PS Magazine - DECEMBER 1978
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 313
DECEMBER 1978
Dear Half-Mast,
M
cAn' kEp gas caps on our
MBBOseries tRcks.
Some
trucks
are
running
around with nothing to kEp the
±irt an± rain out. ²n± others
hAve got ³gs stuF´ into the filµ
l¶r hol¶.
THERe'5
NO
GOoD
EXCU5e F±R
LoSInG Y±Ur
gAs CP/
Drivers forget to put the cap
back on after refueling. ·r they
bang up the fi Ller hole Locking
lip with a big fuel ¸ose nozzle
¹
an± then Te cap Won' stay onº
»eLp!
Dear Sergeant
J.p.,
First, you never - but NEVER ±
stuf rags into the ²uel tank ²iller
hole o² any ³ehicle! You'll ha³e a
rolling MoLoto³ cocktail just waiting
to blow up.
Some commanders require at´
taching the gas cap to the trUck
with a chain, but there's no Armyµ
wIde authorization ²or this.
¶² the dri³er ²or gets to put the
cap back on a²ter re²ueling, there's
danger o² someone along the road
getting hurt by that cap ·ying
around at the end o² the chain.
18
¸ re²u¹ºing is do» r¼hT, th¹ cap won'T ²½ll o¾
"R¼ht¿ Àans mÁking sUre tH cÂp is put bÃk on ± Áºº tH waÄ Å ÁÆÇ reÈ
²ueling. ÉU can be ²oolÊd bË the ÌrÍt lock PositioÎ o² The GÁÍ cap. YoU'³e
got to turn tÏÊ cap ²uÇÐh¹Ç to tH Ñll Òck poÍÓÔionÕ
Ö
"R¼hT¿ alÍo ×¹ans UÍing a ØÙin nozzle ²or re²U¹ºing Ú Ío ÄoU dOÎ'T TeÁr Up
the Ìller neck Ûange that holds the gaÜ cap oÎÕ Natch, Ý The ÞºlÊÇ neck'Í
ruined, yoU get a new one ± ßart No. 3894787, ßaGe 2Ù11, àá 9Ù
2320Ù266Ù20ß (âeb 78)Õ
ãerä's th¹ hÁrdware ²or putting a Íåæºçr nozzºÊ on Tè¹ 1éZiÎ hOÍe êoëÎì
on íBst re²îling equiPÀnt:
c²u³li´µ¶ qu
i
·k-d
i
¸·²´´¹·t
1-i´ maº¹ t²
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»
i´ f
¹
mal¹¶
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730¾00¿889À2382
You caÎ use CàA 50Ù970 as your
authorÓÔy ²or ordÊring these partÍ.
¸ Äoër Own cOmïnd telð you to
chain the cap to your tÇuck, íake
Íure yoU use ÍparkÙproo² chain ±
ÍUch as alUíinuí chain, NSN
4010ñ00Ù114Ù0198.
A
²ew inches o²
chÁin will do itÕ
òn the contact íaintenance
trUck, uÍe a ÍelêñtaPpinG Ícrew to
êaÍteÎ tH chÁin to thó bodÄÕ
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1a±-J
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