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CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION AND ENGINE GENERAL
CHAPTER OVERVIEW
This chapter contains standard data and information about forms, records, reports, and general procedures. It also
contains descriptions and other data about the engine and its major components. The chapter is divided into the
following sections/ paragraphs:
SECTION
PARAGRAPH
TITLE
PAGE
I
General Information
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Scope
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Maintenance Forms, Records
and Reports
1-5
1-3
Destructions of Army Materiel
to Prevent Enemy Use
1-5
1-4
Preparation for Storage and
Shipment
1-5
1-5
Quality Assurance/Quality
Control (QA/QC)
1-5
1-6
Nomenclature Cross Reference
1-5
1-7
Reporting Equipment Improve-
ment Recommendations
1-6
1-8
Equipment Characteristics,
Capabilities and Features
1-6
II
Equipment Description and Data
1-9
Location and Description of
Major Components
1-7
1-10
Equipment Data
1-10
III
Principles of Operation
1-11
Fuel System
1-11
1-12
Lubrication System
1-15
1-13
Ignition Circuit
1-18
1-14
Interturbine Temperature
Sensing System
1-19
1-15
Air System
1-20
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