PS Magazine - FEBRUARY 1985
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 387
FEBRUARY 1985
Swimming the Bradley
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Saft, saft, saFet. You can'T be Too care±l when iT cOmes To swimming
The M2/M3.
Befre swm-heck out AC SaFty±o²±Use Msg ACS³±E
231730Z OcT 84. See page 65´PS 386.
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You've goT 25 ToNs oF vehicLe TO keep aFLoaT, and iT can be doNe-iF yoU do
The job righT. Read and heed aLL swimmiNg iNsTrUcTioNs in ²M 9³2350³252³10´1µ
ParT oF The job oF keeping The vehicLes dry invoLves mainTeNance. Check o¶T
These Tips:
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Make sure your biLge pumps are
working. DoN'T eve· aTTempT To swim
uNLess aLL ¸ur pumps work.
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Make sure The ramp an¹ rAmp access
door seaLs are
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gooº sHApe. Rips, Tears
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and gaps won'T hoLd ouT waTer.
MounTing ha¼dWare ¸r The waTer
barrier aNd The Tri½ vaNe musT be in
pLace anº working every Time yo¶ go
swimming¾ ²hi¿À is especiaLLy True oF
The Trim vaNe Locking bLocks and The
waTer barrier reLease Lever.
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FEB 85.
²He locKing BlÁcKs pÂeVenT ÃHe colÄ
lÅÆse oF Çhe siÈe sUÆÆoÂÃs ÉÊË ÃHe TÂim
ÌaneÍ ²He relEase ÎeÌer lÊcKs Ãhe ÃÂiÏ
Ðhen Ãhe exhaUsT deÉLecTÑr is Âaised
ÉÒr swimmingÓ maKe sUre iÃ's lockeÈ in
place. IF iT ÔLls, Ãhe exHaUsT wilL bUrn
a hole in The barrier.
FEB 85
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ÕF yo¶ Ïess Up wiÃH ÃHe HaÂÈÖarE×
yØU're
sunK¶
ÕT's ÃHaà siÏple.
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ÙHecK Ú Holes o ÃEaÂs o oÃHEÂ
STowing Ãhe Barrie aFÃe swimmiÛg
caUses Ïosà oF Ãhe Èamage. ÜolLow Ãhe
Ý10 ²MÓ Ïaking sure alL edges are
TUcked in cLeanly, espEcially Those on
The ÞoNT corners. ÕT Helßs iF yo¶ Use a
hamme HaNdle To pUsh THe baÂrieÂ
maTeriaL inTo
à
Ãhe gap beáEen The hUll
and Ãhe side armor.
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