PS Magazine - OCTOBER 1978
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 311
OCTOBER 1978
When a fre breaks out you ha e to know what to do- and that is espe±
cially True Fr engine fres in combat vehicles.
So read your vehicle ²M's and Do a Little dry run pracTice³ When a fre
comes you'll be ready Fr it´
·
Iµ there's a fre in The vehicle, the driver shOuld do these things in this
order:
C
Stop the vehicle an¶ set the
brakes´
®
Shut oµ· the ¸e¹ supply to
the engine º» (In tanks with the
2¼shot fre extinguisher system, a
switcH is supposeD to do this
au½omatically iµ you pull the
internal control han¶lE¾ ¿on't
trust itÀ Shut oÁ the ¸el supply
yourseLµÂ)
@
Ãrn the master swiTch ÄÅÆ
It just takes a Çw seconDs to do
these things and then yoU can bail
out oµ the vehicle.
Make sure eveRybody in the
crew knows what he is supposed to
do in case oµ fre. (Äne crewman
should operate the portable Ère
extinguisherÉ)
±
Porble fiRe exinguisheR
Set
THe
brakes
Aµter the crew has done what it caÊË, everybody
Leaves the vehicle anD tries to get help.
Ìowever, iµ the cÍew has done everything
right, there's a good chance the fre will go out beÎ
ÏÐre it does much Damage to the vehicle.
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M10±
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M110
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e
w
Blt's A cin±h
Getting hot under the cÑllar tryÒ
ing Óo keeP the Ôn beltÕ on?
Öeplace that matched set oµ 4
V¼belts, NSN 3030¼00¼133¼576×,
with a new single belt. NSN
3030¼0×Ø049Ù3068 gets a wiDe
power band beLt with 4 vees.
You put it on the same way and
use the same tension as with tÚe
Û
olD set oµ 4 bÜltsÀ JoÝ down the
number in your ²M unTil a change
comes outÀ
seµ
NSN
3¶·¶-¶¶¸¹8¶º»¶¶¼
BeFre you use The new belt, be
sure MWÄ 9¼2350¼2Þ8¼40/× Fr the
M578 or MWÄ 9¼2300¼216¼40/5
Fr M×07/M××0 vehicles has been
appliedÀ Check the sheaves on the
Ïßn anD auxiliary drive. ²he new
belt won't ft the oLd original _wide
7
groove sheaves.
Iµ your vehicle has not hàd the
MWá applieD, it Takes matcheD
V¼belt set NSN 3030¼00â780¼700×.
ãou won't fnä it listed in the parts
manual but iT's on the AM¿Æ
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