PS Magazine - JANUARY 1984
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 374
JANUARY 1984
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Check the fel Fter on
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M578,
M109-, or ML LOseRies vehicles. I± you
²nd the spin³´n type ²lteR, get it
µeplaced duRing youR Next
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scheduled
serVice.
DUng oVerHaul, a ¶w Ve¸¹cles endE
up with this ±ilteR. ºt ²ts »K, but it
doesn't haVe a conde¼ation
da
cock.
T¸½s means water
i
the ¾el and a
rough³ru¿¿½ng eng¹ne.
Fuel fiLter
should Have a
drain cock
DN'T B
AROUG-±IDE²³
use 1ES.6 n±² ³´µ t G¶·
¸H¹ CRrºc» P¼IMA½ ¾¿LÀ
Á:Âl"fà pÄÅÆ FOÇ ÈoUÉ
VÊËh!ÌÍ/
Àor the
ÎÏÐÑÒÓÔÕY
²lter parts, use:
NSN 5330´00µ846´9841 g¶·K¸T
NSN 2910µ00µ287´191¹ º»¸m¸¼T
NSN 2½10´00µ015´3¾09 S¿¸»»
BeaºIng »U¼e OVeºS½ghT
Do yoÁ ÂnoW orgAationaà ma¹ntenance schedules an 18-month Äurret bearÅg
lubR¹cation at DS ÃeVeà Ær M110Ç2 SP Howitzers and M578 RecoVery Ve¸½cles?
Many troopers dÈn't, and the lack o± Éube can put your VeÊcle down. Check
out tËe supporÌ leVel serVicÍs sÎtiÏn o± your Ve¸icÐe's Ñ».
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get your paÒrwork
straigHt so the serVice won't be "oVerlooked.Ó
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Ñighten up a little, cRews and mechs,
when you cÔose the breechblock on the
Big'un when the obturatoR gRoup is
remoVed. Slamming it shut may cause
a bRoken breechblock leVeR.
ºt woRks like thisÕ º± you close the
bReechblock With the obturator gRoup
rÖmoVed, the bReechblock Rotates past
tHe ±ully closE pos¹tion. That causes the
bReechblock
leVer to oVeRRide the
latching pin on the bReech ring.
×VentualÃy, the leVer wiÔl bReak.
ÇVoid stoRing oR paRking tHe MØ98
without the obtuRator group instalÔed.
Ù± you must do it, let the breechblock
rotate down s-Ú-o-w and e-a-s-y so you
don't break anything.
KÆeP ThÆ ÇȽP In ThÆ ÇȽP ɽng
º± the cab on your howitzer some³
Û.Ø05-in cleaRance rÜquÝRed, oR make
times does Þhe j¹tterbug when you
your own adjustment gage.
traVerse with poweR, one oR more sßp
Ring contact aRms may be out o±
adjustment.
Getting a contact arm back in sHape
is no big dealài± you know How. You
can either use a ±eeleR gage to get the
jAN 84
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Details on making the gage and
making the adjustment aRe on Pages 7-3
and 7-4 o± TM 9-2350á217-2Ûâ
( 1ãÇL and
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models), and on Pages
4-15 thru äá19 o± TM 9³235Û³
3Û3-20³2 åMLÛæç2 models).
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