PS Magazine - MARCH 1984
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 376
MARCH 1984
Power Cable Repair Parts
You don't have to replace the complete 2-conductor power cabLe used with
your van when a connector is damaged. Al± you have to do is replace the
connector.
If you need the complete 2-conductor cable, order NSN 4910-00-395-1994.
It's 25 Fet long and is listed in SC 4910-95-C²³AO´.
A cable 50 Fet long comes with NSN 2590-00-104µ572. Use it in place of
NSN 2590-00-992-0518 on Page 74 of TM 9-2330-227-14; which costs more.
They cost about $50 each. OrdeR the
female one on a
DD
Form 1348-6.
The
RIC
is S9E.
The 2±pin male plug is
NSN
59²5³00-306-2032.
The 2-conductor
female receptacLe
is
FSCM
70726
PN AL
2605
FRC.
Welder Engine PM
NSN 2940¶00-891-93·2 gets a filter
element f¸r the oiL ¹lter on your M887
Contact Maintenance
Truck
welder
engine.
Check the craºkcase oiL level after
every 8 hours of operation. Keep the
case »illed to the ¼½²² mark on the
dipstick.
Drain the craºkcase and refilL With
new oil every 50 hours.
Replace the oil f¾lter element after
every
100
hours
of
operation. If
operating
conditions
a¿e
extremely
dusÀ, replace Áe Âlter element at every
oiL change.
46
MAR 8
RoLiN' with RetreaDs
Are you up-to-date on retreaded tireswhere you can use 'em and where
you can't use 'em?
AR 750-36 says you may use 'em on all vehicles except the Ãont wheels of
a bus.
But Goers and M747 semitrailers are also exceptions. TA COM Msg DRSTAÄ
ÅG 2715ÆZ (uL 79) nixes retreads on the Goer. TheM747 Çlls underTACOM
Msgs DRSTA-M 252000Z ÈMar 82) and DRSTA-M 202000Z ÈApr 82). They
say it's OK to use retreads already on your M747, but replacements must be
new tires.
Your local command may have other restrictions.
Point Hits GrouNd First
There's onLy one way to mount self-
cleaning Goer tires .
.. with the
"V±
tread at the top of the tire pointing to
the Ãont of the tÉck. Dirt ÊLls away,
the tread staËs empty and bites into the
ground.
mAR 8
.²³
´µ ¶
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