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Keep the cool air flowing.


Mechanics, if you've you've  

Contraction of you have.


you've you have
you've have
 been getting complaints of a hot-running engine in an M109-series howitzer howitzer: see artillery.  or M992-series ammo carrier, make the radiator radiator, device used to heat an area surrounding it or to cool a fluid circulating within it. The familiar radiators of steam and hot water heating systems in buildings are misnamed, as they operate principally by convection, in which heat is transferred by air  shroud seals one of your first checks.

Those seals form an air barrier between the radiator and fan tower. That barrier increases air flow across the radiator to keep the engine cool. If seals are missing, torn, squashed squash 1  
n.
1. Any of various tendril-bearing plants of the genus Cucurbita, having fleshy edible fruit with a leathery rind and unisexual flowers.

2. The fruit of any of these plants, eaten as a vegetable.
 or mangled, air escapes around the sides of the radiator. Engine temperature goes up.

Have your mechanic check out the shroud seals next time the pack's out. If the seals are missing or damaged, he'll order new ones.

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 5330-00-102-9927 gets a seal for the right or left side. NSN 5330-01-314-1439 gets a top or bottom seal for the M109A6 and the M992A2. A top or bottom seal for the M109A2-A5 comes with NSN 5330-00-899-5220.

MAN, MY ENGINE'S REALLY RUNNING HOT!

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SO WAS MINE ... UNTIL I GOT NEW RADIATOR SHROUD SEALS!

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Title Annotation:M109-Series SP Howitzers, M992-Series Ammo Carriers ...
Publication:PS, the Preventive Maintenance Monthly
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Jun 1, 2005
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