PS Magazine - MARCH 1980
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 328
MARCH 1980
It's dangerous to oveRdo things-
and that includes adding too much oil
to the tRansMission.
When you get toO much oil in the
tRansmission it foams and it won±t
lube well² ³il will blow out thRough
the bReatheR tube and mess up the
inside of the hull´ Seals leak, and too
much oil can even blow seals.
Note
10
in L³
9-23±0-216²12
(µay
77) includes the caution: D³ N³T
oveRfill²
Even
so,
lots
of
XTG-4³1-´A
t ansmissions aRe¶ getting oveRfilled
b·cause cRewmen don±t take the time
to go thRough all the steps i¸ the hot¹
oil levelºcheck in Note
10.
20
•
Warm the transmissIon oIl
by
running the e1±gine aT ²600-²900
RPM wI³h ³he b´akes applied and the
t´ansmIssIon In 4³h geAr. Do thIs
1600-
±1900
RPM
until the t´ansmIssion
³emperatu´e
IndIcato´
registe´s
normal
oµe´a³ing
³e¶ peratu re
be³ween ²65°·220°F.
M ²09/M ³09Al Howitzers .
.´
Fuel Fi LIer fix
DRaining the pRimaRy fUe» filteR
eveRy day on you¼ howitzeR takes A lot "
of time because you±ve got to Remove
±²³´t
:
and then put back
³2
bolts in the access
±²³´
doo¼ in the dRive¼±s compaRtment.
•
¸hen ´un ³he engine a³ ²200 ³o
²600 RPM fo´ ²to3 mInutes wI³h the
t´¹nsmIssIon In NEU¸RºL to stabI»Ize
oIl temµe´ature between ²80°F and
220°F¼
KEEp In
NµUTRAL
±
ºdd or d´ain oI» ³o ge³ a reading
½n the uµper limIt of ³he O¾ERº¸¿NG
RºNGEÀ Neve´ overfI»»¼
You might have thought½ ¾¿heRe±s
Gotta be a bette¼ way.À
TB 43-²²²1-39³´
DEAaTMENT Of THe ARMY TeCHNIcAL BUl±²iN
³Qu´Pm³nt µmProV³m³nt ¶³P·r¸
¹nd _º¹´n»¼n¹n½³ d´G³St
tANK aND µUtOMOtIVE
EQUIPMENt
Áee
¶
43²0001-39µ4
Jan 79, the
TÂÃCĵ EIà DigestÅ It details a fix
thatÆll let you dRain the pRima¼y fuel
filteR without messing aRound with
the access panel bolts
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