PS Magazine - MAY 1976
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 282
MAY 1976
In
evacuator of your M109Al are speciaL-
±y hardened. ²f you Lose some of them
·
you can't use reguLar baLL bear³ngs ³n
J•±
the´r pLace: The pressure wouLd crack
reguLar baLL bearingsµ L´ke waLnuts¶
You can f³re your howitzer even
though up to 4 of the baLLs are missing·
²t
won't
hurt
anybody
or do any
'.;±²
damag
to
the
gun
tube
or
bore
evacuator· The onLy bad resuLt wiLL be
the extra smoke you'LL get ³n the cab
because the bore evacuator won¸¹ be
work³ng r³ght·
¸Course, you'LL want ºo repLace the
m´ss³ng baLLs sooN as
»
you can¶
-
-³´
±
Ml09/M109Al HOWITZER .±²
-±
BO
µ
R
E
EVACUaToR
·²veRSIGHt
eva
at
or
¶
If
you
skip
th±s
seRv²ce,
The
eVaCA³or ´
A
n gE¼
sµU´K on so
t½GH¾ ¿t
DON't
DO tHiS
tO YOUR
BORe
EVACUAtOR
taKES a ÀUtÁÂng
torch tO
geÃ
iT
oFf.
ÄnD
Å
gOing
up In
s
mÆ
k
E
,
Along
w²tH
ÇÈuR
THA¶
meaNs
a LÆt
of Yo·¸ ¹sseºs Are
REPU³at´µN.
16
Th³s¸LL
shed
some
L³ght
on
the
subject of spare buLbs for the hydrauL³c
system preÉsure gage that MWÊ 9Ë
2300Ë216Ë40/Ì (May 71) put on your
M107 or MllÍ ÎP art³LLÏry·
The gage, ÐounteÑ on the front end
of the ramÐer controL box, ³s ÒÎÒ
ÌÌ85Ó00Ë453Ô9357· Õt takes a 24ËvoLt
wheatËgra³n buLb, ÒÎÖ Ì240Ë00Ë143Ë
Ì558 (MÎ3338×Ì839), that's L³sted ³N
the ArÐy Master Øata F´Le at $Ù·Ì7
each¶
TRACK VeHICLe ENGINe tB
³r
´
µ'
"¶
¸¹
º»¼½
Õf you have a tracked veh´cLe w³th a
Øetro³t سeseL ÌV53, ÌV53T or
8V71T eng³ne, you Need TB 750ÔÌ52
ÚuÛ 70)· ²t covers overËheat´Ng, d³rt
probLems,
poor
Lubr³cat³on
aNÑ
operator aNd ÐechanÜc NoÔNo'sÝ
¶7
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