TM 10-3835-223-13&P
Section IV. UNIT PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE CHECKS
AND SERVICES (PMCS).
4-6. PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE CHECKS AND SERVICES (PMCS).
a.
General. This section contains the procedures and instructions necessary to perform
organizational PMCS. These services are to be performed by organizational maintenance personnel with the
assistance, where applicable, of the operator/crew. Your Preventive Maintenance Checks and Services are
performed to find and to fix problems before they cause major damage to the equipment. To save time and
make sure that all items are checked, do the PMCS in the order given in the table.
b.
PMCS Procedures.
(1)
Item Number Column. Checks and services are numbered in chronological order
regardless of interval. This column is used as a source of item number for the “TM
Number” column on DA Form 2404, Equipment Inspection and Maintenance Worksheet,
in recording results of PMCS.
(3)
Interval Columns. The interval columns tell you when to do a certain check or service:
Semi-annual
-every 180 days or 25 hours of operation, whichever is first.
Annual
- once every year or every 50 hours of operation.
(4)
Item To Be Inspected Column. This column lists the common name of the item to be
inspected such as “Drive Belts”.
(5)
Procedures Column. This column tells you how to do the required checks or services.
Carefully follow these instructions. If you do not have the tools, or if the procedures tell
you to, have unit maintenance do the work.
c.
Prior to Storage or Shipment. A complete PMCS must be performed prior to storage or
shipment.
d.
Under Unusual Conditions. Servicing of your unit is required more often when operating in
extreme conditions and operating in dust, must or sand. Local SOP will authorize the intervals when
the unit is operated under unusual conditions.
e.
Ecology and Conservation. Spilling of fuel damages our ecology. Always use a suitable
container to catch fuel when opening fuel/fluid lines. Immediately wipe up spilled fuels with rags.
Dispose of drained fuels in accordance with local SOP.
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