PS Magazine - OCTOBER 1982
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 359
OCTOBER 1982
Test Set
Cables used with your airborne
TOW guiDeD missIle test set (TSGMS)
(NSN 4935-00±351²260³) Look extra
Rugged, so they get Dropped, bangeD,
Dragged, forceD anD muscleD.
Those al´ost 2 dozen Different exµ
pensive cabLes get damaged, especially
the W¶4P¶ thru P5 ones.
They need se·sible, careful hanµ
Dling. You Don't neeD force to connect
¸hem. Just line them up right¹
When you store the cabLes, put on
their protective covers¹ ºhen you lay
them out for testing, kee» the covers
on
until
you connect
them¼ That
protects the pins anD contacts ½¹¹ which
need protecting.
APH Helmets
Flight crews Looking for a han¾y
r-±²²²
-
³´
µ¶:,o·
place to hang a helmet shouLd Look
somepLace othEr than the heLmet sight
raiLs to stash their APH heLmets¼
The hang¿U»s mess up 2 thIngs: caLÀ
ibration of the rails and the wiring in
the helmets, which snags on the raILs¹
Áhe weight of helÂets bends the raiLs
anà throws them out of caLibration¹
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ÁÄe JÅ mIssILe guIDance set (MGS) jack on your M901 ÆmproveD TOW
VehicLe Is trIcky to get to¹
ºhen crewmen conÇect the ºÅ caBLe to it, the connector co´es off seconD
best, wIth broken aÇD BeÇt pIns¹
So wÄat to do?
ÈyeBaLL tÉe connector¹ ÁÄere are 5 keys oÇ It¹ ÊositIon the 2 keys wÄich are
cLosest together on top and sLIghtLy to the Left.
HoLd tÄe conÇector paraLLeL to tÄe M901 deck anD gentLy push the keys into
pLace on tÄe jack¹
ºheÇ theyËre LIned Ìp, keep hoLDIng tÄe coÇÇector paraLLeL anD push it
fIrmLy Into pLace ÌÇtIL tÄe threaDs oÇ the connector aÇD jack mate¼
ÍIgÄten tÄe cÎÇÇector.
ºhen the connector and MGS jack are sÇuggeD Ì»tigÄt, do tÄIs:
Eyeball tHe mark
on tHe MGS jack
(usually at 3 o'Clock on tHe jack)
Ïow, paInt a LIÇe oÇ the º¶ caBLe coÇnector Äead directLy In LIne with tÄe
one on the MGS jack. ÐonËt put tÄe LIne on the coÇÇector ringÑIt moves¹
Ïext time yoÌ conÇect tÄe º¶, jÌst LiÇe Ìp tÄe LInes ¹¹¹ so to speak¹
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