PS Magazine - DECEMBER 1972
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
1972 SERIES, ISSUE 241
DECEMBER 1972
time worth
minute?
1±
was
yesterday. But'±
a
minute?
How
about
today it²s low. You throw a rod. Your
²
You bet it is! Maybe even more, de-
pending on what Army equipment you³re
responsible for.
T´ink.
Hardly any checkµpoint iN your before¶
· operations¸inspection Cakes more than a
minute of your time. If you miss just one
of those checks, Chat minute can prove
mighty expensive¹ ºot only for Uncle,
but for you, too»after all, you own a
piece of Chat equipment.
Say you³re the operator of a 290M tra¼tor.
½
You forget to check your engine oil level.
Or you figure it musE be OK, because
engine³s shot .
.. better than $6,000 down
¾
the drain!
Or you Cake off in a 2¿¸ton trucÀÁ
without checking your brakes. Your air
'1
.
l
pressure warnÂng buzzer tells you there²s
not enough pressure for your brakes. Or
.³
some yoÃyo
has
unhooked the buzzer,
and you don³t care. A steep hill! A cÄrve! Å
ºo brakes! If you³re Lucky, you hop out
before your truck goes over the edge.
You looÀ down at a pile of junkÆsmoÀing
Çn² steaming to the tune of about $10,000.
The stakes are really hÈgh when you³re
a
Huey
chopper.
Around
in hardwareÉ Anyw´ere from
3
±
CÊ Ë2 lives»including yÌurs! Ío the only
I
'i
t´iNg you miss in your preÎflight checÀ is
²
a bum hooÀup in a fuel line quickÏdisconÐ
Ñ
neÒÓ. That²s enoug´. You can³t even put a
,\
price tag on a Life.
\
1±²
matter
I
•´
l
responsible for, it doesn²t come
µ
And Ôts value holds Õp according
¶
Co the way you Cake care of it.
That²s Preventive MaintenanceÆmain¸
Cenance Chat prevents equipment failÖre.
Think about it.
,·
Is the minute you save in sloppy PM
i
worth $6,000? $×0,000? $250,000? Your
1±
Life?
²,
³´µ.¶
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¸SSUE No¹ 24º DECEMBER º972
FiREPOWER
2-9
MI09 Howilzer
2-7,8
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ML02
9
GROUND MOBiLiTY
Thermosta² Poop
10· L L
5³ ´on ´ruck
11
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´oN ´rucks
COMBAT SuPPORT
2\µon ´rucks
M793 ´ubes
14
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12¶13
12
Fue¸ ¹ozz¸e ´ip
15
290M ´raclor
19
TieºDowN S²raps
16
2385 Crane
19
Fue¸ ´ank S²a²ic Ree¸
16
Fork¸»f²¼
20
DA Pam 310½4
17
Genera²or PM
44³45
TM 750½254
17
Mi¸ S²d ENgiNe
46
Tractor Ba²²eries
18
45¾KW Genera²or
47
ENgiNe B¸ock Ti¿
18
¹ew Pub¸ica²ions
48
SupÀ¸y3Á6,7 13 14Â15,16,18Ã19,2ÄÂ30.33, 35,36Å37
&
43
COmMUniCATiOnS
TurN Radio ÆFF
29
Commo C¸eaniNg
30
ANtenna TieÇDown
31
AiR MOBiLiTY
AircraȲ ´ires
34½35
U½8
36
ÆHÉ6A
36
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ASº2(1) Projec²ion
Se²
32º33
KAº30A, º60Ê Cameras 33
HydrauËÌc F¸uids
DA 3253
ÍÎR Suppressor
¹4º4¹
37
37
38½43
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