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SERVICE HELICOPTER AFTER INTERMEDIATE STORAGE
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PREPARE AIRFRAME
1.
Remove barrier material and tape from fuselage
openings.
2.
Clean areas around openings. Use cloth (E120)
damp with solvent (E161). Wear gloves (E186).
3.
Remove preservation compounds from fuselage
surfaces. Use cloth (E120) damp with solvent
(E161). Wear gloves (E188).
4.
Remove barrier material and tape from window
areas.
5.
Clean fuselage around windows. Use cloth
(E120) damp with solvent (E161). Wear gloves
(E186).
6.
Clean fuselage (Task 1-76).
7.
Open doors, windows, and ramp to ventilate
helicopter.
8.
Remove screening from all fuselage, ramp, and
pod drain valves or plugs.
9.
Remove windshield wiper arms and blades from
box stowed in helicopter. Inspect and clean
blades.
10.
Install wiper arms and blades (Task 12-36 and
12-41).
11.
Remove static ground wire before moving
helicopter.
12.
Record data helicopter was prepared for service
on DA Forms 2408-13 and 2408-15 of helicopter
log books. (Refer to DA PAM 738-751.)
PREPARE UTILITY ITEMS
13.
Replace or install fire extinguishers, life rafts,
parachutes, AN/CRT-3 radio (if applicable) and
other items removed from helicopter for storage.
14.
Remove tags from utility items installed on
helicopter.
15.
Remove barrier material from cargo hooks.
PREPARE LANDING GEAR
16.
Remove covering from tires.
17.
Service tires (Task 1-73).
18.
Clean landing gear. Do not clean polished
pistons of shock struts. Use cloth (E120) damp
with solvent (E181). Wear gloves (E186).
19.
Remove lockwire from hydraulic fluid filler plugs.
Remove plugs.
20.
Insert annealed copper tube into shock strut
cylinder until it bottoms.
21.
Remove hydraulic fluid (E197) from struts. Use
siphon pump and tube.
22.
Service shock struts with hydraulic fluid (E197)
(Tasks 1-69 and 1-70).
23.
Remove SHOCK STRUT PRESERVED tag from
air valve.
24.
Service shock struts with air (Tasks 1-71 and
1-72).
25.
Lubricate landing gear (Task 1-88).
26.
Clean polished pistons. Use cloth (E120) damp
with hydraulic fluid (E197).
27.
Remove wheels (Task 3-7).
28.
Clean wheels. Use cloth (E120) damp with
solvent (E161). Wear gloves (E186).
29.
Lubricate bearings. Use grease (E190).
30.
Install wheels (Task 3-12).
PREPARE COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT
31.
Remove packaged preserved mechanical items
stowed in helicopter. Install items on equipment
from which removed.
32.
Remove corrosion preventive compound from
antenna mountings. Use cloth (E120) damp with
solvent (E161). Wear gloves (E186).
33.
Remove barrier material and tape from
connectors.
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