PS Magazine - OCTOBER 1985
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 395
OCTOBER 1985
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Combat Vehicles .¹º
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Heater Shutdown Tips
1. Turn of
heater switch
Allow the hEaTer To purge itself aT shuTdown. Some vehicles' circuiTry lets The
heaters run and purge theMseLves even with the vehicle master sWitch oF. OTher
vehicle heaters ±US² musT be allowed To run unTil purging is ³nished be´re
You hiT the MasTer swiTch.
Don't guess how The heaTer workµ! CheckouT Your vehicle's-I¶ ·± and ¸llow
The insTrucTions to The letter. ¹ou maintenanºe TYpes check ouT the new heater
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9»2540»205¼24 &
P»
HeaTers that aren'T purged compleTeLY BuiLd up carbon and ¼ood easiLY. ½loode¾
heaters are ³re Traps. ¿ither waY You're ouT at leasT a heaTer.
±eatER ±otline C²angE
Here're The new
HOTE
nuMbers ´r
The ²ACO± vehicle personnel heaters
lisTed on Page
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of PS
391½
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AUTOVON 786-7369/6998/6993
COMM 313-574-7369/6998/6993
FTS 973±7369/6998/6²93
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Àhen You instÁll a water-cooLed powerpack, make sure it's protected ÂoM
Âeezeup.
Once the pack's in place and You've hooked up all The hoses and linesà ³ll
the cooling sYsTem wiTh The right antiÂeeze waTer MixTure ´r Your location. Use
²Ä
750»651,
Use of AnTifReeze SoLutions and Cleaning Compounds in Ångine
Cooling SYstems, ´r the right mix.
²hen rÆn the pack long enough to circulate The cooLanT throughouT the ÇYsTemÈ
Éf You don't do Thatà the unmixed cooLant
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an Âeeze.
³AmP ³e´EµoiR DRAiNing
Dear Editor,
DraIning the ramp hydraulic
reservoir on M113-series caRIers
Can be a tough job if the drain
plug has been rounded off with
tHe wrong tools or tightened too
much.
±'ve solved the problem by
replacIng the plug with straIght
draIn cock, NSN 4820²00³849²
1220´ Whenever you need to drain
the reservoir, you just catch the
Fuid In a small canµ ThIs also
saves makIng a mess In the
engine compa¶ment when the
plug is unscrewed·
Michael
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Bor¸a
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BennIng,
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(Editor
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s noTe: Speaking of valves, SG±
Joseph
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MaT²as³
APÅ
New YorK³ sug-
gests using ²he angled oil analysis dRIn
cocK´ NSN
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Either
op²ion can be useD wi²h youµ com¶
·ander
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s approvAl.)
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Straight drai¶ cock,
NSN 4820-00-849-1220
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