PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-637
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 637
DECEMBER 2005
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ngineer units searching for parts for John Deere equipment can use the company’s on-
line parts catalogs to find info that may not be in the TMs. Take a look at:
partscatalog.view.servlets.HomePageServlet_Alt
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DEC 05
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Construction Equipment…
Just click on the Model Search button at the top of the page.
Type in the vehicle’s model number, and hit “find.” You’ll get a list
of the commercial parts manuals for that vehicle.
You can also find out where a part is used by clicking on the
Where Used Search button. Type in the part number and you’ll get
a listing of the parts manuals that have the part you have.
Once you have the info on the parts you need, order them
through the Army supply system.
I’ve spent
hours
going through tms
looking for john
deere parts!
why spend hours in
tms when you can
find it
all
online?
PS 637
DEC 05
17
Avenger Missile System…
Dear Editor,
As any experienced crew is keenly
aware, a trouble spot in the Avenger
is the spring for the M3P machine
gun’s remote charger. It often
breaks or disappears. Then you
can’t fire the M3P.
We’ve found a good field fix is the
spring from an Army ballpoint pen.
Editor’s note:
As a very temporary
fix, the pen spring is OK. But a better
way to prevent this problem is to
check the remote charger spring
before
you go to the field. Make sure
the spring is in place and is not cor-
roded or weak. And since the spring
has a history of breaking, your repair-
man should take extras to the field.
We’ve substituted the pen spring
and kept right on firing. Then we get
the spring replaced when we return
from the field.
SGT Carlton Neal
1/62 ADA
Ft Lewis, WA
Order the spring with NSN 5360-
13-116-1983.
Make sure spring is in place and in good
shape before going to field
why
won’t
your machine
gun fire!?
the spring for
my remote charger
is broken again.
however…
…if you
have a pen,
you can
fix it!
??
Remote Charger Spring Broken?
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