PS Magazine - DECEMBER 1985
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 397
DECEMBER 1985
M901-series .±²
You can break the chains of your
M90 1-serIes ±TV's erector system if you
move the ±TV when the launcher's not
·
on Its supports.
When yoU lower the launcher, be sUre
It rests Flly on its stow brackets. ±² the
launcher's
not
³ll
down
on
the
brackets, don't move the vehicle´ Get
10
-
help µom your maIntEnancE, because
moving it when the launcher ¶s not
resting on the sUpports can snap the
chains.
Careful with PAint
Paint Is bad news ¸r somE Com¹
ponents of your ±TV, so be extra carEºl
wHen you spot-paint near them. ±f yoU
spIll or drip on tHem, »¶pe it up qUicK¼
like´
DEc 85
•
½ee¾ it o¿ the missile rails or the
missiles won't slide home.
•
±² yoU're touching up the ground
moUnt tripoD, be carE³l you don't get
paÀt on the two level bUbbles´ ±t's toUgh
to get a levEl reading by trying to see
throUgh paint´
•
½eep tHe stUÁ o¿ the machIne gun
raIl, too. ±t can prevEnt the mount µom
turning.
Reminde±s .
..
•
½eep the coolant cartridge on the
night
sigHt
at all
times
to
prevent
cryostat contaminatIon. Âse the sIght
onlà wHen the battery is attached´
•
Secure the latcH assembly the way
pages 2ÄÅ34´Å thru 2Ä136 o² Æ2 to TM
9- 2350Ä259- Å0, tell yoU ´´´ or the sight
will spin.
ITV Cable Slack
ÇHe 8WL cablE needs lots o² slack to
alloÈ yoU to rEmoÉe the TOW 2
AN/TASÊ4A µom yoUr Ë9ÌÅAL ±TV
ÈithoUt breÍng anything´
ÇHe cable Has to be long eÎoUgH to
JEt yoU diÏmoUnt thE ÎigHt sigHt, set ¶t
doÈÐ, Ñnd ÒisconÓect Ôhe 8WL µom Ôhe
jL conÎector. WitHoUt eÎoUgH slack,
yoU'll ÕraÕk or brÖK ×E ÕoØeÕtor´ THe
excEss cablE is wrapped aroUÎd ÔHe
Upper ¶magE traÎsÙr assembly (±ÇA).
ÆUt tHE plastic tiE tHat's holding the
8WL to Ôhe ÚeE-ÛÈer sigHt o² ÔHe
I
A
anÒ ²eeÒ enoUgH loose cable to get tHe
ÜÝb doÎe´ Ço preÉent cablE ÒÑmÑgE, reÞ
tie it to tHE sigHt´
ReÄßstEn tHe looped cable on Ôhe
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11
Upper ±TA to the thàeE-power sight´ Âse
a new plast¶c tie´
±² somebody Has shUáed tHe cable
ties aroUnd, rEmovE tHe tiE, get your
slaÕk, Ñnd retiE it to the goosenecK on
thE tHreeÊpo»er sigHt´
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