PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-456
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 456
NOVEMBER 1990
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f your survival depended on your Bradley making a good cloud of smoke right
now, would you suRvive?
Not if the smoke generator adapter is clogged.
The adapter must let Fel into the exhaust pipe to make smoke± No Fel into
the pipe, no smoke.
To help keep the adapter clean, ream it out during the semiannual service²
³M
9-2350±252²20²1±3
(´r M2/M3 and µ2AL/M3A
1)
and ¶M
9³2350´284´20²
1-3
(´r M2A2/M3A2) are bOth shor· on cleani¸g in¹rmation, thoughº
»eam the adapter with a sti¼ wire or metal rod about the size of a coat hanger
or brazing rodº A new adapter, if needed, is ½S½
4730²00-289µ0383.
Cold Trans Oil che±k Caution
A
cold oil level check on a Bradley transmission is good ¾r
only one thing-making sure there's enoUgh oil in the
transmission to sa¿ly star· and run tHe vehicle until
a hot check can be made±
ÀÁÂÃÄÅ
Even then, a cold check is only good
if it's been at least siX hours
since the engine was
Æse only the side of
the dipstick marked "MINIµÆµ
CÇÈD ÇIÈ ÈEVEÈ ÉENGINE ÇÊÊ
last shut down.
ËSAÊE ¶Ç ÇPE»A¶EÌÍ
If tHe oil level is below tHe MINIMÆM mark,
check ´r leaKs² No leaks? Add just enougH oil to meet the
markÎ After waRmÏÐp, check the level again ¾r a true reading±
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Cover BarrEL Problem
Dear Editor,
.
The
M242
has
¹
plastIc
±
plug that's stuck i
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the
"
r
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e
when the Bradley Is
´µ¶ :
e
³
p
The plug is suppose
out rain and dirt that c
²³
cause corrosion and ²mng
probleMs³
We've found the plug
doesn't do a goo
´
job of
´
sealing the barRel, es
´
ec1aFLy
froM water³ Our solutIon was
t have ouR canvas shop
o
hoods ²or the
Make canvas
±d be
±sµ The hoods shoU
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We
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x
23-mC
es³
NOV90
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,
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½
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ÁÂi
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had drawstRings put in the
h
hoods to secure theM on t e
baRrels³ Just slip theM o
Æ
¹
r
ht
the Muzzles, snug theM Ig
and the barrels will stay clean
and ·Ry³
SaM Harvel
Gary
WilliaMs
¸t Benning, GA
(Editor's note
.
Glad t
±
µ
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og²ve your
²dea a plug. Thanks.³
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