TB-9-2300-378-14 Technical Bulletin for Air Induction System M48 M60 Download
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TB 9-2300-378-14 CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1-1. General The material in these instructions will help you in what should be continuous effort to keep your vehicle running properly. Scheduled inspections and repairs can prevent deadlining your vehicle. Spend a few minutes to read and familiarize yourself with the contents of these instructions before performing the maintenance checks and procedures. 1-2. Scope These instructions are to be used for the maintenance of the M48A5, M60A1, M60A1 RISE, M60A3, M728, M48A5 AVLB, M60A1 AVLB air induction system. These instructions are the result of: a. Technical manual evaluations b. Engineering problem analysis c. New design efforts due to field problem reports, tests, and recommendations d. PS Magazine articles and other publication sources reflecting user ideas and suggestions Much of this information will be included in future changes and revisions to technical manuals. These instructions provide procedures that are to be performed at the operator and organizational, direct support and general support maintenance levels. Chapters 2 and 3 provide crew and Organizational Maintenance inspection and maintenance procedures for vehicles equipped with the conventional air induction system. Chapter 4 provides instructions to apply reliability improvements to vehicles equipped with the conventional air induction system. Chapters 5 and 6 provide crew and Organizational Maintenance inspection and maintenance procedures for vehicles equipped with the improved clean air induction system. Appendix B lists repair parts required to support vehicles equipped with either the conventional or improved air induction system. NOTE This technical bulletin must be used in conjunction with the applicable vehicle operator’s manual (TM-10) and hull organizational maintenance manual (TM-20-1). 1-1/(1-2 blank)