PS Magazine - MAY 1977
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 294
MAY 1977
Some other good tips Go wIth that
boresiGht bIt. They show you how to
·
avoId booGerInG up parts of your
Vulcan, lIke-
Watch Out that you don't over±
t²Ghten the wInG nut on the clamp that
holds the mountInG bracket on your
boresiGht scope. ³t's a cInch to break,
and what do you do for rEplacement,
mIles out in the boondocks?
Be sure you Rse the
7
/64´In hexµhead
wreNch to adjUst the elevatIon input
shaft.
USE 7/64-IN
HEX-HEAD WRENCH
LIke you kno
, there's no
7
/64µIn
wrench
Issued
wIth
the
orIGInal
boresiGht kit .
.. but there Is a
5
/64µIn
sIze. ³t's temptInG to ram a screw¶
drIver
tIp In alonGsIde the
5
/6·µIn
wrench.
A power poopµ¸u¹ couºd plaster
you, too, so remember-
»o masterfuº mechanIc on a Vuºcan
system ever lets
outsIders monKey
J
LEVEuNG SYRINGE
!
<
±
BATTERY
VENT CAP
WRENCH
PROTECT
YO±R
TOOLS
with hIs battery tooºs. ¼hat would
make battery servIce a nIGhtmare. And
the worst thInG that could happen
Probabºy wIll happen½some
jo¾er
will Use the fIller syrinGe for your
nickel cadmIum batterIes on sulfUrIc
acId electrolyte for leadµacId batteries
... then put It back and say nothInG.
¿est not let aNybody but a ¹raIºÀ
ed Vulcan MechanIc Áork on batterIes.
ÂtherwIse, you can safely bet you'll
fInd those batterIes dead some cold
morninG.
¼he latest word on Vulcan nIckel¶
cadmIum battery care Is In ChanGe
3
(Dec
²5)
to ¼Ã
11³´1µ0³203³15³3.
³t's
worth your tIme and your batterIes to
rÄad It:
WIth warmer weather arÅund the
corner, make a meNtaº note that the
batterY heater fÆr
Ç
your nIckeº cad¶
mIuÈ batterIeÉ ÊËeÉ nËt hÌve to be
hooked
up
wheN the temperaÍÎre
clImbs aboÏe
32°F.
Another
ÐIstake
In
the
power
paradÑ coUld be forGettInG to caGe the
Gyro In your
M´1
lead computInG sIGht
Òwhen yoU're swItchING power
Ó
on or
off. ¼hat rotary dIaº rIGht on the front
of the sIGht has to be turned completeÔ
ly cºockwIse. ÕtherwIse, the Gyro wIll
tear Itself to junk. Âf course, IF yoU
have the new mod, you won't Öe able
to tUrn on power wIth your Gyro
UncaGed.
LikewIsE-unl±S²
yoUr
system
×ØÉÙ
tRIbT³oN
box am
m
E´
e
t
givEµ
ÚÛÎ
a
¶·a¸NG
le¶·w ¸
amps,
ÜÝÎ
don't
Turn
ÞN
²Ys¹·m pOWER .º» ¼vE½
10
´Ells
yoU
¾¿ÀÁ
JÎßcà
IÉ
tOÂ
ÃOÄÅ
AÆso
áâHe
VoÇÈMEÉEÊ ON ËhE
d¹º»x
Ð
u
t
Éãäå
28
æ纹èé
if th¼
ÌEÍdiNÎs ÏRÐ
½¾v¿ À
ÁÂps
or
êëºìí
Ã8
îïðñÉòóôõö÷
ÑÒUR
ÄÅÆÇrÈÉÊË
ANd Épea¾ING of ¹øe ÉYɹùÐúºeave
ÐoûING Ëf wIrINü ýË YËur ÉÎþport. ÿtĀs
¹oo easY to ÐIÉroute a cabºe, aNd too
easY ¹o Gà¹
oNE iN
the waY Ëf the øa¹ch
þro¹ectIËN ÉwI¹cøeÉ . . . whIch wIºº
proÐptºY cøËþ 'eÐ In two.
¼ha¹ bIt aboÎt rIGht pºacement Goes
double for the fIrInG contact cabºe. ÿt
has
to
be
ālaÐped to the saddle.
ÕtherwIse,
when
you're
checkInG
eºevatIon, yËÎ can chop that cabºe reĂl
badly. ANd It's the only oNe In town;
±
hack It, aNd yoÎ're o´uµt.
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