PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-593
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 593
APRIL 2002
“Of course, it’s
best to
clean
the air filters
regularly,
checking
seals
and generally
keeping
the air
induction system
up-to-snuff
by
following the
PMCS in your
-10 TM.”
So keep the cable able on your Hercules like this:
•
Attach a heavy load—preferably another vehicle—to the
cable before reeling it in. Without that load, the cable comes
in loose and tangles up on the reel.
•
Flip the WINCH LIGHT switch to ON before reeling in the
cable. With the light on, you’ll be able to see any snags on the
winch drum early and can prevent birdnesting.
•
If the winch gets tangled, flip the WINCH OVERRIDE
switch to OVERRIDE and back the cable out, then reel it in
again. Make sure there’s no slack between the winch and the
load before trying to reel the cable back in.
PS 593
APR 02
17
Combat Vehicles…
M88A2 Recovery Vehicle…
M
echanics, you need to be
very
careful when retrieving the
main winch cable on your M88A2 Hercules.
Do it wrong or get in too big a hurry and the winch cable
can birdnest. That tangled cable can burn out the winch, NSN
3950-01-434-3231. A new one will cost your unit $90,000.
When cable tangles, SYSTEM
WARNING light…
…WINCH DRUM MALFUNCTION
and LEVEL WINDER MALFUNCTION
lights come on
Oh, Man!
with
no load
attached to
my cable, it’ll
get
tangled
for sure!
c-can’t
breathe!
air intake is
c-covered!
“The engine
gets hotter
and hotter
until…”
well… let’s
just say you
may
need a
new engine.
But too many of
you
sabotage
your
vehicles when you
go to the field.
You can have the
best-
maintained
air cleaning
system in the Army, but
it
won’t
do any good
if you
block off
your
vehicle’s air source.
“You stack
cargo nets,
duffle bags,
ALICE packs
and other
equipment
on top of
the engine
air intake
grilles.”
clean
air
-
without
it, your combat
vehicle’s engine is left
choking
and
gasping.
So continue to
do your PMCS, but
remember
to
keep equipment
off
the air
intake grilles.
and Your
vehicle will
breathe a
tremendous
sigh of
relief.
Keep Vehicle Breathing Easy
593. 16-17 (C)
3/1/02
3:22 PM
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