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Tighten your belts.


Loose belts make deconning difficult for your M17 decon.

Slipping belts keep water and fuel pumps Fuel pump

A mechanical or electrical pump for drawing fuel from a storage tank and forcing it to an engine or furnace. The type of pump chosen for a given fuel depends to a great extent on the volatility of the liquid to be pumped.
 from pumping. A loose belt eventually slips off and shuts down the M17 completely.

So check the water pump belts before you go on a mission. If they seem loose, the belts may have stretched and need to be adjusted. Loosen the two bolts holding the belt tensioner and slide tension until the roller roller, common name for brightly colored Old World birds noted for performing somersaults in flight. They include the rollers proper (subfamily Coraciinae) and ground rollers (subfamily Brachypteraciinae  touches the belts. Then slide the tensioner another 1/4 inch and tighten the bolts. If the belts are cracked, they have dry rot dry rot, fungus disease that attacks both softwood and hardwood timber. Destruction of the cellulose causes discoloration and eventual crumbling of the wood.  and should be replaced before they break.

Always remember to replace both belts. They are a matched set.

Belts last longer if you remove them when the M17 sits for long periods in the motor pool. When the belts are left exposed to the weather, they stretch and rot rot (rot)
1. decay.

2. a disease of sheep, and sometimes of humans, due to Fasciola hepatica.


rot

decay.
 much faster. Loosen the belt tensioner and rotate the belts on and off their pulleys.

Do the same for the fuel pump belt by applying pressure to pivot the fuel pump, which loosens the belt and lets you take it off.

Store all belts in the M17 tool box.

Repairmen, the NSN NSN National Stock Number
NSN Nokia Siemens Networks
NSN National Storytelling Network
NSN NATO Stock Number
NSN New Substances Notification (CEPA)
NSN National Student Number (NZ)
NSN Never Say Never
 for the engine drive/water pump belt (Item 2, Fig C-4 in TM 3-4230-228-23&P) has been changed to NSN 3030-01-238-2368.
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Publication:PS, the Preventive Maintenance Monthly
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Date:Apr 1, 2004
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