PS Magazine - OCTOBER 1984
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 383
OCTOBER 1984
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The Preventive Maintenance Checks and Services (PMCS) tables in operator
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e fundation oF the PM program± ²hey help you decide when your
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n tIp-top shape³and also when it's Not Mission Capable (N´C)±
But, µF your PMCS don't have a Not Ready/Available column, how do you
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ITEM TO BE INSPECTED
PROCEDURE
pRESSURIZING AND FOG·OIL LIN
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Ins´ect air ´um´ for µeaks. Se¶ic
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SPARK PLUG
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Criteria³weÃe once published FOr equipment
combat readiness reporting. Most oF them
got canned years ago when Not Ready/Available
checks were added to operator/crew PMCS±
But iF the equipment ²M's PMCS still haven't been
updated to include a Not Ready/AvÄilable column, the
ESCÅiF there is oneÅis stiÆl good, but only as a guide±
Check the DA Pam
310-1
microFiche. ÇF there's an ESC
fÈ yoÉ equipme"Ê, H'll be ËÌed •Íe
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TM 3-1040±202±ESC, Generator, smoke
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Mechanical,
Pul²e Je³ M3A3 (Oct 73)
TM 3´1040´219-ESC, SeRvIce Unit
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Truck-Mounted M4A2 (Oct 73)
µM 3¶1040´257-ESC
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Flamethrower, portabLe: M9·¸´7 (Dec 74)
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DecoNtamInatIng AººaRatu²
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PoweR Driven
Skid Mounted» ·BC-M12A¸ (Oct 73)
Use the ESC only as a guide. The maintenance supervisor, motor sergeant
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or warrant oÐicerÑor whoever knows the equipment bestÁcompares the red
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(not ready) and amber (Æimited operation) Úults in the ESC with the deFinition
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Not Mission Capable (NMC) in the glossary oF DA Pam
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No breaks: missing
hardwarE± docS nut
opcR1²c ³moo´hlyµ Loose
COn¶eCI·on or danT<1g¸
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wc¼½k iGni¾ion
spa¿k or air ÀowÁ bent
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worn tee¹hÄ
RED
BreaksÅ CabÆe badÆy
dUmagcÇl; nÈ ign·¹ion
sparkÉ ma! Êc¹o air
pËmp do¸s not upcMtcÌ
The Úults that most nearly Fit the NMC deFinition
become the notàready checks fr the PMCSá Tâe
operator uses a markedàup ESC pubÑor better yet, a
typed or printeã Æist ättåched to the operator's manuaÆ
Áas a guide when FiÆlæng out the DA çorm
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Make sure your mechs get a copyè too.
éF course, when the PMCS æn tâe operatorês
²M get updated to æncÆude a Not ëeady/AvaælabÆe
coÆumnì toss the ÂSC.
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