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5-5.1 PMCS Procedures.
PMCS are designed to keep the equipment in good working condition by
performing periodic service tasks.
b. Service intervals provide you, the operator, with time schedules that
determine when to perform specified service tasks.
c. The "Equipment is Not Ready/Available If" column is used for identification of
conditions that make the equipment not ready/available for readiness reporting
purposes or denies use of the equipment until corrective maintenance is performed.
d. If your equipment fails to operate after PMCS is performed, immediately report
this condition to your supervisor.
Perform weekly as well as before operation if you are the assigned operator
and have not operated the item since the last weekly or if you are operating the
item for the first time.
f. Leakage definitions for operator PMCS shall be classified as follows:
Class I
Seepage of fluid (as indicated by wetness or discoloration) not
great enough to form drops.
Leakage of fluid great enough to form drops but not enough to cause
Class II
drops to drip from the item being checked/inspected.
III
Leakaqe of fluid great enough to form drops that fall from the item
Class
being checked/inspected.
CAUTION
II).
q Equipment operation is allowable with minor leakages (Class I or
Of
course, you must consider the fluid capacity in the item/system being checked/
inspected. When in doubt, notify your supervisor.
q When operating with Class I or Class II leaks, continue to check fluid
levels as required in your PMCS.
q Class III leaks should be reported to your supervisor or organizational
maintenance.
Item number column. Item numbers are assigned in chronological ascending
g.
sequence regardless of interval designation. These numbers are used for your TM
Number" column on DA Form 2404, Equipment Inspection and Maintenance Worksheet in
recording results of PMCS.
Interval column.
This column determines the time period designated to per-
form your PMCS.
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