TM 32-5811-018-14&P
Weekly Preventive Maintenance Check and Services
1
Corrosion
Make sure exterior surfaces of the unit are
free of rust and corrosion.
Monthly Preventive Maintenance.
Perform all the preventive maintenance checks and services listed
in table 4-3 once each month in the sequence listed. A month is
defined as approximately 30 calendar days of eight-hour-per-day
operation.
If the equipment is operated 16 hours a day, the monthly
preventive maintenance checks and services should be performed at
15-day intervals. Adjustment of the maintenance interval must be
made to compensate for any unusual operating schedule.
Monthly Preventive Maintenance Checks and Services
Step
Procedure
Item
1
Make sure exterior surfaces of the unit are
Cleanliness
clean. If necessary, proceed as directed in
table 4-1, step 2.
Inspect exterior surfaces of the unit for
Preservation
2
chipped paint or corrosion. If necessary,
spot-paint surfaces as follows:
a.
Remove rust and corrosion from metal
surfaces by sanding them with
sandpaper (item 9, App. D) .
b.
Brush two coats of light green enamel
(item 7, App. D) to protect unit from
further corrosion.
c.
Refer to the applicable cleaning and
refinishing practices specified in TB
43-0118.
Inspect unit interconnecting cables for
3
Interconnecting
loose, broken, or otherwise damaged
cables
connections.
