PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-636
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 636
NOVEMBER 2005
PS 636
14
1.
Connect the slave cable to the dead vehicle’s slave receptacle. The connection
should be tight.
2.
If either vehicle has the old two-prong slave
receptacle, use the NATO adapter. Put it on the
receptacle and then connect the cable.
3.
Push the slave cable connector into the slave
receptacle on the live vehicle.
4.
Wait at least one minute, but no more than
three, before trying to start the dead vehicle.
This allows a trickle charge to warm up a dead
battery before it gets the full jolt of starting.
5.
Try to start the dead vehicle. Step on the clutch if the vehicle has one, to reduce
engine drag.
6.
Keep the slave cable connected until the vehicle starts. Never unhook a slave
cable while the starter is engaged, or you’ll get arcing and burned-out cables and
receptacles.
Once the slaved vehicle is started, pull the cable off that vehicle and then remove
it from the other one. Let the engine run in the slaved vehicle at fast idle (1,000-
1,200 rpm) for at least 20 minutes, or drive the vehicle about five miles to recharge
the batteries.
Tell your mechanic if the batteries don’t recharge.
Use NATO slave
adapter on old
connectors
Y
ou can bet there’s a stack of engine starters in support waiting for service and
repair. Way too many of these starters are being tagged “DEEP SIX” when they
arrive!
With cold weather around the corner,
another itchy finger will no doubt stay stuck
on an engine’s starter switch. All it takes is
one finger stuck on the switch too long to
burn out a good starter motor.
When you try to start your vehicle’s
engine, never keep the starter engaged for
more than 10-15 seconds. Then
stop!
Give
the starter at least one minute to cool off
before trying again.
If your truck’s engine won’t start in three
tries, call it quits. Call in your mechanic to
find out what’s wrong.
PS 636
NOV 05
15
Tactical Vehicles…
No
More
Than
Three
No more than 3 tries… and not more
than 10-15 seconds per try!
you’re
toast!
welcome to
the club… what’s
your
story?
my soldier tried
half a dozen
times
to get me
going!
a good slave start
would’ve kept you guys
in the land of the living,
if only you’d known.
your driver
must’ve held
the starter
switch on
forever!
636.14-15(C).qxd
9/26/05
3:37 PM
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