PS Magazine - JANUARY 1980
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 326
JANUARY 1980
DA Form 2404 .±²
You drivers and operators filIiNg a
DA
Form
2404
c±N
sTop
a
maiNTeNa1ce shOp col²-Er Help iT
·
al@Ng.
³ow's THaT? You fiN´ a µaulT oN your
equipmeNT¶ FirsT ·H¸Ng you ¹o is cHeck
º»e ¼M½ CaN y¾U fix iT? Do iT¶ ¿oT your
job? WriTe iT up oN THe DA FoRm À404¶
¼ÁaT's wHere you make or Break a
ÂaiúeNaNÄe sHop¶ WH±T you wrÅTe oN
THaT
DA
FÆrm
2404
Tells
your
maiÇTeÇaNce peÈple wHaT's wroNg aNd
wÁere.
±
WÁaT you wriºe oN The DA Form
24É4ÊËNd exacTLy ÌHaº you wriTe oÍ
TH±T ÎrmÊgoes oN THÏ ÐA Form
2408ÑÒ4. ANÓ THe DA ForÔ 2404 wiTÕ
iTs Älues To wHicH bolT or coTTer piN you
meaNTÊLike
THe
sequeNcÖ
Number
×rom ºHe PMCSÊis LosT¶ ¼HaT really
poses a prØÙÚem for TÛe mecÜaNic
TryiNg To repLaÄe THaT iTem.
Give your meÄHaNics all THe Help
you caݶ ¼ell 'em wHÞÄH iºeß's missiNg
or brokeN aNd wÁere THaT iTem is oN
THe eàd iTem. Give THem
alL
THe facTs
TÁey'LL
Need
To
fiNd
aNd
f
áHe
problem.
Maybe you µiÇd a bolT oâ coãTer piN
mässiNg. Siåple, rigHT? ¿ope¶ MosT of
your gear Has a buNcÛ of bolTs aNd
Äoººer
piNsÊsomeTimes
evæN
THe
same oNe wiTÁ THe same ¿Sçèall
1i I±²³´µ:
over THe equipmeNT. éf you forêeT To
\I
wriTe wÁicH bëlº or wHere THe coTTer
piN's missJNg, you ÎrÄe a mecìaNic To
puLl a Äompleºe iNspecTioN íeµîre THe
problem caN be fouNdÊaN² fixed.
ïµ TÁe faulT is ðfñrred while your
Pòò cLerk oóôers ºHaT bolº or piN, i
¶
(
geºs messõer.
\
ïN a sTew over equipmeNT wiTH No
serial Number?
ïf TÁe equipmeNT reQuires a öA
Form 2408÷9, use THe coNTrol Number
from iTs AccepTaNce or øaiN ùeporT.
¼HaT's
sTiLl
goo²
procedure-eveN
wiTÁ THe Noºe oú TÁaT missiNg from
¼M 38û750.
For equipmeNT wiTH No DA Form
2408û9 (like your commo gear): òeave
THe serial NumBer block blaNK or puT
TÁe çS¿ ThereÊdepeNdiNg oN wHaT
¼M 38÷7ü0 says for each form¶
Report the Carrier
Your uNiT auýHorize² a moþTar ÿiTH
mouNT aNd a carrier To haul iT arouN²Ā
WHeN āTH iTems are lisTed iN AĂĂeNă
dix C of Ąą 38û750, reporT oNly THe
carrier oN your öA Form 2406¶ ĄHe
morTar Becomes a suBsysTem of THe
carrier sysTem¶'Ćourseć iĈ THe morTar iĉ
NoT operaTioNal, THe carrier sysTem is
¿Ċù¶ ċou reĂorT The morTar oČ your
Dč Ďďrm 2406 oNly ÿHeN iT is a
separaTe grouDzûmouNT weapoNÊNo
carrier auTHorize²¶
ĐuT some formsÊlike THe öD Form
3Ò4 aNd DA Form 240đ÷Ò4Ēreally
Need a serial Çumber. ¼ry assigNiNg aN
admiNûType Number as THe serial
Number¶ Make sure you keep a record
of wHicH iºem Äarries wHicH NumBer,
THo.
For some simple gear, you caN use
compēNeNT serial NumBers.
ĐuT be
wise
aNd wary¶ ċour maiNTeNaNce
people aNd supporT caN excHaNge or
replace compoNeNTs wiTHouT cHaNgiNg
THe eN² iTeĔ ideNTificaTioN¶ WaTÄH fîr
THaT aN² NoTe THe New serial NumBers¶
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