is in para
25,
and stoRage info's in
paras
79
and 80½
A³L your PM is for naught on your ¾3
And
never± like never
tIe up or tape the
poRtabLe agent disperseR if you foRget to trigger to take the pressure off the gun tube
Remove the gun's tube when you decon or while t¿e M3's stored. That'LL weaken the
page
4-10²
trigger spring.
ÀÁ cRimped peRmanentÂLike by the pressuRe
\
1
ofthe trigger switch. Once that happens the
PaRas
4³14²4³15,
TM 3
-
º040
±
2º4
±
º2 coV
tube's done for, and youR dispeRseR won't
er
the scoop on deconÃing the M3, and
(
fÄRe even with its woRking pRessuRe of
40
in paRas 2ÂÅÆc and
4³19
in
the TM give
,
iNfo on afterÇopeRation seRvicesµ
±
²
³
´S
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