PS Magazine - DECEMBER 1978
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 313
DECEMBER 1978
,I±
Those are the screAms fom the
roAd wheel support Arms.
LO 9-2350±217²12N (Jun 78) in
note 31 cAlls Fr A semiAnnuAl ser³
vice ´µr the roAd wheel support
Arms¶ ·ouble is, the lube points
¸
don't look like lube points¹ And lots
o´ troops Frget them.
OE/tDO 31
oil
use a
\and oiler.
:±
²
into one oT
±e
TOE"
Tro
L
lof
to
-
Ut t
I
e o
²er One³
\oles Until oi
´
c
ome
³
o
wipe o
µ ¶·
e ex
c
ess
PUt
²e plUgs
b
´µ
x
t
sUpport arm³
1eep
oil and go to te
e lU
bed them all¸
going Until vOU
v
M±09²M±09A± .³³
You drivers cAn get A couple o´
DecAls to help you keep your en³
gines cool.
They tell you how to prevent
engine overheAting. NSN 7690²
01-049-1771 gets the "ºO» decAl
And 7690¼01-059²4141 gets the
½ºON'T¾ decAl¿
Put the decAls on the right side
pAnel below the Àel shut²oÁ
hAndle.
PREVENTION OF ENGiNE OVerHEAtINg
DO:
A. DO MAINTAiN PROPER COOLANT AND LUBRiCANT
LEVELS±
B± DO SHIFT TO A LOWER TRANSMlSSlON GEAR
RANGE WHEN ENGINE RPM iS LESS THAN
1725.
C. DO RUN ENGINE FIVE MiNUTES AT
±000
RPM
PR²OR TO SHUTDOWN WHEN COOLANT TEMP³
iS ABOVE
²80"
F.
P³EVENtiON OF EN´iNE OVErHEatiN´
DON
'
t
µ
A
.
DON
'
T -OPERA1e ENGINe AT IDLE FOR MORe THAN
TeN M
I
NUTE
S
´
SET HAND THROT
TL
e AT FAST IDLe
(¶···
RPM
)
³
B
µ
DON
¶
t· bLOCK eNGINE AIR IN¸AKe GRiL¹
S
WITH
CAM
O
UFLAGe OR OTHER MATERIALS
±
C±
DON
º
T HOLD VEHICLE ON GRADe uSING
ACCELER
A
TOR
±
SprockeT Cap
Screw ±oRque
So whAt's the corRect torque
vAlue Âr the sprocket cAp scRews
on the MÃÃÄ/MÃÃÄÅÃ howitzeRs,
the M107 gun And the M578 re³
covery vehicle? It's 140-160 lb -´t
(dryÆ) This inF's not in the TM's
but it'll be Added.
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