TB 43-PS-601, The Preventive Maintenance Monthly, is an official pub-
lication of the Department of the Army, providing information for all
soldiers assigned to combat and combat support units and all soldiers
with unit maintenance and supply duties. All information published has
been reviewed and approved by the agency responsible for the equip-
ment, publication or policy discussed. Application of the information is
optional with the user. Masculine pronouns may refer to both genders.
M1A1/A2 Tank NBC Sponson Bolts
M1 Tank Drain Line Quick-disconnects
M2A2/M3A2, ODS Bradley Cable Extension
MLRS Carrier Transmission Leaks
AVLB Powerpack Pulling and Installing
M992A2 Ammo Carrier Fan Bracket
M992A2 Ammo Carrier Hose Clamp
M109A6 Paladin Seal Installation
M109A6 Paladin Cannon Plugs
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ISSUE 601 DECEMBER 2002
ERIC K. SHINSEKI
General, United States Army Chief of Staff
JOEL B. HUDSON
Administrative Assistant to the Secretary of the Army
SMART Idea Award Winners
Mobile Kitchen Trailer Covers and Kit
Camouflage Screen Winter Care
Security Padlock NSNs
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SOLDIER SUPPORT
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Replacing Broken Tools
Supply Catalog for Sets, Kits and Outfits
Tool Maintenance
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TOOLS
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FMTV Cold Engine Starting
M978 HEMTT Tanker Fuel Transfers
HMMWV EC Code Explanation
HEMTT Wheel Bearing Lubing
Light Bulb NSNs
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MLRS Launcher Module PMCS
Sentinel Radar System Cautions
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PS, The Preventive Maintenance Monthly
(ISSN 0475-2953) is published monthly by the Department of the Army, Redstone
Arsenal, AL 35898-5000. Periodical postage is paid at the Huntsville, AL post office and at additional mailing offices.
Postmaster:
Send address changes to PS, The Preventive Maintenance Monthly, USAMC LOGSA (AMXLS-AM), 5307 Sparkman Circle,
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UH-60 Engine Control Quadrant Test Box
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You are invited to send PS your ideas for improving mainte-
nance procedures, questions on maintenance and supply
problems and questions or comments on material published
in PS.
Just write to:
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PS, the Preventive Maintenance Monthly
USAMC LOGSA (AMXLS-AM)
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Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898-5000
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MISSILES
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M120/M121 Mortar Misfire Changes
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SMALL ARMS
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T
here was a time when resources—money, people and equipment—were used as
efficiently and completely as possible. To do less would have been wasteful. It
was said in jest, but not far from truth, that the only part of the pig not used was
the squeal.
Some people think this time has passed and that our affluence allows for waste.
But it hasn’t and it doesn’t. We are no less compelled to use our resources as effi-
ciently and completely as the soldiers who came before us were. They lived and
died by the truth of “waste not, want not.”
That’s where preventive maintenance comes in. PM lets you stretch the useful
life of trucks, tanks, howitzers, generators, radios, radars, helicopters, missiles and
thousands of other equipment systems and gear. Correct and timely application of
PM leaves your equipment ready to defend your country and keep you alive on
the battlefield.
Your equipment maintenance
manuals and other publications go
a long way in providing the infor-
mation you need to keep your gear
ready for any mission. But you’ve
got to apply that information, using
as much muscle and sweat as need-
ed, for the effort to be anything
other than eyewash and lip service.
gee, mister!
you really
went
whole
hog
in this
place!
waste
not, want
not!
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But the results will
save money and lives
and help ensure victory
on the battlefield.
Preventive
maintenance
demands
“whole hog”
effort.
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COMMUNICATIONS
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SINCGARS Keyboard Display Cracking
SINCGARS PP-6224 Power Supply
PATHFINDER Now on the Web
AN/USC-55A CTT-3 Maintenance
5-, 10-KW Generators Battery Supply Code
15-, 30-, 60-KW TQG Moisture Problem
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Protection Assessment Test System
M8A1 Chemical Alarm Modification Kit
NBC
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