PS Magazine - SEPTEMBER 1981
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 346
SEPTEMBER 1981
Brake failure can happeN if you
don't keep a cLose eye on those hoses
wHeN you±Re inspecting them as
speLled out in TB 9-2300-405-14,
Mandatory Brake ²ose INspection
ANd ³epLacement´Tactical Vehicles.
'Alred
bRakE hose
·
There±s a betteR fRont brake hose
·setup, but you go that Route only if
your inspectioN shows hose Replaceµ
ment is nEeDed. Instructions aRe in C 1,
Page 4-31), ¶M 43-0143, anD in your
suppoRt±s T¸ 92320¹209-34,Page 12¹
16, Section Iv, ³eplacing Front BRake
²ose. The same poop will be shoWiNg
up in your -20 T¸.
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CoNºersion calls foR using the same
Hoses that are used on 5¹ton tRucks.
Fact is, you can't get the original-type
hoses for youR 2\-toN truck. »S¼
4720-00-737-3250, Page 248, T¸ 9½
2320-209-20P, is "inactiºe/Deleted¾
on the AM¿F. InsteaD, you need »S»
So you Won±t forget to check bRake
Hose condÁtion, it might be a gooD iDea
to pencil in a reminDeR in youR -20
TMÂTM 9-2320-209-20, Page 35,
Table 3, P¸CS, Sequence »o. 7, and
TM 9¹2320-209-20-1, Page 2-11,
TabLe 2¹4, PMCS, Item 12.
TM-266±Series
l-Ton
tRuck .²³
±
Just a little moisture can dampen your communications when you're
-
opeRating oR maintaiNing
_
one of those ¸880-seRies tRucks wÁth the add-on 2ÃÄ
²
_-
.
ºolt, 60/100-AMP electÅcal system.
³
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, ·±
Æailure of the cHaRging system that keeps up tHat paiR of batteRies often can
be t
:
aced to moisture in the Relay on tÇe left feNDeR Well. ÈoaD splash, Wash Rack
hosÉ
?
and eºen condensation can KnocK out this Relay´and then your
chaÊgËg system Won±t charge. That means you winD up With Dead batteries in
the 24¹ºolt system tht you neeD foR opeRatinG ceRtain commo equipmentÌ
You can head off thÍs troubLe, tho, by maKing sure moistuRe cÎn't get into the
Relay, Like so:
´eal
aroUnd
tHe
Edgµ¶ :I·¸J
¹
He
n
.²³
•
Remount the reLay upside±down.
´
•
²ake off the reLay and seaL the ²His puts tHe wIrIng harness conneCtor on
:
eDge³aLL ´he way aroundµ
NºN
8030¶00±tHe unDersIde, so there's Less Chance Of
874¶5875 brIngs an 8±oz tube of seaLing moisture sneaking in
·
where ´he conneC¶
compound¸
tor and tHe reLay come together¹
You±ll finD some moRe Dope on this pRObleÏ/solutioN in C Ð, Ñage
¶¸ 43¹0Ð43.
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