PS Magazine - DECEMBER 1978
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 313
DECEMBER 1978
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M60A2 Tanks
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Dear Hal-Mast,
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We, at DSU, have been gefmg
in a Lot oF ga± paRicuLate Fi²er
units,
NSN 4±4²-²²-9³4-9²³1,
Tor repai³
We Found the pLas´c Fan a'
d
µan cover inside the FIte¶ u·ts
wer
e
warped, BuckLed and
cracked¸ ¹his caused the ºotOr
to FrEeze up and bu» ou¼
½e checked soºe Oµ t
e
m³²´±
tanks these FiLte¶ u·ts
I
caºe F¶oº¾ ¹he Per±onneL heate¶
duct± in the drive¶¿s coºpa¶tÀ
ºenÁ Âad been discOnnected¾
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¹he ext¶eºe heat öoº the
pe¶sOnneL heate¶ bLoÄing Ånt
_
o
Æ
Áhe ÇLÁe¶ ÈnÉ i± tOO ºÈch ʶ Ët¾
Ìͱ hot enough to ±oÎen the Fan
and Fan cOve¶¾ ¹hey wA¶p And
c¶ack
Ï
¹o heLp ±ave the Live± OF these
ga± paRicuLAte FIte¶ unɱ, pLease
get the wO¶d to
m³²´±
c¶ews tO
keep the pe¶sonneL heaÁe¶ duct±
in pLace¾
SFCPR.
Dear SFC
P
R.,
Right on! CoNsider it done. And
the same goes for you other
M60-
serIEs tank crews. Keep those heat±r
dUcts connected.
la-'!t
m551 .±.
There used to be an ofcial (and expensive) cover you couLd order Fom
the parts maNual. However, so many people started using the throw-
away rubber covers ±om
µ55¶
conventional ammo rou²ds that the of-
cia³ grenade lau²cher covers were dropped because nobody ordered them
anymore. So, go ahead a²d use the ammo covers.
You also need a cover ´r the muzzle oµ your Sheridan¶ T·e muzzle pLug
is in your parts manual as ¸S¸
¶·¸5¹··¹º»8¼8¶¸º
a²d costs
$¸½7·½
Iµ you've lost this plUg, you ca²
·
use o²e oµ the t·row¹away ammo
covers u²til you ca² get a regular
muzzle plugº
cover
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