PS Magazine - JUNE 1984

PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly

ISSUE 379

JUNE 1984

PS Magazine - JUNE 1984 - Page 6 of 35
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M911 C-HET Tractor .±²
Fresh Look at Gages
Here's the current supply info Fr instrument panel gages in TM 9-2320±²70±
20P:
ElectricaL gages, exce³t the vO´tmeter, need a vOltage adapter, NSN 6625µ
01±096±¶271.
M880³SeRies Trucks ´µ±
Use Smaller Fuel Nozzle
Coupling, quick-dIscoNnect,
1±iN male to 1±In female,
N¶N
4940±00±360²0710
O
:
rinG,
·N¶N
5330±00³3´0-07µ¶*
The standard
I Y-'
·eLing nOzzLe On
¸eL trucks is tOO big tO sli³ past the
fILler neck ¹ange reaL easy. SO, naturaLµ
1
y, the flange gets bent Out Of sha³e by
the ºOzzle. And, naturaLLY, the gas ca³
wiLl nO LOnger »it¼sO it gets LOst. A 1µin
nOzzle and cOupLings sOLve the prOBLem,
Like sO½
·Use
DD
FoRm ¸348-´
Coupling, qui¹k-dIsconnecT
1-iN male to 1º2±in female,
N¶N
4730±0»-889¼½38½
Use CTA 50±970 as the authOrity. ¾f the filLer
neck
flange
is
aLready
Ruined,
get it re³Laced With NSN 4710±01µ066µ6470.
8
JUN ±4
j
M915³SerIes ¸rucks ±±.
Tow Them.Home the Rig±t Way
TOwing a disabled ¿915µseries truck is tricky business because the trucks
are sO heavy.
The 5±tOn wrecKeÀ is nOt big enOugh tO haºdle an ¿915µseries tRucK safÁLy.
And the wrecker's tOWbar, NSN 4910µ00µ433µ7094, isn't up tO the jOb either.
¾t cÂn bend¼Or even break¼when yOu use it.
Ãhat YOu need is tOwbar, NSN 2540±
q 16
00µ378µ2012. This iÄ the bigger One
carried On ¿578 and ¿88A
±
recOvery
vehiÅLesÆ ¾t's in the AdditiOnaL AuthOriµ
zatiOn Çist iº T¿ 9È2320±273µ10 and
¾owbaR
9µ2320É283µ10.
N¶N
¿540-00À378À½0¸½
sure tO use an ¿915µseries vehicle Of the same mOdeL¼Or a heavier One¼tO
a disabled truÊK.
·
ChecK OËt PÂr 2 27 Of the Ì273Ì10 TÍ aºd Para 2É25 Of the Î283Ï10 T¿
for mOre tOwing informÂtiOº.
Fifth Wheel Wrecker
Ãhen it's necessary tO tOw aº ¿915 with the Wheels OÐ the grOuºd, use a
»ifthµwheel wrecker kit, NSN 2510Ñ01µ032±7123. ¾t mOunts On an ¿915, ¿916
Or ¿920 truck tractOr.
¾nstructiOns cOme with the Kit.


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