PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-586
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 586
SEPTEMBER 2001
PS 586
SEP 01
9
M1074/M1075 PLS.
..
f your PLS tractor has a 200-amp alternator, take time to eyeball where the
battery disconnect cable goes under the engine access panel.
Some alternators were installed in the
field using instructions that didn’t call for
cutting or bending the corner of the access
panel to allow enough clearance for routing
the cable.
So many of the cables are chaf-
ing and shorting out on the panel.
Other 200-amp alternators were installed
on the assembly line.
They have a modified
access panel that doesn’t chafe the cable.
If any of your PLS tractors have cable
clearance problems, bend or cut the panel
to provide about 1 inch of space between
the panel and the wire.
HMMWV.
..
Get to that Fuel Tank
M
echanics, save yourself the time and trouble of dropping the fuel tank to get to
the tank's sending unit or to replace a leaking sending unit gasket on your
HMMWV.
Instead, add a cargo floor access
hole and cover kit, NSN 2510-01-454-
7077.
The kit has the instructions,
hardware and plate to install an access
cover in the truck's cargo floor.
Order the kit, and then the next time
you have to drop the fuel tank, install
the cover while the tank's off.
With the
cover installed, you can remove and
replace the sending unit or gasket with
the fuel tank in place.
The instructions show how to cut the
cargo floor and install the cover plate.
But note that this kit cannot be used on
HMMWV ambulances (M996/M997)
or Avengers because of their design.
M915, M916, M917 Tires
F
ig 223 of TM 9-2320-363-24P lists wrong NSNs for tires on M915A2,
M916A1/A2 and M917A1 trucks. Item 1 should be NSN 2610-01-045-3688. Item
2 is NSN 2610-01-436-3334. Item 3 is NSN 2610-01-436-3332.
Cut a
hole…
…and
add this
removable
plate
Whoa!
What’s
going on
there?
You have
cable
clearance
problems
there,
soldier!
Hoo-
boy!
This is
hard
work!
It wouldn’t be,
if you’d added a
cargo floor
access hole
and cover kit!
PS 586
SEP 01
8
Make sure cables
have clearance
1”
586. 08-09 (C)
8/2/01
6:14 PM
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