PS Magazine - OCTOBER 1975
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 275
OCTOBER 1975
The most important thing about
using the pUrge pUmp in yoUr M60Al
tank is knowing when to Let go.
±ank drivers have Been giving tHeir
engines hydrostatic Lock By making
too
many
strokes with
the
purge
pump hand²e³
strokes
eNoUgH, the way It says on pages 2-4
and 2´24 of your TM 9µ2350¶215µ·0
(May 69)¸
So wHat happens if you use the
purge pUmp to bUi²d Up your arm
muscLes? ¹N the first 3 or 4 strokes
yoU'ºL get the air out of the fUeL ²ines³
As you keep on pumpi»g, yoU'L²
over²oad the manifo²d with fueL. That
fueL goes on into your eNgine¼s
cyLiNders and½POW! You've got
hydrostatic
Lock¾
¹t
can bend
connecting
rods³
Crunched toes and da¿aged sheLL
cases in the turret of your M60 or
M60Al tank caN be avoided by doiNg
this easy fix on the cLamp assembLy of
your ammo ready rack:
Tighten tHe seLfµLocking nut (ÀSÀ
5310µ00Á902Â9369)
on
the
c²amp
assembLy³ When you tighten
Ã
the nÄt,
·
move
the
c²amp assembLÅ Up and
down u»tiL it takes a LittLe efÆrt to
raise the assembLy¸
This, too, is a mÄst³ Raise the cLamp
assembLy just eNough to get the first
round oUt. Àever raise it aLL the way
for that first round¸
YEAH,
±
CONnIe .²³
RocKy F´rGOT
µN¶· ag¸i¹ t
Sº»U¼½ ¾h¿ ÀÁ-
ÂÃÄÅÆÇ ÈÉ ÊËÌ
ÍLÎMP
ASsEMBl.
WÏÐÑ ÒÓ ÔÕmÖV×D Ø
ÙÚÛ fÜÝsÞ
ROUND!
¹f you raise Çthe assembºy aLL the way
and ºeave it there, the shock FroÈ
firing or traveLing can shaKe the
second round LooseÉ Êhat coÄLd be harD
on yoUr feet ³³³ or whatever eLse the
roÄnd faLLs on³
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