PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-438
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 438
MAY 1989
ow many damaged ammo tubes or
broken oR bent ammo rack locking
handles does it take to make yoUR tanK
NMC?
FouR oR moRe.
You can save your hide and stay
battLefield Ready By keeping these tips
in mind:
•
NeveR Rotate the tuRret when an
ammo Rack Locking handle is opened.
It means BRoken oR bent handles oR
damaged t±bes.
²eep geaR out of the ammo tubes.
The combination of a rotating tu³Ret
and geaR sticking out of a tube leads
to damage.
•
Never use a tube oR handle to get
in oR out of the tu´Ret. It's a suRe step
to damage.
•
Tape oR wiRe the handles cLosed
if you aRen't caRRying ammo.
•
If yoµR tank still has the Long-sty¶e
handles in youR huLl a·mo ´acks, have
youR mechs repLace them. ¸hey'LL need
15
handles, NS¹
5340-01±039±8593,
ºR the left Rack, and
11
handLes, NSN
5340±01²039³8594,
ºR the Right Rack.
´µ
¸he shoR» handLes heLP pRevent dam¼
age, But onLy yo± can stop it in its
tRacks.
MAY ¶·
m¸a¸
Tanks .
..
M±cmf0liU²
1
reakout boxes are in sho³t supply½
but No¾ 7 adapters ºR the boxes a³e
Here's the conversion ch¹rt:
evEn moRe scaRce. ¸he No. 7 adapteR
is needed to test the tank commandeR's
panel And the tempeRature contRol unit.
No adapteR, no test¿ Àight?
WRong! The solution is to use the
cabLe adapter CÁÂ573 Ãom the STÄÅ
MÆ/FVS test set. CÁÂ573 can be
hooked up to the bReakout box in three
waysÇ with the adapter cable No.
I
Ãom the BReakout box; or the
CX±304
caBle o´ the
CX±305
Ãom Èhe STÄÂMÆ/
FVS set.
Breakout
box
ºa»¼7½
adapter
Use
ºa¾¼7½
when you don't
have adapter
7¿
but remember
±o use ±he conversion chaR ±o
identify ±est poInts
Since CÁÂ573 is not wiRed the same
as adaPteR No. 7, you must use a conÉ
veRsion chA´t to identify test points on
the bReÊkout Box veRsus those on the
Line RepLaceabLe unit ¸JÂ1 wiRing diaÉ
gRams.
MAY ¶·
À´
²reakout box
T
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test point
±est poin±
using
ºa¾¼7½
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