PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-615
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 615
FEBRUARY 2004
Dear Editor,
For the past 18 months I've been traveling to Army posts to help soldiers
get their M17 decons ready for duty. I've seen some M17s that were not
close to being ready for action, mainly because their burners wouldn't work.
If the M17 can't produce hot water, it's deadlined. The cause for almost
all burner problems is that M17s are left in storage for long periods. PMCS
is ignored and the M17s aren't exercised. Fuel crystalizes or becomes sludge
in fuel lines, carburetors, fuel pumps, solenoid valves, and check valves.
You've got a real mess that's going to take real work to clear up.
All of those problems can be avoided just by giving M17s their monthly
PMCS and by running them 1/2 hour in both the shower and wand modes.
Besides keeping your M17s in shape, this will also provide training for
the unit.
And commanders will know their
M17s are ready to decon.
Jim Blackiston
SBCCOM
Aberdeen Proving Grounds, MD
Thanks for the benefit of your experience,
Jim. If chemical companies follow your
advice, most of their M17 problems will
disappear.
PS 615
FEB 04
49
M17-Series Decon…
Keep Your
M17
in Hot Water
PS 615
FEB 04
48
M40/M42-Series Masks…
G
ood news, NBC NCOs. You no longer have to fool
with using RTV silicone to glue in a new nosecup
valve seat assembly on the M40/M42-series masks.
And there's a new NSN for the inlet valve body.
There is now a valve seat assembly that snaps into
place. NSN 4240-01-496-2844 (P/N 5-1-2748) brings
10 top and bottom portions of the assembly and an
instruction sheet showing how to do the task. See
SBCCOM's supply advisory message 03-06-004 for
more info.
If you have questions, contact SBCCOM's Kevin
Joubert at DSN 584-6147/(410) 436-6147 or email:
kevin.joubert@sbccom.apgea.army.mil
The NSN for the inlet valve body is now NSN
4820-01-509-5498. Its part number remains 5-1-1054.
my burner
is kaput.
you might
as well
schedule me
for major
repair.
oh, if only
you’d taken
me out for
a little
exercise
once in
awhile… I’d
be fine.
From the desk
of the
Editor
New nosecup valve seat assembly just snaps into place
NSN 4820-01-509-
5498 is new NSN
for inlet valve
body
time to
glue in a
new nosecup
valve seat
assembly!
wait!!
I don’t
need glue
anymore!
now you
can just
snap my
assembly
in place!
thanks
for all
your help
indy!
there
it is!
we found
it!
well it’s
about time!
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