PS Magazine - JULY 1986
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 404
JULY 1986
Take one box without a cover or a drain hole. Add a hard rain or several days
of steady rain, or a heavy dose of water Fom a hose± What do you have?
Water in the air induction plenum box on Ml tanks, that's what² And you've
got to get the water out of the box i³ you want to operate the tank´
Once the water gets pulled iNto the engine duriµg the start procedure, the start
is automatically aborted¶
So· un¸il ¸HE pLEnum box is modi¹iEd with a "lipº Ki¸ to KEEp w»¸ER ou¸·
HERE¼s wHat you can do to pREvEn¸ ¸urbinE abor¸s±
•
Make sure any cleanup eforts using
water hoses don't cause more trOuble.
Keep the hoses away From the air
inlet±
•
IF it's rained harD or For a long time,
check tHe plenum box For standing water²
Sop up all the water with rags³
2
M1 Tanks .±²
J3± Connector's No Handhold!
½hEn you¾rE puLLing or rEpLacing » p»cK· rEmEmbEr tha¸ ¸HE J3¿ ELEc¸RicaL
connEctor »nd ¿½105 wiring haRnEssEs arE ÀoÁ handhoLdsÂ
·
´ONµt PusH
OR PULL ON
tHE cONNEctOR /HARnEss
You kÃow-liÄe År guIding the aIr inlet end of the pacÄ as it coÆes out of
or goes into the hull under the edge of the turret²
Pulling or pushIng on the connector/harness assembly breaks pins inside the
connection² That means shorts in the electromechanical Çel system² Your drivers
will report the damage as low engine power or erratic ÈPM's²
Éo even though the connector/harness looks strong enough to take a push or
pullÊ don't do it²
Ëf the pacÄ can't be removed or replaced without this extra helpÊ something's
not right¶ Check your sLingÊ liÌ points and liÌ angle² Make changes as needed
and save pack damageÍand work År you¶
FuEl NozLe ²Leaning
The ÇeL nozzLe's always bEen a pain ¸o kEep opeRÎtionaL ϸ cÎRboÐs UÑ qUicÒ
and let¸ing i¸ soak Órever ¸akes lots of time± ÉoÔe of yoU ÔecHs Have BEEÐ
trying ways o¸HeR tHan tHe one in your
-±0
TÕ ¸o cLEan Ðo:zLEsÖ
×Ut aLl ¸He tricks yoU've tried (using oven cleanersØ vinegaRÙ Doing UnaU¸ÚoRizeD
DisasseÔbLy) have ruinED nozzles, wrEckeD engines aÐD caUsED ÛResÜ
Éo, go by wHat you'Re toLd in TÕ
9-±350-±55-±0-1-3-1.
ϸ Ôay ¸aÒE soÔE
¸iÔe to clean ¸He nozzLe, but it's ¸He onLy way to go´
JULY86
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