Prescription for a healthy fox.Dear Editor, Through our work keeping the Foxes running For the Chemical School at Ft Leonard Wood, we've developed three ways to keep your Fox healthy: * When you remove the engine, it's hard to pull it out without bumping the air conditioner condensers. It doesn't take much of a bump to poke a hole in the condensers. Then the coolant coolant (kōō´l  nt),n leaks out. We protect the condensers with two covers we make from 24x21-in plywood. Anything fairly sturdy will work. Drill holes In both upper comers of the plywood. Loop wire or twine twine: see cordage. through each hole and secure it. Put the wire over the handles to the engine access panels so that the plywood covers the condensers. Since we started using these coverer we haven't had a single punctured punc·ture v. punc·tured, punc·tur·ing, punc·tures v.tr. 1. To pierce with a pointed object. 2. To make (a hole) by piercing. 3. To cause to collapse by piercing. condenser condenser Device for reducing a gas or vapour to a liquid. Condensers are used in power plants to condense exhaust steam from turbines and in refrigeration plants to condense refrigerant vapours, such as ammonia and Freons. . * The Fire extinguisher fire extinguisher: see fire fighting. mounted just inside the rear door is in a bad position. It catches on clothing and equipment and gets knocked to the floor. We had a few instances where it actually went off. We solved the problem by moving the fire extinguisher farther back in the vehicle and mounting it where the marking bases go. * If you leave the Fox completely closed up for long periods, condensation forms inside the vehicle end soon you've got a mildew mildew, name for certain fungi and protists, for the diseases they cause in various crops, and for the discoloration (and sometimes the weakening and disintegration) they cause in such materials as leather, fabrics, and paper. mess. Most units prevent that by leaving the glove port door open. Trouble with that is that if you forget to close the glove port door before you open the rear door, you break the proximity switches or damage the rear door. A better way to prevent condensation is to leave the material access port open. If you open the rear door while the access port's open, nothing is damaged. Keith Donnelly Charlie Lewis Ft Leonard Wood, MO From the desk of the Editor Good job, guys. Your suggestions will help Foxes stay on the hunt for chemical threats. |
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