PS Magazine - MARCH 1977
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 292
MARCH 1977
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Water lying around in the MPU or
rear electrIcal compartments of your
CHaparral Launch station can create
probLems, big and little.
RememBer to keep tHe com±o
So, wHether the water's from rain,
condensation or washing tHe Launch
station² tHe continuing idea is to dry it "
up³
VehicLe washing is the bad guy so
far as the rear electricaL compartment
is concerned³
f
ou don;t mop
´
up the
excess, the water can short out your
commµnications²run down batteries ³³³
and really screw up your generator set
control boX (G¶C·)³ ¸eme¹ºer: you
never hose down the electrical com-
cABLe clear of the controL paneL Door
Before you cLose it³ NaturaLLy, tHat goes
wHen you remo»e
tHe RT¼524
recei»er½transmitter for a¾y reason¿
Àf you Leave the cable dangling
outside² the d9or can cÁt it.
CANOPY
Ânother Kind oF leaK is one you also
can do without³ Ànspect the canopy
seal oFten on the launch station
canopy. ÃooK for warping² breaKs or
partmentÄ
tears.
The MPU compartment can taKe on
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water during washing² rain and
whatever³ ¶ponge Åt up and checK it
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Yo can beat Æt by cleaning the FÆlter
and by draining and Flushing the lube
syste¹³
Ânother way is to be sure the oF the eXternal linE ¹ust point in the
Following MWOÇs have been appliedÈ
É
direction of oil Flow ³.³
away
fro¹ the
MWo 9-2520±238±30/²
(provides de-
transfer scavenger pump and
toward
flector whicH improves lubricaTion)
the tee coÊnecting to the differentiaL
MWo 9±2300³401±20´1
(increases
oil pump and FiLter³
oF LIRes±
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