PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-569
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 569
APRIL 2000
PS 569
26
APR 00
Dear Sergeant G.P.A.,
That depends. If you can get from the motor pool to the job site without
damaging roads, you don’t need pads. That’s the word from Tank-automotive
and Armaments Command (TACOM).
In most soil conditions, the ACE will
dig better without pads. However, in
muddy clay, the soil will clump up
without pads and the ACE will lose
traction and digging ability.
Need that in writing? See the March
’92 issue of
ACE News ’n’ Views
on
the Internet:
he starter master relay on your
ACE does its job best when left alone.
Problem is, some well-meaning
mechanic pulls the vehicle’s floor-
boards for cleaning and uses the
relay’s protective box as a step. All
that weight breaks the box’s mount-
ing bracket—shorting the starter mas-
ter relay. The end result is your ACE
won’t start.
So, keep your boot off the relay’s
protective box when cleaning or do-
ing maintenance.
M9 Armored Combat Earthmover . . .
Track Pads Needed??
Dear Half-Mast,
Some of the track pads on our M9 ACE are missing or in bad condition.
Do we have to replace them?
SFC G.P.A.
Track pads aren’t necessary in dirt or sand
hey
!
watch where
you’re
stepping
,
fella!
PS 569
26
APR 00
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