PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-556
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 556
MARCH 1999
PS 556
15
MAR 99
PS 556
14
MAR 99
Clean this area
Bend connectors back in place
wo quick checks of your Bradley’s
M242 automatic gun before you leave
the motor pool will put you in fine
shooting shape for the field.
Eyeball the 14-pin connectors on the
receiver and feeder. If the connector
shell is bent or pins are bent or miss-
ing, the M242 won’t be doing any fir-
ing. Tell your repairman.
Repairman, remember that bent con-
nectors aren’t always ruined. Gently
bend the connectors or pins back into
place with needle-nosed pliers. Install
M2/M3-Series Bradley . . .
Feel the solenoid. With the M242
installed and turned on, touch the feed
select solenoid. If it’s warm, the M242
won’t select when you go from HE to
AP. Your repairman needs to take off
the solenoid and clean out any dirt that
has built up where the solenoid fits on
the feeder.
the feeder on the receiver and test the
connection. A little bending often does
the trick.
Prevent connector problems by em-
phasizing to your crews that the drive
shaft must be pushed up before the
locking level is pushed down when the
feeder’s installed. If any resistance is
felt when the lever’s pushed down,
crewmen need to stop pushing and re-
position the feeder.
It also helps to set the feeder on the
floor with the locking lever down. That
keeps the connector off the floor and
out of harm’s way.
Set feeder down on locking lever
Solenoid warm?
TWO
checkS
now
CAN SAVE
MANY
problems
later
!
READY
TO GO
FIRE
?
two
quick checks
and we're
ready
to go
!
1.
2
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PS 556
15
MAR 99
PS 556
14
MAR 99
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