PS Magazine - FEBRUARY 1978
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 303
FEBRUARY 1978
So, here' re some tips to cut the time
juice flows thru that starter.
Army
Tank-±utomotive
Materiel
Readiness
Command
(T±RCOM)
W²rldwide
Letter
(24
Dec
75) ,
au³orizes
a
fix
that
cuts
starter
failure´' specially
in
cold,
wet µ
weather¶ LooK for a starter relay on the
front of the left·hand engine support¶
That's your sign that the letter po¸p's
i
·
been applied¶ No relay? ¹ee your
!
support´they can fix you up wIth
solenoid, N¹N
2920-00-735±9542.
Heed the starting steps in Paras
2-4
and
2-5²
TM
9-2320-242-10
(Mar
77).
±nd Keep a real close handle on that
cranKing time¶
No start? ºift the engine cover and
maKe sure the engine stop lever is all
the
way
into
the
start
position¶
'³P´µ¶·"¸lIk?
.±
;±.,²
³=-
´"
µ ¶·¸
Vibration often
»oosens the cable clip
near the ¼ever ¶ ¶ ¶ and lets the cable
move instead of the lever¶
½f the clip's not holding the cab¼e
steady, tighten the clip and adjust the
cable so the stop lever can move to the
start position¶ You might need to bend
the clip a bit for it to ¾old the cable
tight¶
± stuck or otherwise faulty starter
switch will let juice run t¾ru and ruin
the starter¶
Have your mech remove the switch
and pull a continuity checK¶ He'll hooK
a mu¼timeter to the switch lead pins¿
Then, he can checK for a ground by
reads anything but zero for either
checK, replace the switch¶ Be sure you
get the new improved starter switch,
N¹N
2920-00¹133º%29²
½tem
9»
Fi
re
34²
TM
9-2320¼242-20p½
/
¹º»
<¼
No multimeter ¾andy? C¾ecK the
switch by f¼ipping the master switch
on and off a Àew timesÁt¾at's wit¾
the engine stopped, of course¶ ± c¼icK
from the relay or a thump from the
solenoid means the switch is bad and
needs to be replacedÃ
FL¾¿ MASTER
SW¾TCH ÀÁÂ
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