PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-679
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 679
JUNE 2009
53
PS 679
JUN 09
Does
hatch
lock?
Save
yourself a very painful injury
by making sure the hatch
locks in the open position and
stays locked. Once you have
locked the hatch up, pull on it
to make sure it won’t unlock.
That way you can be sure the
hatch won’t bang down on
your head or hand.
Watch where you grab probe.
Don’t
use the probe’s boot as a handle. That can
damage the boot and probe. Unlock the
probe and use its handle to maneuver it.
Marker
port
needs
lube,
too.
Don’t forget the marker port during
quarterly lubing. If it gets no lube
attention, eventually you won’t be able
to open it more than halfway. Then the
marker will get stuck when you try to
push it out the port. Any time the port
becomes difFcult to open, give it a shot
of GAA.
Before you hit the road, make sure the
probe is locked up for travel. Otherwise, it
can bang around, which ruins its membrane.
After you fasten the probe’s seatbelt, give
it a tug to make sure it’s locked in. Some-
times the seatbelt looks like it’s secured
when it’s not.
Check the seals.
If the door and hatch
seals are in bad shape, then
you
could
be in bad shape when your ±ox swims
or encounters chemical agents. Bad
seals prevent the ±ox from building
overpressure, which means it can’t seal
out water or chemical agents.
Before you go to the Feld, eyeball all
the seals for cracks. Also make sure the
seals haven’t come out of their tracks.
Report bad seals to maintenance.
You can help seals last by keeping
your feet off them when you enter and
exit the ±ox. Stepping on the seals is
what usually pushes them out of their
tracks. Another good seal tip is to take
off your gear before standing up in the
hatch. Otherwise, your gear can catch
on the hatch seal and tear or pull it out.
Fox Needs
PM Diet
For Good
Health
your fox cbrn vehicle
won’t stay healthy long if
you neglect its pm diet.
here are few ways to keep
your fox sniffing happily
on the cbrn trail…
are you
ready for
your new,
improved
pm diet?
nothing
prepares
me for a
detecting
job like a
good pm
breakfast.
you
bet!
Check
seals for
cracks
or being
out of
their
tracks
If you
don’t
take off
gear,
you can
damage
hatch
seal
Make sure hatch stays
locked in open position
Use handle to
maneuver probe
Lock probe for travel.
Give seatbelt a tug to
make sure it’s locked
Lube marker port with
GAA if it’s hard to open
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