PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-575
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 575
OCTOBER 2000
he handwriting is on the wall and it says that diesel
fuel now moves the Army.
So should you scrap all those 3-KW gasoline-
engine MEP-16A and -21A generators that have been
workhorses for your unit?
No way! That’s like chucking nine grand down a
rathole. Here’s a $2,500 alternative.
Order retrofit kit, NSN 2815-01-440-4426, that
will exchange your gasoline engine for a diesel
engine. The kit has 53 parts, including a 7-HP
engine.
3-KW GED Generators . . .
looks like
you've got
to go
,
old gas friend.
wait!
you
can change me
to
diesel
!
PS 575
53
OCT 00
15-KW, 30-KW, 60-KW TQG . . .
hey, buddy,
i've got
trouble
! my
oil pressure gauge
is
pegged
.
no
problem.
you're
still
safe
.
the kit will
bring me in line with
the rest of the
diesel army.
f the oil pressure gauge on your tactical quiet
generator (TQG) shows 70 psi, is that too much
oil pressure? What about 80?
According to your operator’s TM, it is too
much. Right there in Table 1-1 it tells you that
the right oil pressure is between 25–60 psi.
But there’s a problem. It seems your oil
pressure gauge and the sending unit are not very
accurate. Also, the engine manufacturers say the
TQGs can safely operate at oil pressures over the gauge’s top end—80 psi.
The tolerances and this new information are bringing a change. Table 1-1 in
TM 9-6115-643-10, TM 9-6115-644-10 and TM 9-6115-645-10 will eventually
be changed from “25–60” to “25–85 psi.”
But you can make the change now. Just pencil the new psi into your TM and
keep that TQG humming even if the guage pegs out.
25–85 psi
is OK
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