PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-596
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 596
JULY 2002
Pilots,
watch
your feet
when you exit
your Apache.
Once you
crack
the panel
or
break
the
function buttons,
your aircraft is
NMC and the panel
has
to go to
depot for repair.
One kick
to the
multi-purpose
display panel can
knock
it out.
So
slow
down.
That panel can’t
take a licking from
your kicking.
Hey, Pal! Don’t kick
me when you get
out of that seat!
It hurts!
Roger,
wilco!
Display
can’t
take a kicking
Display
can’t
take a kicking
AH-64D…
ALSE…
c
rews, don’t leave home without
having your ALSE tech check your
life preserver unit (LPU) for leaks.
To stop the leaks, your ALSE tech
will inspect the LPU gaskets and
replace them if they’re worn out.
‘Course, every 120 days, ALSE
techs should do a leak test, like it
says in Para 5-18(b) of TM 5-4220-
202-14 on all LPUs to ensure the
gasket in the CO
2
cartridge is good.
A bad gasket lets air leak out and
that would further ruin an already bad
day if you’re down in the high seas.
For the LPU-34/P floatation collar,
perform the leak test every 360 days
like it says in NAVAIR 13-1-6.1-2,
Para 5-33.
Inflate LPU with vacuum cleaner
exhaust or air compressor, to no
more than 5 psi to test for leaks
PS 596
JULY 02
41
2-KW Generator…
T
iming is everything. Without the right fuel injector timing, the 4-cycle diesel
engine on your 2-KW generator, NSN 6115-01-435-1565 or NSN 6115-01-435-
1567, will fail to start, sputter to a quick stop, or knock like a salesman at your
front door.
If you have the new MTG-L series
engine on your generator, setting the
timing just got a bit more confusing.
Instead of one timing mark on the fly-
wheel, there are two!
The second timing mark is actually
an assembly mark used by the manufac-
turer. It should not be used for timing!
How do you make sure you’re using
the right mark? Find both marks. The
timing mark should be at the 12 o’clock
position and the “extra” mark at the 3
o’clock spot. If your marks are at the
12 o’clock and 9 o’clock positions,
you’re using the wrong mark!
If a poor running generator comes in your shop with a MTG series engine,
follow Para 5-15 in TM 9-6115-673-13&P to check the timing and set it right.
on
your
mark!
you
won’t
have
a good run if you
don’t start on the
right mark!
check life
preserver
for leaks!
Marks at 9 and
12 o’clock?
Wrong!
Marks at 12
and 3 o’clock?
Correct!
596. 40-41 (C)
6/3/02
2:10 PM
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