PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-630
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 630
MAY 2005
PS 630
MAY 05
54
Fox NBC Vehicle…
The rear door is what you
must be most careful with.
It's spring-loaded and heavy
and can leave you perma-
nently speaking in a higher
octave. Check that the glove
access door is closed before
you open the bottom half. If
you forget, the glove access
will be damaged and the Fox
is NMC.
Push the bottom half down
until you hear it click. That
means it's locked. Push the top
half up until it clicks, too.
When you get ready to close the
bottom, brace it with your foot
before you unlock it. That keeps it
from flying up.
Before you crank open the M21
hatch, make sure you've unlocked
the hatch's handle. If you don't, you
damage the crank.
And the
doors can
hurt
you
and
be
hurt if
you're not
careful.
A good BEFORE PMCS check is to eye-
ball the hatches for anything that could pre-
vent a good seal. Mud and twigs sometimes
keep the hatches from sealing tightly. Clean
out any problems.
Don't use the rear surveyor hatch except
in an emergency. It's difficult to climb in
and out of it without stepping on the MM1
probe, which is fragile and expensive.
Don't let the grille doors for the engine
compartment slam down. That ruins the
detents that let you lock the doors down.
Lower the doors all the way down.
remember!
careful with my
rear door…
Close access cover
before opening door
Push top half all the way up and…
Brace door before unlocking
Unlock M21 hatch handle
before cranking
Climbing in and
out of rear surveyor
hatch will damage
the MM1 probe
Check hatch seals for
mud and obstructions
…bottom all the way down until
you feel them lock into place
what
happened
to string-
fellow?
why’s he
walking
like that?
he wasn’t
careful
opening
the rear
door on
his fox.
doc says
in a few
years
he’ll be
back to
normal.
The Door to
Door Safety
To lock the two top hatches, push
the locking handles all the way to
the closed position while pulling
down on the latch. If you don't, the
hatches aren't locked shut and they
will leak.
…and
neither
of us will get
hurt!!
Fox crews
won't
do much
chemical
detecting
if they
can't get
through the
Fox's doors
or hatches
safely.
630.54-55(C)
3/28/05
8:19 PM
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