PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-564
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 564
NOVEMBER 1999
PS 564
60
NOV 99
ttention, Army maintainers.
Have you stretched your maintenance dollar to the
breaking point? If so, the Army’s reduced price ini-
tiative (RPI) may be for you. As the Army’s blue
light special, RPI offers selected items at half price.
RPI was established in 1995 as a way to increase
the spending power of Army field maintenance cus-
tomers. That first year units saved money on 200
items. The list grew to more than 1,200 items in FY
99 and continued to grow as force modernization
and Army-managed field-level reparables were added
to the list beginning in FY 00 (1 Oct 99).
In the early days, units paid the item’s surcharge.
Now, the FED LOG AMDF price will be reduced by
50 percent of the standard price. This price lets the
Army recover some of its cost and gives units some
credit for serviceable turn-ins of RPI items.
The RPI also allows item managers to reduce slow-
moving stock or overstocked items.
To find out which items are in the FY00 RPI
program—and current RPI policies—log on to the
Internet at:
www.hqda.army.mil/logweb /directorates/sm/smhp.htm
If you do not have Internet access, you can get a
copy of the RPI list by contacting Nancy Barth at
(703) 614-8304, DSN 224-8304 or e-mail:
barthnp@hqda.army.mil
Reduced Price Initiative . . .
ACCP Internet Correction
The internet address on Page 60 of PS 559
(Jun 99) for the Army Correspondence
Course Program (ACCP) has changed. Get
information about the correspondence
course program at:
Speedometer Settings Revisited
Mechanics, on Page 4 of PS 559 we gave
you the wrong switch settings for the back
of the FMTV speedometer. Here are the
settings you need to make sure the
speedometer registers the right mph:
Switches 1 and 2:
up
Switch 3:
down
Switches 4 and 5:
up
Switches 6 and 7:
down
Switch 8:
up
Switch 9:
down
Switch 10:
up
SINCGARS Antenna Correction
If your vehicle is packing a SINCGARS
series radio and you’re using the AS-3900
antenna, there is no need to use tape on
the tip cap, like we said on pages 48-49 of
PS 561. The SINCGARS antenna tip cap,
NSN 5820-00-437-2352, stays on tight
without tape.
FMTV Desert Cover Correction
We had the NSNs switched on Page 61 of
PS 560 (Jul 99) for desert tan cargo covers
for FMTVs. Use NSN 2540-01-437-1463 to
get the cover with bows for the 2
1
/
2
-ton
trucks and NSN 2540-01-436-9658 to get
the same stuff for 5-ton trucks.
now there’s
an old timer in
great Shape
,
connie!
i pay
attention
to
my
pm!
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HMMWV White Fitted Cover
Need a white fitted cover for your 4-door
HMMWV? TM 9-2320-280-24P-1 only gives
you one fitted cover part number—
12340676—and it’s green. Get the white
cover with NSN 2540-01-412-2661 (PN
12340676-21).
Jack Fluid, Checks
If you need fluid for your hydraulic jack,
order a quart with NSN 9150-00-935-9807,
a gallon with NSN 9150-00-935-9808 and
five gallons with NSN 9150-00-935-9809.
Once the jack is full of juice, make sure
it can hold a load. Inspect it and load
test it per the instructions in Para 4b (a)
and Appendix E of TB 43-0142,
Safety
Inspection and Testing of Lifting Devices
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