TB-9-2300-378-14
M48 & M60 SERIES VEHICLES
TECHNICAL BULLETIN; AIR INDUCTION SYSTEM MAINTENANCE
SEPTEMBER 1985
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CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION
1-1. General
The material in these instructions will help you in what should be continuous effort to keep your
vehicle running properly. Scheduled inspections and repairs can prevent deadlining your vehicle.
Spend a few minutes to read and familiarize yourself with the contents of these instructions
before performing the maintenance checks and procedures.
1-2. Scope
These instructions are to be used for the maintenance of the M48A5, M60A1, M60A1 RISE,
M60A3, M728, M48A5 AVLB, M60A1 AVLB air induction system. These instructions are the
result of:
a.
Technical manual evaluations
b.
Engineering problem analysis
c.
New design efforts due to field problem reports, tests, and recommendations
d.
PS Magazine articles and other publication sources reflecting user ideas and
suggestions
Much of this information will be included in future changes and revisions to technical manuals.
These instructions provide procedures that are to be performed at the operator and
organizational, direct support and general support
maintenance levels.
Chapters 2 and 3
provide crew and Organizational Maintenance inspection and maintenance procedures for
vehicles equipped with the conventional air induction system.
Chapter 4 provides instructions
to apply reliability improvements to vehicles equipped with the conventional air induction
system.
Chapters 5 and 6 provide crew and Organizational Maintenance inspection and
maintenance procedures for vehicles equipped with the improved clean air induction system.
Appendix B lists repair parts required to support vehicles equipped with either the conventional
or improved air induction system.
NOTE
This technical bulletin must be used in conjunction with the
applicable vehicle operator’s manual (TM-10) and hull
organizational maintenance manual (TM-20-1).
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