PS Magazine - DECEMBER 1981
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 349
DECEMBER 1981
1.
replacing broken sending units anD
swItches on the topsiDe of M109-
famIly power packs ±Ight want to try
this fix:
Use a spring retainer, NSN 2540²
00³8´8-6429, to shielD the teµ¶
pErature trans±itter anD te±pEra·
ture switch.
The retainer is in ¸¹ ´²2350²º17»
¼4P/1, Page 4-116½ Fig 108, as ¾te±
º4. (¾t's also in
T
9"2350³303-20P-1,
Page 2-º49, Fig 105,¾te± 19.) ¾t can be
crImpED at the botto± anD fOrceD over
the base of the trans±ittEr anD switch.
¾t¿ll protect those vital units anD
help keep those big²fOots fro± ruin³
·
Àng your Day.
M109A2 Howitzers .±±
Speedo NSN's
¸¹ 9-2350-303³2ÁP³1 Gun 80) left
out parts references for the speeD¶
ometer cable anD Drive aDaÂtorÃ
Speedometer Cable, NSN 6680-
0±²882³0965, P/N MS51071´7,
I
SMR Code PAOZZ, Qty 3.
Speedometer Drive Adaptor,
90°µNSN 2520²00²912³4368, P/N
MS39130¶6, SMR Code PAOZZ,
Qty 1.
16
WAter's scarce in some places now¶
aDays, but that¿s the way it shoulD be in
the air cleaner co±partµents of the
¹578 recovery vehicle, M107 gun anD
¹L 10 fa±Ily of howitzers.
¸o heaD off watEr bÄilD²up troubles,
check ÅuÆÇhe Door anD its seals. PropEr
closing anD sealing is a µust to Âre·
vent water fro± being Drawn through
the filter ele±ents and rÈining theÉÊirË
cleaner syste±.
You can Do a qÈick check fOr proper
sealÌ Rub chalk all the way arounD the
door seal. Close the Door. Ípen the
door anD look fOr chalk ±arks on the
air cleaner boXÎ ¾f the chalk transfers
soliDlyÏno gaps_Ðthe Door seal is
probably tight.
ÑappEd or torn seals? Replace 'em
with NSN 5330»00²745²7781. NeED
aDHesIve? NSN
will get you a 2.5ÒÓz can; NSN 80Ô0²
00-15º²0067 will get you A 6²oz can.
Careless installation of the filtErs
after cleaning or During replace±ent
can Da±age the filter basket anD the
door latch. ÕoublechEck your ¸M' s fOr
the proceDur
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