PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-519
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 519
FEBRUARY 1996
M242 Automatic Gun .
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Dear EditoR
The 14-pin connectors on the
M242 gun's feeder and receiver
often get bent. Crews forget to
push the drive shaft up before
pushing the locking lever down
when they install the feeder±
²epairmen think the
connectors are ruined and they
replace the motor or the feed
select solenoid wiring ha³ess´
µhey may be too hastY We've
found you can oFen straighten
the connectors with a pair of
duck¶bill pliers·
It¸s wo¹th a trY At worst, you
wIl
have to replace the ha³ess
±±º which you were going to do
Gary Williams
A¹thur Holt
F
Benning» GA
FROM THE DeSK OF Th±
³
We can Connect to your sUggEStion.
It mAy sAve Br±dley Un²ts ³ome bU´k³µ
¶nyt·ME You p¸sh down on thE
loCk²ng LeVEr and feeL reSistAn¹E, ºtoP
pUshing. FOR»²ng th²ngs bend¼ th½
ConnEctorsµ ¾epo¿it²on thÀ fEEdEr And
tÁÂ aGAinÃ
ÄEt thÅ ÆEEdEr on thE ÇÈoor with thE
loCkinG LEÉer downÊ THAt PËÌteÍts the
Îon1ÏeÐtoÑÒ ¶lsoÓ pUsh in the ÆEEd seLEct
knob when you takE o
Ô
Õ thE feEdEÑÖ ×hE
knob ºhaØ ²S l²ghÙÚE²ght And can bE
¼nAÛÜed ÝÞ ß
Ô
it's left Stick²ng outà átâs
A biã job to rEplACe itä
PUsh ²N fe sELECT k³Ob
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