PS Magazine - DECEMBER 1978
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 313
DECEMBER 1978
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Dear Editor,
Use of scr±wdrivers and other tools on the OH-6A drain valve can
realL make ² mess of taking the fu±l sample during the PM Dai³.
Fuel runs down your hands and arm. The valve in the drain plug ca
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n
easily jam in the open position unless direct upward press
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r
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applied. Your clothing gets soaked tRing to close the va´e and thIs 1s a
safeµ hazard.
W¶ll, we made up this work aid to take the sam·le.
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Just us± ¸n ¹teel tubinG
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47»0¼00¼½694703¾ ¿ÀÁmp "¼3Â on one
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end and
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Basic
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on the other. The tool is stampeÄ
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OH¼6A Fu±l ¿amÅ
pƱ.Â
Next, makeÇp
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bits from ¾050Èin ste±l she±tº N¿N É5»5¼00¼»84¼8807.
DÊËl four %¼in holes thru Ìh± tubing walls. ÍÎseÏ th± bits aÐd weld them
to the tubing Ñall ²t th± holes. ÒelÄ the holes
Ó
closeÄ
.
No moÔ fÇel spËÆs for us!
(Ed
N±t -
Rigt on!)
,
/
Dennis A. Carvalho
Army Avn ¿pt Õ²Ö
Otis AFB, MA
×±²r EÄitorº
New Cover Coming
The cov±r for th± pitot tÇb±
moÇnt±Ä iÐ th± nos± of ouÊ Hu±ys
fiØs fin± Ùno probƱm.
Most of our birÄs h²ve a roofÅ
moÇnt±Ä ÚÇb± of ² ÄiÛ±r±Ðt d±Ü
sigк thݺ ²nÄ th± Þov±r Ñon't fit
pÊopeÊÆy. The Þov±r h²nGs ÄÝÑn
²nÄ Þ²Ð sÞr²tÞh th± ÑinÄshi±ld.
Ò±ÆÆ, to K±±ß th± Þover ÝÛ th±
ÑinÄshieÆÄ Ñ± simpÆà shÝϱn it
bà tàinG ² knot iÐ th± ±nÄ. This
Ñorks r±²Æ fin± buØ Ñ± woÇÆd lik±
tÝ s±± ² Þov±r fÝr th± roofÅ
áouÐt±Ä moÄ±Æ iÐ sÇpplà.
¿ÕC Conʲd âricson
Arizoв ãráy N²tionaÆ äu²rÄ
±ED Note -
You get your wish! A
cover fr your rooF²mounteD pi tot
tube is being incluDeD in ³igs
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55-1520-210-23P
Ask fr Pitot Tbe
Cover,
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