nzt1939%dsacg3.dsac.dla.mil@dsac.dla.mil (William M. Aldo) (11/30/90)
From: nzt1939%dsacg3.dsac.dla.mil@dsac.dla.mil (William M. Aldo) >From: John Masly <jmasly@mainz-emh2.army.mil> >FROM: bits_of_magic@cup.portal.com (Ken Zarifes) >>...in order to change the oil on an M1 tank, you had to >>remove the entire engine and transmission!....... >>...the oil has to be changed rather frequently.... > >(Some of you ex-tankers out there help me out: Didn't you have to >pull the full up power pack out of the M60 series tanks in order >to change the engine/transmission oil?) No...on changing engine oil! Under the hull, there is a drain plate to 'hopefully' keep contaminants out of the hull (i.e. water, fuel, oil, etc -- fuel & oils usually from leaks). The engine oil drain plug is located directly above this hull drain plate...just drain it, put the plug back, and refill it. However, when I was in, we were supposed to have what was known as 'Q-Service' (quarterly, of course;-). Battalion maintenance would pull our pack and service it: check/change all fil- ters, as well as checking all linkages, fuel-injector lines, oil-cooler lines, anything associated with transmission/final-drives, turbochar- gers, etc. While maintenance would be servicing the engine, the crew was supposed to be decontaminating/cleaning the engine compartment in preparation for returning the engine 'back to its rightful' place ;-) Basically, your regular 'oil-change and lube job' is what it amounted to. Normally, the pack would be fired-up on the ground to check for leaks, proper functioning, etc prior to being placed back in the tank. Hope this helps! Mark -- Mark Aldo UUCP: (osu-cis)!dsacg1!waldo INTERNET: waldo@dsac.dla.mil Defense Logistics Agency Systems Automation Center | 614-238-8111 DSAC-ZTB, P.O.Box 1605, Columbus, Ohio (USA) 43216 | AV 850-8111 I'm not authorized to have an opinion....;-) -- Mark Aldo UUCP: (osu-cis)!dsacg1!waldo INTERNET: waldo@dsac.dla.mil Defense Logistics Agency Systems Automation Center | 614-238-8111 DSAC-ZTB, P.O.Box 1605, Columbus, Ohio (USA) 43216 | AV 850-8111 I'm not authorized to have an opinion....;-)