PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-701
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 701
APRIL 2011
16
PS 701
APR 11
17
PS 701
APR 11
Dear Editor,
With budget constraints facing everyone, it pays to save money wherever
and whenever you can. A good place to start is the air duct hose, NSN
4720-00-004-8249, for the M1070 HET’s gas particulate filter unit. It
costs $206.22.
With a little research, we found that the exact same hose is used for the
M9 ACE’s air purifier. It’s listed as Item 19 in Fig 172 of TM 5-2350-262-
24P (May 09). The difference is that the ACE manual breaks the hose down
into its three individual components, listing them as Items 20-22.
The hose, NSN 4720-00-
829-2761, costs $65.03. The
clamp, NSN 4730-00-269-
3760, is available for $1.13. The
coupling half, NSN 4730-00-
935-1643, is $48.40. If you do
the math, all three parts add up to
$114.56, a savings of $91.66!
And it gets better. The problem
we usually see is that the hose
gets torn or dry-rots. By reusing
the coupling half and clamp and
replacing only the hose, we save
$141.19 per replacement.
Could you pass on these great
cost savings to the field?
C.J. Kershner
DOL Maintenance
Ft Riley, KS
Editor’s note:
You bet, C.J.! Mechanics, the hose is
listed as Item 16 in Fig 250 of TM 9-2320-360-24P
(Feb 98). Make a note of these NSNs until they can
be added to the TM.
Now there is a ballistic seat kit
avail-able with the parts you need! The
kit comes with NSN 2540-01-570-8602.
Unfortunately, this new kit had to
be rushed into the supply system. That
means it will take some time before all
the individual parts are provisioned so
they can be ordered separately.
The manufacturer, Global Seating
Systems, has a parts manual for the
seat. Some of its part numbers cross
to NSNs. For a copy of the manual,
with NSNs added, send an email to
Half-Mast:
half.mast@us.army.mil
How Do I Fix the Seat?
M1070
HET…
$
ave
$
ome Money on Air Duct Hose!
M1070P1
HET…
How Do I Fix the Seat?
Order GPFU hose by component parts
Repair parts
for new HET
seat are
available in
kit!
we’ve got to
replace those
gpfu hoses again!
that’ll cost us
a
lot
of
money,
mr. kershner!
not this time!
you can order
just the hose
instead of the
whole hose
assembly!
trying to
find repair
parts for
the m10
7
0p1
het’s new
seat and seat
belt system
can be like
looking for a
needle in a
haystack.
did you find the
repair parts for
the seat in my
m10
7
0p1 het?
yep!
problem
is, they’re in that
haystack there!
the parts
are
some-
where,
but, man,
is it ever
hard to
find
‘em!
but now
we’ve got
good
news!
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