PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-420
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 420
NOVEMBER 1987
TOW, TOW
2,
M901 ITV .±±
When you unplUg the W2JL cable fom
your M91 's Missi±e Guidance SeT (MGS),
The cable usually ends up on the FOR where
a big booT can crunch iTs connecTor.
Mechs, Tie up thaT cable with Two elecTrica²
•
³n sTraps, NSN 5´75-0111µ3¶·8, and
a 1¸In ¹bBr sºap, NSN 4¶1»¼½8·.
Assault and Ba²er
¾¿W MGS's are BÀÁg le PweRless Bcause oÃraToRs aRe removÄg baTTeRies
wrong.
MGS wing ÅsTeneRs are disapÃaRÀÁg ÅsTeR than ice on a July day Bcause
oÃraTors are jerkÀng THe baTTeÆ ouT wiÇouT Èl±y unscRewÀÁg all The asTeners.
ÉhaT breaks Çe reÊg clips thaT hold in tHe ËaÌteneRsÍ ¾he ËasTeners vÎbÏÐ oÑTÍ
T
MGS batTeRy is
NC
iË iT dÒsn'T have aT leasT ÓuR ÅsTeneRsÔand They're
in shorT supplyÕ
Afer unscrewing
all wing FastEneR,
lif up baTE±
slow and st²ight
Jerking out baTeries breaks retainer
cliPs and loses wing FasteneR. Get
FastEner rePlacements with
NSN
³4·´³-³µ¶8´³
So
m
suRe aÖ ÅstEneRs aRe ÈllY ÑnscReweD BÓRE YoÑ li ouT thE ba×eØÍ
NeveR jeRK the baTtEØ ouTÍ Ùi iT stRaÀgHT Ñp.
I
You Ëeel ResisÚÁce, checK Çe
ÅsteneRs againÍ ÛË thaT's noT the pRoblem, Tel± youR ÜeÝaÀÞaÁ.
NeveR sTack baTTeßes, eitheR. ¾haT
c
àaáe noT oÁlY âÀÁg ÅsteneRs, buT the
ba×eRies themselves iË Çey ãe a Tumble.
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nOV 87
¸topping CabLE CRunch
äemove åhe æçk fom eAch end èé åæe
e²asTêc corëì
¾æreaë one sårap åhrough åhe cab²eís ²oèp
ên The MîS housing coVer Anë åhrougæ åæe
ho²e ên The end oé ïe e²asåic corëì ð²² The
åêñdoòn åigæåì
Wrap åæe oTher såóap rêghT below åhe coôõ
nöcåoó
a
p÷sæ êT øougæ Çe ho²e ên åhñ oåher
end oé The e²asåêc cordì ùocú iå åêghåì
¾heô òæenever you unp²ug ïe WûL Cab²e,
Tæe coRë wêl² pull the cable up To åhe æousing
cover anë ouT oË harmís way.
¹nsuºe »imite¼ »½m½t
³his'll keeP cables
out
¾
harm's way
STops on The elevaTionüdeÝRessionµlimiTer on ¾ýþ's Åil duRing ÿingĀ
¾hen The launcH TuB suddenly swings up or down, leāg The ¾¿Ă's bacK blasT
buă The vehÀcle .
.. or you.
¾o sTop swÀÁgÀÁg and swaying, TesT ĄTh Çe elevaTion and depRession sTops
duRing youR BąRe oÃRaTion checKsÍ
Ćo iT liKe this:
±
ćuT a launch TuB iÁ the TraveRsÀÁg uĈiTÍ
±
ĉlevaTe The launch TuB as ËaR uÝ as iT wĊl go. GentlY pusH down on The Tube's
rear end To ċaKe suRe Çe elevaTion sToÝ holds.
´uSh down as Far
-²³´µ¶
A
it will µo ¶¶¶
·
¾esT The deÝression sTop bY TipÝiÁg the launcH TuB down as Ëar as iT wil± go.
GenTly push up on the Tube's
r
end.
ÛË you ËČl eiTheR sTop give, rePč iT.
nOV 8²
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