Chapter 3. OPERATOR AND ORGANIZATIONAL MAINTENANCE INSTRUCTIONS

TM 11-4130-381-14

CHAPTER 3

OPERATOR AND ORGANIZATIONAL MAINTENANCE INSTRUCTIONS

3-1. Scope of Maintenance

3-4. Preventive Maintenance

The maintenance duties assigned to operator and

Preventive maintenance is the systematic care,

organizational repair personnel of the equipment

servicing, and inspection of the battery charger to

are listed below together with a reference to the

p r e v e n t the occurence of trouble, to reduce

downtime, and to assure that the equipment is

paragraphs covering the specific maintenance

functions.

serviceable.

a. Systematic Care. The procedures given in

a Operator preventive maintenance checks and

p a r a g r a p h s 3-6 through 3-10 cover routine

services (table 3-1, para. 3-5).

systematic care and cleaning essential to proper

b. Organizational preventive maintenance checks

upkeep and operation of the equipment.

and services - monthly (table 3-2, para. 3-5).

b. Preventive Maintenance Checks and Ser-

c. Organizational preventive maintenance checks

vices. The preventive maintenance checks and

and services - quarterly (table 3-3, para. 3-5).

services charts (tables 3-1 through 3-3) outline

d. cleaning (para. 3-6).

functions to be performed at specific intervals.

e. Touch-up painting (para 3-7).

f. Troubleshooting (para. 3-8 and 3-9).

These checks and services are to maintain Army

electronic equipment in a combat-serviceable

g. Replacement of repair parts (para 3-10).

condition; that is, in good general (physical)

3-2. Repair Parts

condition and in good operating condition. To

N o repair parts are authorized for operator

assist operators i n maintaining combat ser-

maintenance. The repair parts authorized for

viceability, the chart indicates what to check, how

organizational maintenance are listed in the Repair

t o check, and the normal indications. The

P a r t s and Special Tools List (RPSTL), TM

References column lists the paragraphs or manuals

11-6130-381-20P.

t h a t contain detailed repair or replacement

3-3. Tools, Test Equipment, and Materials

procedures. If the defect cannot be remedied by

performing the corrective actions listed, higher

a. Tools. The tools required for organizational

category of maintenance or repair is required.

maintenance are contained in Electronic Equip-

ment Tool Kit TK-101 /G.

Records and reports of them checks and and services

must be made in accordance with the requirements

b. Test Equipment. T h e t e s t e q u i p m e n t

set forth in TM 38-750.

r e q u i r e d for organizational m a i n t e n a n c e is

Multimeter AN/URM-105.

3-5. Preventive Maintenance Checks and Serv.

c. Materials. The materials required for

ice Periods

organizational maintenance are as follows:

Preventive maintenance checks and services of the

(1) Soft, lint-free cloth

e q u i p m e n t a r e required before and during

(2) Lint-free brush

operation, weekly, monthly, and quarterly.

(3) Artists paint brush

a. Table 3-1 specifies checks and services that

(4) Trichloroethane.

must be accomplished before and during operation

(5) EPOxy Polyamide paint per MIL-C-22750,

(or at least once a week if the equipment is

semi-gloss olive drab per Fed Std-595, color 24087

maintained in a standby condition).

( 6 ) Paint thinner per MIL-T-19544, as

b. Tables 3-2 and 3-3 specify additional checks

required

and services that must be performed on a monthly

(7) Sandpaper No. 000

and quarterly basis, respectively.

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