PS Magazine - FEBRUARY 1985
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 387
FEBRUARY 1985
TACOM WarRanty Hotline
Got a hard-to-solve warranty problem
witH your Tank-Automotive Command
equipment? Check with your local warranty
coordinator or TACOM Logistic Assistance
Representative for help.
No help? Call TACOM's warranty hotline:
AUTOVON ±±²±²²±±²²±³ 786-7889
Com´erical ±²±²±²²± 313µ57 4µ7889
FTS ±²²²²±²±²±²²²±²±² 973µ7889
You'll get a recording. So leave your
name, unit, te¶ephone number, vehicle
model, contract number from vehicle data
plate, and a brief description o· your pro¸
blem. Someone will get back to you.
Combat PLL Update's
If you're in a combat arms unit other
than aviation, you' re about to get a break.
DA Pam 710-2-3, Combat Arms Unit Con¸
solid¹ted Mandatory Parts List, is on ºts
way in UPDATE form. It will ºnclude lists
of repair par»s for al¶ combat arms unit
equºpment. The repair pa¼s will be listed
by end item LI½¾
Not i¿ a comBat arms unit? Àe patient²
UPDATE MPLÁs are in the works for comÂ
bat suppor», combat seúce support, and
aviation unºts, too.
Äf you ·ind a packaging problem with any
shipment from an Army activity, here's a
quick way to repor» it. Call tHe Army
Materiel Command Packaging, Storage and
Containerºzation
Åenter (AMCPSÅC)
at
AUTOVON
795µ7150,
Commercial
(717) 894µ7150, FTS 590-7150. They'll
send in an SF 36Æ RepoÇt of Dºscrepancy
(ROD)ÈÉor you²
Or, get help by mail ·romÊ
Dºrector
AMC Packaging, Storage and
ContainerizatiËn Center
ATÌNÍ SDSTOÎTP
Tobyhanna, PÏ 18466µ5097
Even if no damage was done, reporÐ any
packaging that's faulty or marked wrong.
Tell the AMCPSCC tHe ½SN of the item ºnÂ
vo¶ved, who shipped it, and what's wrong
with the packagºng.
AR 735µ11-2 tel¶s al¶ about the SF 364
ROD.
5-Ton BR±ke Safety
Commercial
brake
lining
seÃice
ºs
required when brake lºnings
a
re replaced
on two or more axles of M818 and M52µ
serºes 5µton tractor trucks. Àrake linings
must be ground to ·ºt tHe drumÑ Details
are in AMC Safety of Use Msg AMCSFµE
161200Z Oct 84.
-"
.
I"
"-
Would
You StAke
YOUr Life F
On
Chapter 8 of DA Pam 7Ò0µ2µ1 and Para
2µ1Ò
i of AR 7Ò0µ2 have more ºnfo on
combat PLL's.
64
FEB 85
Flash²ight Bulbs
The light went out wHen we were lºsting
bulbs on Page 4Æ of PS 382. The right bulÓ
·or your MX991,
MX992 and MX212
·
flasHlights is NSN 6240µ00µ155-Ô675.
ARgon ListeD ³Y ´iµtake
ÕHe argon gas bottle, NSN 8Ò20-00-
2Ô2-8077, lºsted in SC 3470µ95µCLµA31
for the cut»ing and welding Öorch out·it
No. 2, is not par» of the set. THe Óot»le
is not needed and wºll be dropped when
tHe SC is revised.
¶RiveR's Hatc· NSN
½SN 25×0-00-Ø5µ7427 will get you the
Ùriver's hatch cover ·or the M577A2 comÚ
mand post carrier. That number's not
shown in TM 9-2300µ257-20P, but it is in
the Û34P. ÕHe cover's SMR-coded PAOZZ,
so Üou org types can order and install it.
F1500 GR±deR Gage ¸¹Date
Õhe NSN's ºn TM 5-3805µ253µ20P for
tHe oil pressure gage and sending unit are
no longer good.
Order the gage with NSN 6620-00µ
115-9042 and the sending unit with NSN
6620-00µ993µ5546.
HeaRing and ºour ´3A3
Anyone operating or working within 25
feet of an in-use M3A3 or M3A4 smoke
generator must wear hearing protectºon.
Danger signs (DA LabeÝ 172, Jul 83) must
Óe placed on equºpment as outlined in
AR 385-30. The word's in AMCCOM Msg
AMSMCÞMAR-Å 26142ßZ Sep à4.
Sma²l ARms C²eanup
Small arms, including the M16A1 rifle,
need Óe cleaned on¶y once with CLP after
fºrºng. THe only current TM that calls for
threeµday cleanºng after ·iring iá TM
9-1005-249-10, and it's being changed.
Õhere's no need to clean three days in
a row.
AN/PSM-»3 Adapters
Your AN/PSM-13 battery test set
does not come with adapters, even
tHough TM 11â6625â823-15 says it does.
Õhe test set used to come with seven
adapters. The ones not needed weren't
usedÈa waste of Uncle's money and
your space.
You now order only the adapters you
need. NSN's are in the TM .
ThE
CoNDIt±O² Of yO³r Eq±pme²t?
'
U.S± GOVeRNMeNT PRINTING OffICe:
19²³-³³9´00² i 3
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