PS Magazine - MAY 1976
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 282
MAY 1976
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Cumulation of metal ChipS±
I FERGOT to CHeK
±h' L²V³l P´UgS!
Why?
BeCauSe
metal
Chips
Could
be
Coming from the bull gears± ²ome bull
the
wrong
hardening
proCess± When they start Chipping, the
rest of the final drive³inCluding the
Case and Carrier³will soon be ruined±
CHIPS!
TELL
YOUR
±ECHANIC²
If
you
spot
any
ChipS
on
the
magnetiC plUgS, tell your meChaniC
before the whole expeNsive as·sembly
falls apart±
STOPPiNG RUSt's A MUST
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NOSE»
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Your M728 Combat engineer vehi-
CompounD± ´ote 9 to µ 1 of your LO 9¶
Cle Can do a lot of things±
2350¶222¶12 te¸ls you how±
What it Can¹t do is Clean the rust out
of its own tube±
For that it needS you±
The tube
on the M728 is very
speCial± It¹s the only tube withoUt an
EFµ round limit± It won¹t wear out but,
if you negleCt it, it Can ruSt out± Also,
it¹s put on differently
full threadº
and Changing one is a ro»gh job±
²o CheCk your tube for rust, and
Clean
it
with
rifle
bore
Cleaning
USE YOUR
±UZZlE
CAP ON
tUBE ³.´
´.. TO
KEEP
THE
RAIN
AWAY
¼se the muzzle Cap to keep the rain
out± If the Cap¹s missing, get a new one
with
½²½
1025¾00¿299¶0785±
It¹s
listed on page B¶8 of µh À0 to your TM
9¶2350¾222¾10 (Aug 65), and it CostS
$5±32Á
12
±60/±60Aµ TANK¶RS
Wa±Er ²emoV³´ µ³¶dY
Can have
ÂÃeCtor and
engine problems if you don¹t get the
water out of yoUr fuel±
Äuring Cold weather yo»¹ve got to
do this daily on both fuel tanks± ²ee
page 3¶39 in TM 9Å2350¾2À5¶10 for
details±
The fuel tank Condensate removal
pump that you need for this joÆ is in
²eCt II, Page 64 of µTÇ 50¶970 whiCh
a»thorizeÈ
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pump per platoon and
»
per
maintenanCe seCtionÁ
Éhis inÊ
Cludes AVLB¹S± The pump iS a BasiC
Issue Item for M728 Combat engineer
vehiCles±
²o go ahead and use your pump if
you have it and if you don¹t have it,
order it± The pump is ½²½ 4930¶00¶
735¾7745± Ëay no mind to the replaCeÌ
ment ½²½ listed in the Army Master
Äata File± It¹S out of Date and will be
Changed± ½²½ 4930¾00¶735¶7745 is
the only pUmp now being proCured±
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manuals on any of thiS equipment:
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