MAINTENANCE INSTRUCTIONS
Section I. PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE CHECKS
AND SERVICES
Operator's preventive maintenance is the sys-
tematic care, servicing, and inspection of equip-
ment to prevent the occurrence of trouble, to re-
duce downtime, and to assure that the equipment
is serviceable.
a. Systematic Care. The procedures given in
systematic care and cleaning essential to proper
upkeep and operation of the equipment. Item
numbers indicate the sequence of minimum in-
spection requirements.
b. Preventive Maintenance Checks and Serv-
ices. The preventive maintenance checks and
services charts (para 3-3 and 3-4) outline func-
tions to be performed at specific intervals. These
checks and services are designed to maintain
Army equipment in a combat-serviceable condi-
tion; that is, in good general (physial) condition
and in good operating condition. The charts in-
dicate what to check, how to check, and the nor-
mal conditions. References included are to para-
graphs that contain detailed repair or replace-
