TM 5-3805-262-10Section II. PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE CHECKS AND SERVICES (PMCS)ParaGeneral . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13Preventive Maintenance Checks and Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-142-13. GENERALEvery mission begins and ends with the paperwork. There isn’t much of it, but youhave to keep it up. The forms and records you fill out have several uses. They are apermanent record of the services, repairs, and modifications made on your loader.They are reports to organizational maintenance and to your Commander. And they are achecklist for you when you want to know what is wrong with the loader after its lastuse, and whether those faults have been fixed. For the information you need on formsand records, see DA PAM 738-750.2-14. PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE CHECKS AND SERVICESa. The item numbers of table 2-1 indicate the sequence the PMCS are to be per-formed. This column should be used as the source of item numbers for the TM Numbercolumn on DA Form 2404, Equipment Inspection and Maintenance Worksheet, in recordingresults of PMCS.b. BEFORE - Checks and services performed prior to the equipment leaving itscontainment area or performing its intended mission.c. DURING - Checks begin when the equipment is being used in its intendedmission.d. AFTER - Checks and services begin when the equipment is taken out of itsmission mode or returned to its containment area.e. Do your weekly (W) PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE weekly.f. Do your monthly (M) PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE once a month.g.If something doesn’t work, troubleshoot it with the instructions in this man-ual or notify your supervisor.h. Always do your PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE in the same order, so it gets to be ahabit. Once you’ve had some practice, you’ll spot anything wrong in a hurry.i. If anything looks wrong and you can’t fix it, write it on your DA Form 2404.If you find something seriously wrong, report it to organizational maintenance RIGHTNow.j. When you do your PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE take along the tools you need to makeall the checks. You always need a rag or two.2-26
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