PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-578
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 578
JANUARY 2001
PS 578
PS 578
58
JAN 01
SMART . . .
Submit your award-winning ideas to:
Department of the Army
Project SMART/TIPS
Dir Cbt Devs for Cbt Svc Spt
3901 A Avenue, Suite 220
Ft Lee, VA
23801-1809
E-mail:
SMART@lee.army.mil
or submit
your idea at their web site:
www.cascom.army.mil/multi/project_smart
For info, call DSN 687-2406,
(804) 734-2406.
ubmitting suggestions to the Supply and Maintenance Assessment and
Review Team (SMART) is smart. Here are some recent suggestions that made
lots of sense to the Army equipment specialists.
Name
Suggestion
Recommended
Award
SSG Todd Hughes
Improve protective cap on SINCGARS to keep
$500
McConnelsville, OH
moisture and dust out
SGT Andres Chamorro
Create tool to aid in removal and
$1,000
Otis ANGB, MA
installation of coupling half-shaft on UH-60
Robert Akin
Add disk kit, PN 3031741, to TM 9-2815-225-34& P2
$450
Fresno, CA
for use on the M915A1 Allison HT 754 CRD transmission
Kari Spinler
Improve AN/PVS-7 compass assembly to
$100
Johnston, IA
ensure there are no unsecured prisms
SSG Ricky Miengel
Place safety stickers on tools and tool boxes
$1,000
Ft Leonard Wood, MO
to create more safety awareness
SGT James Bisner
Add a protective cover for the IR ejector on
$150
Ft Bragg, NC
the M56 smoke generator to keep water out
Brian Miller
Add testing procedure for low battery indicator
$100
Johnston, IA
light for AN/PVS-7 to TM 11-5855-262-23&P-2.
Name
Suggestion
Recommended
Award
CW3 Jeffry Reinke
Delete canvas worker’s tool kit from
$1,000
Ft Sill, OK
43-209-series MTOEs
SPC Joel Zinne
Create tool for removing the input
$1,000
Ft Carson, CO
module/quill seal on UH-60 helicopters
SGT Dewitt Pigott
Replace drive shaft seal on the hydraulic pump on
$2,770
Ft Polk, LA
M1022A1 dolly set instead of replacing the pump assembly
SFC John Gassman
Add shift lock release kit to TM 9-2320-272-24P-1
$250
San Juan, PR
and TM 9-2320-386-24P on M939/M939A1-series
5-ton trucks and M35A3 2
1
/
2
-ton trucks
Peter Kohler
Update TM 9-2350-256-24P-1, Fig 273, to include the
$25
Vilseck, Germany
cap for the APU air cleaner assembly on M88A1.
Change source code from XA to PA on M88A1
$50
in TM 9-2350-256-24P-1, Fig 98, Items 4-6.
Add port identification to clarify hand pump
$100
procedures in TMs 9-2350-264-2-3 and 9-2350-288-2-3
that
smart
idea
you submitted
sure made
good
sense
.
and
dollars,
too!
submit
your ideas
and
you could
receive
some
cents
yourself!
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