PS Magazine - NOVEMBER 1984
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 384
NOVEMBER 1984
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Rewire the Diffuse± Vent
Dear Windy,
I've run into some cases on
the OH-58 engine where the
safety wire wears a groove
along the holes in the diFuser
vent orif±ce. Do we have to
throw those orifices out?
Wouldn't it be cheaper to
redrill and reuse the orifice?
P² ³´ Mµ
Chicago, IL
VENT
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PRobaµl¶ UsE it again·
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a
GRoovE in thE HolE it GoEs th¼U½ BU¾ t¿at's
OK-As lonG as thE holE isnÀÁ Wo² complEÂEÃY ¾hRUÄ JÅst REwiRE ÂhE oÆÇE
µaÈk into ÉlÊcEËmoRE tiGhtlÌ this timE ÍÎUndÏ
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CH-47 DraiN Cu
p
The drain cup under the spring of the
Chinook's crown cover access door
Fstener wears out a±er repeated
reriveting.
NSN 1560-01²030-8607 gets a new
plastic cup. It's listed as item 21A in
³ig 13 of ´M
55-1520-24µ-23P, (Jul
84)¶
44
Tech ManuAls ±²±
This HoldE² Kee
p
S ³hEm CloSe
H
ere·s a holdeR that will help keep your T¸'s in easy Reach .
.. and keep
'em from "walking away.¹
Get youR support people to cut and shape a 24º
x
µ2ºin »iece of .040ºin
aluminum ¼R e½ch manual you want nearby.
/
¾iVet the Ring holder fRom an unserviceable 3ºRing bindeR ¿o
¿he aluminum. Clip a laBel holder, NSN 75µ0-00À272-
3044, to the side of the manual holdeR to quickly
iden¿ify the TÁ. ¾ivet the completed
holder ¿o a woRkbench, mobile mainÂ
tenance platfORm or anywheRe
else it'll be handy.
Kee
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Old ³ool Kit ´C
Hold on to yoUr jun 81 version of SC 5180º97ºCL-AÃÄ on theAircrÅftGenERal
¸echanics Tool Kit.
Don't toss out tÆe old SC in Çvor of the Aug 83 microÈiche versionÉ The
newer edition is missing a heap of tools¶
´he headshed has scrapped plans to break the GeneRal ¸echanics Tool Kit
into 2 parts. AÊSCËM ¸essage DÌSAʺMCAPT µ71900Z ApR 84 says to
disregard the Aug 83 SC 5180-97-CLÍAÃÎ.
The message also notes that SC 5µ80-97ºCL-A 16 (Ïug 83) is headed fOr Ðhe
scÑap heap, tooÒ That supply catalog contained the list of tools remoVed Óom
the AÃÎ.
So until a corrected AÃ! comes out, use the 198µ SC to do your tool
inventoriesÔ
NOV 8±
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