PS Magazine - OCTOBER 1972
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
1972 SERIES, ISSUE 239
OCTOBER 1972
HOW TO HANDLE THE MaNTLE
Here's another safety precaution Co
folLow when you're using a gasoLine Lan-
teRn.
That mantLe, FSN
not
onLy radiates Light, but it radiates radio±
activity . . . so Cake some extra cAre
when handLing iC.
When a mantLe is damaged or has
serVed its purPose, geE rid of it Like you
wouLd ordinary waste. Just remember,
it's stilL radioactive!
Keep your Lantern cLean and free of alL
mantLe ash.
²fter you've handLed a mantLe or
cLeaned your lantern, wash your hands
good with soap and water³
EQUIPMeNt StatUS
You can't make an accurate sCaCus report on reportabLe equipment ´ithout Che
latest SB
700-20-1,
µisE of ¶epor·abLe
Items¸²rmy.
These SB's are issued
qUarter¹y (before each quarterLy report daCe). BuE you'll geE yours only if it's
en·ered on your pub¹ications reqUest, D² Form
12-34±
Co the SC. µouis ²G
ºublicatons »enter. µisE your need in Section
l± A-7,
block
18
(same as you¼
request for SB
700-20).
²³
Lacking identifIcatIon plates or name-
p±ates for your electronics equIpment?
SB
11²631
(May
72)
gives
you
the
scoop on how to get the p±ates through
your maIntenance shop.
_uld
)JJ4-25P
Hang onto your o³D TM 9´2320´224²
25P (µec 64) w/Ch 4¶it's sti·± good
for orderIng power cupo±O parts for
M ¸¸4´fami±y
vehic±es.
¹ºe
new
¹M
9²2350²244´24» (Mar 72) doesn't have
these parts.
¹he
tIre pressure
for the ±andIng
wheel on your 5´ton f±at bed cargo
trai±er, XM835, is 85 P¼½. ¼tenci· thIs
in
L
/2²in letters on the axle support
¾racket above the landIng whee±.
:id Vu1 K±uw
...
?
A
battery
for
materIa±s handling
equipment ¿an last tºe lIfetIme of its
end item, ±Ike an e·ectrIc fork±ift. The
secret of its longevIty is »M care as
to·d in ¹M ¸0´¸690A (Ju± 54). Àt's an
o±d pub but a rea± goodie.
)escnLru E²ecku1t
PUFf±
HO´D Ii
CONnI[
±²³
iGoT
a
pR²lLtM.
Eu³´pressur SafeTIs
Your suffering ºand truck
ÁPÂ5¸2Ã
ENG´2 air ¿ompressors ¿an ºOve an
Interstage safety valve
and a gage
mounting fItting.
FSN
4310´870²591¸
gets
tºe
valve,
»/N Z´67´75 (75336), and the fitting
is FSÄ 4730´496´9665. They're In Cº
µ
to TM 5Å43¸0Æ256´15 (Jun 70).
µ¶i±te±¶±ce Ju1±d1p
For a roundup of the ±atest mainteÇ
nance ru±es, see AR 750È ¸ (May 72).
Àt
supersedes
the
o±d
AR
with
tºat
number and a s±ew of othersÉInclud-
Ing the AR's on operatIona± readiness
f±oat, MWÊ's and canniba±IzatIon. BeË
sides, there's mucº new materia± Ìuch
as
special ru±es for ¿ertaIn types of
equIpment.
ANt·reeze
ngs
Àf tags, or stIckÅon labels, are a ºe±p
in keepIng track of antIfreeze protecÍ
tIon in your engine ¿oo±ing system, you
can get 'em. But they come on±y with
the new, heavyÅduty antIfreeze ·Isted
in paragrapº 2Î(2), ¹B 750²65¸ (jan
7¸).
¹ºese're Ïust "nIce to have'', unÐ
±ess your CÊ says you've got to use
'em. µA requires only tºat you record
antIfreeze and corrosion protectIon on
your
µA
Form
2408²1
(month±y)
or
2409.
Attention,
TÅ41 B
Ïo¿ks,
you
now
have a pIlot's checklIst for your Îird.
Àt's TM 55Ÿ5¸0´2¸2ÅCL (Mar 72).
.
Would
You Stake
Your Life
On
the C±NdItioN of your EquipmenT'
¶u·s¸
GOVERNMEnT PRI±Ti±G OFf²CE:
¹9º» ¼ º5½¼¾9¿/À
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