PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-456
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 456
NOVEMBER 1990
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Intake for B
H
ow welL you
MLRS
crews do your "housekeeping±
.
chores wiLL go a long
way toward making sure you have heat when you need Tt.
² .
Paper and trash on the foor get sucked into the personnel heater a1r Mtake³
´he intake on the underside oF the cab µower distribution box has a screen over
it, but the openings are too large to trap some trash.
Once trash blocks the air inlet
¶
the heater cannot breathe· It goes oUt· YoU're
leFt in the cold UntiL you remove the bLockage¶ which can Be anywhere in a long
air inlet hose rUnning ¸om the cab to the heater under the cab³
YoU can prevent the discom¹rt and work by keeping a cLeaner cab¶ or By
having your mechanic cover the air inLet with a piece oF coºmon door screen.
IF your ºechanic doesn't have screen on-hand¶ he caN check with the instaL»
lation's selF¼service supply center½
NSN
5335-00-889-328¾ wiLL get a J¿¿ÀFt rolL
oF Á6xÁ8 ºesh 30 inches wide³
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ÂÃÄerent sLeeve spacers are needed
in one oÅ the two qUicK Fixes ¹r the
hatch Latch oN yoUr Æ ¾09
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T· ¸akE ¹uºE »hE c·¸¸a¼dEº'¹
ha»ch ¹»ay¹ la½chEd ·¾E¼¿a¼d ·f
y·uº hEad¿ÀEºE'¹ À·W »· d· »hE
W·ºk:
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Add New sLeeve
spacers¶
NSN
5365-0Ç-295È8Ç28¶
under
the
Latch
spriNg
on Both sides oÅ the ºoUnt
BracKets· YoU ºay need a coUpLe oÅ
fat washers¶
NSN
53¾0-00É080-6004¶
to hoLd Êhe spacers iN pLace. Ëhe spacÌ
ers keep the spring ¸oº Losing its
shaµe aND Êhe ends ¸oº sLipping oÍ
Êhe Latch bracket·
t
Îsing the saºe Ïat washers¶ shiº
the space beÊweeN the Brackets so
there's onLy aBoUt a Ð/SÀin gap. Æore
space thaN that Lets the Latch ºove too
¸eely and can keep the hatch ¸om
Locking righÊ.
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