TM-9-2350-358-BD

HOWITZER, MEDIUM, SELF-PROPELLED, 155MM; M109A6

TECHNICAL MANUAL; OPERATOR’S, UNIT, AND DIRECT SUPPORT SUPPORT MAINTENANCE

MARCH 1994

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TM 9-2350-358-BD

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HOSE CLAMP BROKEN

General Information:

A broken hose clamp will allow the hose to leak coolant and cause engine overheating.

The clamp must be replaced or a

substitute improvised to regain a sealed cooling system.

If a replacement clamp is not available wire can be used as a

substitute.

Care must be taken that the wire does not loosen.

Limitations:

None

Personnel/Time Required:

•

1 soldier

•

0.1-0.3 hour

Materials/Tools:

Wire, safety (lacing) or commo (item 80, Appendix C)

Other Options:

Wrap the hose with wire.

Using a stick, twist wire ends together like a tourniquet.

Tape ends of stick to hose.

Procedural Steps:

1.

Make a loop in one end of wire.

Twist the wire so that a permanent loop is formed.

2.

Loosely wrap the wire once around the hose and pull the other end through the loop.

3.

While pressing the loop tightly against the hose, pull the wire through the loop as tight as possible.

Bend the wire

back on itself, crimping it, so that the wrap will be tight and secure.

4.

Secure the loose end by making one more wrap, opposite direction of the first.

5.

Record the BDAR action taken.

When mission is complete, as soon as practical, repair the equipment/system

using standard maintenance procedures.

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