PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-690
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 690
MAY 2010
46
PS 690
MAY 10
Keep it covered.
The NBCRV
comes with a tarp that you need to
use when it’s sitting in the motor
pool. Otherwise, rain drains down
under the floor of the hull and
causes corrosion and electrical
problems. Any time your NBCRV
goes through rain, open all 13
drain plugs as soon as possible to
drain out any water.
Don’t skip steps when you
power up.
If you don’t power up
in the proper sequence, you will
get communication errors.
Don’t forget to turn on the
power inverter, too. It’s behind the
JPBDS next to the power outlets.
If the power inverter is left off,
you’ll have no warning that the
batteries are almost exhausted
while operating on battery power.
Your Stryker could end up with
dead batteries.
Save the seals.
If the door or
hatch seals are damaged, the
NBCRV
has
trouble
creating
overpressure and is NMC until
the seal is replaced. Keep your
feet off the seals when you climb
in and out of the vehicle. Make
sure the recessed pins in the hatch
locks are all the way back before
you pull the hatch shut. Otherwise,
a pin will tear the seal.
Drill holes for M100 decon bracket.
The NBCRV Stryker has a place for the
M11 decon bracket, which is no longer used. Use the M100 bracket to mark where
you need to drill new holes in the M11’s spot for the M100. Use spacers with the
bracket to keep the bracket from being flush with the engine access panel. Otherwise,
the bracket interferes with the knobs on the panel.
It’s also a good idea to open the
material port when the NBCRV is
going to sit for days. The fresh air
keeps mold from forming inside
the vehicle. One NBCRV crew
opened up their vehicle after it
had sat unused and shut up to Fnd
the mold so thick inside that they
could write their names on the
walls. What a stinking mess to
clean!
Help for Your
New NBCRV Stryker
as you get acquainted with the army’s
new nuclear biological chemical
reconnaissance vehicle (nbcrv) stryker,
here are a few things to remember…
Leave material port open
when Stryker is sitting
Make sure hatch locks are all the
way back before closing hatch
hey,
where’s
my
tarp?
I’m
filling
up with
water
uh-oh!
I’m getting
faults
here!
our bad!
we didn’t
power you up
correctly!
glad
to meet
you.
I’m your
new nbcrv
stryker!
what’s
going
on?
we’re getting
to know our new
nbcrv stryker!
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