CHAPTER 1. GENERAL INFORMATION - TM-9-2815-210-34-10007

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GENERAL INFORMATION

1-1. SCOPE. This volume shows you how to do troubleshooting at the direct support

and general support levels of maintenance. The amount of troubleshooting you can do

is based on what the Maintenance Allocation Chart says you can fix. Because of this,

the only trouble symptoms you will find here are those that could be caused by faulty

things you can fix.

1-2. ORGANIZATION. This volume has the information you will need to troubleshoot

the engine. Chapter 2 tells you how to use the information in the other chapters of

this volume to find what is wrong with the truck, and what you must do to fix it.

Chapter 7 has a procedure that takes you step-by-step through a sample trouble-

shooting procedure and shows you how to use the information to find the trouble and

fix it.

1-3. TROUBLESHOOTING APPROACH. In order to find out what is causing the

problem in the truck, you must use a good approach. A good approach just means a

way of doing troubleshooting so you can find the problem and not get confused or lost.

The following chapter describes how you can use the materials in this volume to

troubleshoot with a good approach.