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Tool change is good!


Mechanics, the tank's breechblock plunger tool, shown as Fig 9 in App D of TM 9-2350-388-20-2-4, has been modified to make your job a little easier.

The tool is used to depress de·press
v.
1. To lower in spirits; deject.

2. To cause to drop or sink; lower.

3. To press down.

4. To lessen the activity or force of something.
 the detent plunger so you can remove the extractor shaft shaft (shaft) a long slender part, such as the diaphysis of a long bone.

shaft
n.
1. An elongated rodlike structure, such as the midsection of a long bone.

2.
 when disassembling the 120mm main gun's breechblock for cleaning during PMCS PMCS PMC Sierra (stock symbol)
PMCS Project Management Control System
PMCS partial mission-capable, supply (US DoD)
PMCS Preventive Maintenance Checks & Services
PMCS Professional Military Comptroller School
.

A dirty or damaged plunger sometimes gets stuck. So wrench wrench
 or spanner

Tool, usually operated by hand, for tightening bolts and nuts. A wrench basically consists of a lever with a notch at one or both ends for gripping the bolt or nut so that it can be twisted by a pull at right angles to the axes of the lever
 flats were added to one end of the handle. Once the extractor shaft has been removed, the wrench fiats can be inserted into the hole to turn. loosen and help remove the plunger.

The tool's tip size has changed, too. It should be machined to 3/16 inch instead of 1/4 inch. So you can get new ones made or get your old tools modified.

The newly modified tool is also being added to App D of TM 9-2350-264-20-2-4 and TM 9-2350-288-20-2-4. Your DS maintenance will fabricate the tool using the following materials and instructions:

GUESS I'D BETTER STARTED GET CLEANING YOUR BREECHBLOCK!

WHOA whoa  
interj.
Used as a command to stop, as to a horse.


whoa
interj

a command used to stop horses or to slow down someone who is moving or talking too fast
! HAVEN'T YOU HEARD? THAT BREECHBLOCK PLUNGER TOOL NEEDS TO BE MODIFIED!!
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Publication:PS, the Preventive Maintenance Monthly
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Date:Apr 1, 2006
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