TM 5-4930-218-14
INTRODUCTION
Section I. GENERAL
ATTN: AMSTS-MPP, 4300 Goodfellow Boulevard, St.
This manual is for your use in operating and
Louis, Missouri 63120. A reply will be furnished
maintaining the Lubricating and Servicing Unit:
directly to you.
Power Operated, Trailer Mounted, 15 CFM Com-
pressor, Reciprocating Gasoline Engine Driven
1-4. Equipment Serviceability Criteria
(Elliott Machine Works, Inc. Model ENG-3A).
This equipment is not covered by an ESC.
1-2. Maintenance Forms and Records
1-5. Destruction of Army Materiel to
Maintenance forms, records, and reports that you
Prevent Enemy Use
are required to use are explained in TM 38-750.
For instructions regarding destruction of equip-
ment to prevent enemy use, refer to TM 750-244-3.
You can improve this manual by calling attention
to errors and by recommending improvements, using
1-6. Administrative Storage
DA Form 2028 (Recommended Changes to
You must prepare the lubricating and servicing
Publications), or by a letter, and mail directly to
unit for storage according to procedures given in TM
Commander, US Army Troop Support Command,
740-90-1.
Section Il. DESCRIPTION AND TABULATED DATA
component to be lubricated. The speed and pressure
of each air-powered pump is controlled by a separate
a. The lubricating and servicing unit (figs. 1-1 and
air pressure regulator with an individual pressure
1-2) is a trailer-mounted, self-contained gasoline-
gage. The piston-type air compressor is driven by a
powered unit equipped to lubricate all types of equip-
belt and pulley arrangement from the four-cylinder,
ment and components. The unit consists of three
four-cycle, air-cooled gasoline engine. The hose reel
storage tanks, three pumps (grease, engine oil, and
bank, consisting of the five hose reels, is mounted at
gear oil ), five hose reels (two for grease, one for
the rear of the lubricator. Accessory drawers for
engine oil, one for gear oil, and one for air service),
stowage of specialized lubricating equipment are
one transfer pump, and a set of hand guns, adapters,
located directly below the hose reels. An enclosure
couplings, etc. for specialized lubrication. Com-
with doors on each side protects the unit from in-
pressed air forces the desired lubricant from its
clement weather.
storage tank through the reel-mounted hose to the