PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-566
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 566
JANUARY 2000
PS 566
7
JAN 00
JAN 00
etting out of a military vehicle is just as important as getting into it, drivers.
So, keep an eye out for loose door and window handles inside your FMTV.
Field reports say these handles don’t stay tight for very long when they’re
used. Eventually, the screws come loose and you’re left with no way to open
the door except to roll down the window, and maybe no way to roll the
window up or down.
Does your truck already have loose or missing door or window handles?
Report it to your mechanic now, before you come up handle-less in an
emergency.
Information on door repair and adjustments is found in Paras 16-5 and
16-6 in both TM 9-2320-366-20-4 (for 5-ton models) and TM 9-2320-365-20-4
(for 2
1
/
2
-ton models).
hen you FMTV me-
chanics change a vehicle’s
transmission oil for the first
time, eyeball the magnetic
drain plug. It could save a
transmission.
The plug is magnetic for
a reason. If there are metal
particles swimming in
the oil, they’ll be attracted
to the plug. Then they won’t
be moving around in the
oil to mess up something.
And, when they’re on the
plug you can see them, if
you look.
Troubleshooting task f20
in your -20-1 TM says to
notify your DS if you find
metal particles on the drain
plug. DS then knows the
C6 thrust bearing in your
truck’s transmission is wear-
ing. DS will make repairs
before something really
bad happens.
Later, any time you
change the transmission oil
to meet an AOAP require-
ment, look closely at the
plug. If the plug needs a
“shave,” include some of the
metal particles in your next
required sample. Note on the
bottle label that particles
were found on the plug.
Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles . . .
FMTV Transmission ECU
NSN 2520-01-361-1091 gets the electronic control unit (ECU) for the FMTV’s
transmission. The NSN shown as Item 6, Fig 103 of TM 9-2320-365-24P and
Item 6, Fig 125 of TM 9-2320-366-24P is no longer available.
metal
particles!
i'd
better let my
ds know.
drat!
what a time
for my window
handle to be
missing
!
PS 566
7
JAN 00
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