PS Magazine - OCTOBER 1986
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 407
OCTOBER 1986
I
I
M60A3 Tanks .
.±
New Air System UpdatE
The improved
a
InDuctIon system on
rebuIlt M60A3's takes some gettIng
used to.
Here
a
± fw ²Ps ³±t'lL heLP you s´y
±he±D oF the Downtime greµs:
lg
±nD the res¶Ic·Ion InDIc±tor to KOw
when I·'s ¸e
t
cLe¹ ºhe »L¼r eLements ½.
¾n't LE ¿nyoN
ur
Àe wÁg
syste by movÃg ºhe Dust InDIc±tor t±Ä
Don't move the tape unless
you cLean the eLements
wI³out cLe±ning ³e eÅements. You'Ll just
h
moR ProbLeÆ
d
³e rDZD when
It gets tougher Èr the engIne tO get the
±Ir I· needs.
²
MÉS, ³e one-w±y "ÊËrÌ vÍve
in the sc±venge PIÄ c±n
f.
Ît c±n eI³er
Replace a
broken
"fLapper±
vaLve or .².
ÎF the V±Lve Is brOken, ºhe sc±Ïenge
PIÄ wIlL c±rbon uP ±t the ex±ust enD.
ÐePL±ce the v±Lve WIºh ÑÒÓ 2990-01-
156Ô6225, whIch
i
± BÕFÖ×uP v¿Lve ºh±·
wOn't bre±k ±s e±siLy.
²
Mechs, keeP ³e
bl
hoLes cle±n on
the
a
cle±ner boXes. You c±n Prevent
Sp
ØLt
A
hÙLe
TD
by ²G¼Úng
³e Ølts onLy
± 35
Lb×Û ÜD by ÝÞg
ou· ºhe hoLes so
²
¿nD stUß Cn'· cOàát.
12
OC³ 86
M60-³eries Tanks .
..
´
Give Flange Bolts Closer Look
ÑeXt tIme you've got ± PowerP±ck on the grounD Èr servIce, t±ke ± Look ±t
the ·wâ tr±nsmIssIon ãutPu· ä±nge moun·Ing boLts.
The bolts ±re recesseD Into the ä±nges, behInD the unIvers±L joInts.
µ
Loose boLT or oil staiN
means TroubLe's coming
-´µ¶·¸
M¿ke sure the LockwIre Is still In PL±ce
±nD holDIng .
.. ±nD ·h±t there ±re no oIl
Le±ks ±rounD the boLts.
åoose boLts or Le±ks me±n troubLe's
on the w±y. æ±tch the e±rLy w±rnIng
sIgns beçre D±m±ge occurs. èet your
éê unIt's cont±ct te±m know. They c±n
Prob±bly ëX wh±t's wrong on ìhe sPot.
Then yOu wOn't lose ±ny tIme now Or
l±ter.
MLR¶
·
·
±
±ew GeneraTor Needs PigTail
YOu MåÐê mechs wILL be íî ï± 220ð±mP TeLñyne gener±tor, Ñòó 29ô0õ
01-107ð9930, ±s ± substItu·e Èr the 3ö-±mP gener±tOr when It goes b±D. The
3ö-±mP jobbIe just won't hoLD uP.
You'Ll need to OrDer ± wI÷ng høess ±D±P·er, ÑêÑ 2ù20-01ú187-3661, tO m±te
ûhe new gener±tOr to the m±In wIrIng
h±üess on vehIcLes wIth serI±L numbers
ö1 to 117.
ýntIL ± new 300-±mP gener±tor Is
±v±IL±bLe, you'LL þ±ve to LIÏe wIºh the
220ÿ±mp's Lower OuĀutā Th±t me±ns
LoĂger rech±rgIng time ±nD Prob±bLy
more ăst IDLÃg to keeP
¹L
systĄms uP.
The ±D±Pąer wILL not be needed when
the 3ö-±mP gener±tor Is ±vaIL±bLe.
OC³ 86
1º
You'LL need A pigtAiL
adapte³,
N·N
2920-01´187µ3661,
to use 220´Amp geNeratOr
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