PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-427
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 427
JUNE 1988
HMMWV's .±²
Guide Rod Helps Drivers
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Several of our HMMWV's have been damaged because drivers
misjudge clearance on the right front fendeR Since we added gUide
rods, though, the fender benders have stopped!
Make the rod fRom
a 2-ft length of
1/8±iN weLDing rod.
Bend it Like so:
Take the nuts off the
iNsIde of the right feNder reFLector²
Put the smaLl loops over tHe
screws and repLace the Nuts³
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Top tHe rod w´th an
anteµna ball,
NSN
5985±00±930±722¶,
aNd tape it iN pLace,
to preveNt iNjury to a
passerby³
The iNstalLed gu´de rod
sHouLd Look Like this·
That's aL there is to it.
SFC Manuel
F
Torres
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Bragg, NC
(Editor's Note: Thanks to you and
Capt.
P±²
Beachem who had a siMilar
±
S²A³ idea.
YouR fI should stop
some of those fendeR benders´)
JUn88
Hey, what's wiTh all ±e HMMW air filters being ordered out there?
You don't nee
d
to replace the element every time the air restriction indicator
moves into the red.
Instead, clean ±e element with low pressure compressed air-30 PSI or less²
or detergent and waR water.
³hen you use compressed air, blow air Fom ±e inside out. ´en hold The nozzle
at an angle and blow loose dirt oµ the outside.
¸or loose dirt, use
compressed air
¸Or oiLy DiRt, uSe
detergeNt,
NSN
7930¹00º282±9699,
aNd warm
water
You
'1
need to wash the ¶lter element to get rid of oily dirt· Gently wash it wiTh
detergent, NSN 7930¸00¹282¸9699, and warm water. ºinse in warm water and let
the element dry be»re you put it back in.
ºeplace the element only if i¼ is ripped, to½, or you can't get it clean.
JUÅ 88
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