PS Magazine - JUNE 1984
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 379
JUNE 1984
·-
±²
,
.
a
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Personal geAr tossed just anywhere in the carGo area of an
M548
is not only
messy, it's danGerous.
That stUF can shift ±rward d²IinG a cross-country rUn and cause a ³re.
The canvas curtain surroundinG the carGo area is not ´reproof. µf Gear or carGo
shifts ±rward, it can push the curtain up aGainst the exHaust stack¶ The situa·
tion is even worse if the curtain is not tied
¸
down Good
¸
and tight¹
Be sure ºll your carGo is tied down so it won'» shift. Then, be mi¼hty s½re
your canvas curtaiNs are tied down riGht, »oo.
That way, the only »ime you
'11
hear ¾¾¿Àre!'' is when your outÁt Gets the order
to put steel on tarGet.
Combat Vehicles .
..
Check Out the Linkage
The throttle liÂaGe on a combat veÃ
hicle ha
S
a bunch of rods, clevises and
bearinGs. µt's not too surprisinG that
they sometimes get out of whack.
WHT±S
THE
mAt²R
wI³ ´µ aCcELer¶·O¸? .¹
ºh»¼½¾s No P¿ÀÁ!
Say a driver cranks up his
M60Â3
tank, lets it get warm, andÄ takes it out
±²³´µ
¶
·¸
¹
º»¼½¾¿
:
À
±r a rUn on the ranGe¶
¿or some Å
reason, he can't Get Æll power Çom the
È
É
enGine no matter how h rd he presses
the accelerator.
µt could be a problem with the throÊË
tle liNkaGe, which yO can
f
no sweatÌ
So always check ouÍ the linkaGe firsÎ
when loss of power is reported.
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ÏÐe MoRe cHeCK Àn »He bat»eRY CoMÑaR»Meл oÒ Yo½R ÓL »ÔÕk CÖÐ Go Ö loÐG
way »owarD pReventiÐg Ö ÒÀRe.
WHeÐ Yo½ 'Re ÀÐ »He Com×aR»meл mÖKÀÐG Yo½R ØeÙReÚoÑeRÖ»ioÐ ÛÓÜÝ, ÞooK
a» »He Øase oÒ »He ÑosÀ»Àve Øus coÐD½C»oRß
ÓÖKe s½Re »HeRe's a r½bØeR c½sHioÐ ½ÐDeR »He CoÐD½c»oR aÐD »HÖ» Àtàs »iáH»ÞY
a»»ÖCHed. âÒ tHe ãusHioÐ äs missÀÐG, »He coÐD½c»oR cÖÐ åoRK Þoose ÖÐD RæØ ÖGaÀÐs»
tHe Øa»»eRY Re»ÔÀÐeR.
çHès éØØiÐG êeÖRs oë »He Re»ÖÀneR ÀÐs½Þa»ÀoÐ, Res½Þ»ÀnG ÀÐ Ön eleC»RÀCaÞ sHoR»ì
ÖÐD a ÒÀRe.
íe» YouR uÐÀ» MÖÀлenÖÐce Know ÀÒ tHe c½sHÀoÐ Às MissinG oR Þooseß çHeY'ÞÞ
ѽ» oÐ Ö Ðeå ConD½ctoR,
nÃn 6ÄÅÆ-ÆÄÇÆÈ3ÉÅ7ÆÆ,
ÀÒ À»îs MÀssiÐá.
ïou
Ó60ðseñies òó ôrewmeÐ can õrGet thaö old
RecharGinG routine ÷n the 5ø
_
lù poròble úû2 üiýe ExË
tinGuisheþ,
nÊn Ë2Ì0Í0ÆÎÏÐ0Î45ÄÑÒ
ÿext »ime the ĀXtinguisher is ā½e ±r recharGĂnG,
ărn it iÐ and replace it with »he
ÓÔ
75ølb Ą¿3Bą exĆ
tinGuisher,
nÕn ÖÏÌ0Í00Î5Å5Î883×Ø
µt's tće preĈrĉ
reĊ onE ±r ċour vehiČčĎ aÐď will soon show up as
×art of yĐuđ BĒē µt Ĕĕesn't Ðeed recharGinG, whicĖ
mėĘes it more reliable than ęĚe olā ě×e ex»iÐGuisher¶
JUN 8
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