PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-602
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 602
JANUARY 2003
Glow Plugs
Cold weather and burned
out glow plugs seem to go
hand-in-hand.
Do
your
bridge boat (and yourself) a
favor. Keep extra glow plugs
handy. They’re available with
NSN 2990-01-122-6328 and
shown as Item 16, Fig 40 of
TM 5-1940-277-20P.
Getting Started
The bridge boat’s twin engines are usually hard to start in cold weather. That’s
because the engine heat system takes longer to work. Just remember that you can
only press the switch for 20 seconds
at a time. Pressing the heat switch
longer than 20 seconds causes the
system to burn up. The same goes
for the starter.
It’s good practice to start the
engines every two hours and let them
run for about five minutes during
cold weather, but no more than that.
Running the engine in neutral causes
it to overheat—and can do some
serious damage.
MK2 Bridge Boats…
why
are you
tied off?
I’m not sure.
I think it’s got
something to
do with a lack
of pm!
Keep extra
glow plugs,
NSN 2990-
01-122-6328
Press heat switch for no
more than 20 seconds
Running the engine in neutral can
also let ice form in the scoop linkage.
When that happens, you won’t be able
to steer the bridge boat until you move
the scoops back and forth to work the
ice out.
Move the scoop controls and steer-
ing wheel often when the boat isn’t run-
ning so that they don’t freeze in place.
If you see ice forming, remove it.
You don’t have to recover the boat from
the water to remove the ice if you can
chip it off.
Move scoops
back and
forth to
work ice out
N
o doubt you bridge boat operators know TM 5-1940-277-10 like the back of your
hand.
In addition to that knowledge, here are some cold weather tips to keep in mind
before ice forms on the pond.
PS 602
JAN 03
22
Instrument Panel Update
Finding a
replacement
instrument
panel for your
bridge boat can
leave you with
a real
sinking
feeling!
T
hat’s because the panel
with gauges, push buttons,
wires and switches shown in
TM 5-1940-277-20P is no
longer available.
But now you can get a new
and complete instrument
panel that puts your bridge
boat back in the water.
Order the new panel on a
DD Form 1348-6 with
CAGE K3335 and PN 80169
from RIC AKZ.
It’ll take 8
weeks lead-time to order the
panel at a cost of $2,700.
MK2 Bridge Boats…
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