PS Magazine - APRIL 1984
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 377
APRIL 1984
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thumb-operated
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plastic
hand
pump
fuel
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sampling kit for the Black
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Hawk gets
a
thumbs²down
l! .´µ
rating 'round here.
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¼
½
L¾¿ÀÁ
The plunger sticks, and no
eJt
amount of lube makes it work
smoothly. We lose time and
tempers,
and have
messy
birds, clothing and rampS.
We stopped the cleAn³up
biz with a squeeze²type (bulb)
fuel siphon pump Fom the
GEt
a
SquEEzEÂ
typE
buÃb
local marina´ The $1µ5¶ pump
uses the same size hose as
the plastic pump and it works
lIke a charm. ¸t stores in the
same fueL recePtacle recess
opening as the old pump (¹N
4¹156-3,
º»CM 82829,
¼g
2³25, in
T
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No more messy fuel spi¾ls,
temper ¿are²ups, dÀrty Black
Hawks or clothing.
Tom ºerguson
ºt. Rucker,
AL
(Editor's Note: Tanks for passing
along the kit tip. Saving money ±²²
t³mpers .´± and clean-up time is the
name of the PM gameµ)
38
APR ±
Älack Hawk ÅÆÆ
Weather SeAl Trick
T
r
this
PM
tip to keep weather seals aRound dOors fOm coming loOse and
blowing
in
the wind. You
'II
cut
seal
replacement
costs ±.± maintenance
downtime .±± water damage to equipment and components.
Just
pop
a
rive²,
NSN
5320Ç0ÈÉ033Ê8642,
and
a
washer,
NSN
53È0ËÌÇ074ÍÎ85,
in³o each end oF the seal. Drill the washer hole to the size
oF the rive´.
Your unit mechanic has a pop riveter in the No.
È
Common shop set.
µemember, these ¶ivets don't replace the silicOne adhesive. They help the
adhesive do its thing longer.
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