PS Magazine - DECEMBER 1986
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 409
DECEMBER 1986
Mechs, keep these Tips in sigh± to Keep your VUlcans riGHt.
CarefL wHen you pUl² ou± compoNents liKe tHe ranGe co³puter or poWer supplY,
or you can sLide ±he³ righ± into a trip to DS´ RaIls tHa± hold componeNts in their
boxes breaK easILy iF you ±wis± and tuG
a componen±µ ¶i±h broKen rai²s, ±He
component can bounce around in i±s box
a·d su¸er damage¹
Beºre you sLide a
'
componeN± out,
discOnnect aLL cabLes¹ »hen sLide the
component out as straigHt and evenLy as
¼
possib²e½ ¾¿ you ³ee± resis±ance, stop.
SLide the component bacK in and try
againÀ Áever ºrce it outµ
Twisting components out breaks rails
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DEC 86
±ricaL ±roubLe¹ Besides, ±he
Â
M61 gasKe±
neeÃs quarÄerLy ±es±ing ±o maKe sure i±Ås
Keeping ±he sigh± pressurized¹
Rd
verÆcaÇon, AÈ ÉrEighÇng,
and Êajor ba±±ery service are
al
DS jobsµ
But i±Ås
your
job ±o maKe sure ±hey get
do·e eveËy
9
Ìaysµ
Ke
ÍacK oF seÎiceµ
¾F you Le± ±he radar and antenna Lose
±heir accuracy, ±he VuLcan wiLL sHoo±
everywhere bu± where i±Ås supposed toÏ
R-±²_.³J´µ¶
¶ithout on-time DS service, bat±ery LiÐ
is sHor±enedµ
Remember, ±oo, any ±Ñ³e you change
a componen± oF ±he antenna, ±he an±enna
±²³
l.
´
needs boresigh±ing¹
BOLt BOOst±²
:ÒÓÔ_
CoLor maKes a di¸erence ºr boLts
·:¸¹º»¼=
·
HoLding the six upPr ÍacKs oF Ähe cannonµ
BoLts that arenű yeÕowÖheaded need bo²±
Head
LocKs,
ÁSÁ 105Ö 0×148×232 4,
PU²g± It
»M 9Ö10Ø×286×2Ù×1and»M9×235ÙÖ
Whenever you spo± moistureµ ButÚ iF you
see no mois±ure aÛer 9Ù days, purGe ±He
beºre theyÅre LocKwired¹ ¶ithou± Ühe
sight anyway. Ýven smaLL
Þ
a³ounts
ß
oF
²ocKs, ±he boL±s can ²oosen and cause
water tha± canÅt be seen can cause elecà
the áuLcan ±o jam or expLodeµ
DEC 86
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