From: Ida Heath (spike@defuniak.com)
Date: Sat Jul 10 2004 - 09:05:55 PDT
I could not agree more Ron,
Sonny
----- Original Message -----
From: Ron <rojoha@comcast.net>
To: Military Vehicles Mailing List <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Saturday, July 10, 2004 7:57 AM
Subject: Re: [MV] Vandalism to Military Vehicle
> Between you, me and the lamp post......
>
> A quick and dirty way to deactivate your M35A2's Starter Button is to
> reach up under the dash and pull the plug out of the back of it about a
1/2"
> and rotate it 90 degrees and then push it back in until it seats again. A
> little silicone grease on the plug helps this pull/rotate/push sequence.
> Several very knowledgeable M35 owners have tried to start my truck to
> move it at rallies and have been unable to figure it out. After I get in
and
> fake dropping something on the floor and then start it gets them looking
for
> the "kill switch" I must have hidden somewhere in the cab with no joy.
> The plug has a Helen Keller installation aid, a little ridge on it that
> is at 12 o'clock (or 6) when it is in the right position too be pushed in
> over the pins. At 3 or 9 o'clock it won't push in over the pins (no
> electrical continuity/open circuit) but feels properly seated.
> I also open the drain cocks on the air tanks when I put it on display
> and drop the pressure to 30 psi so that if some one does turn on the
master,
> the low air pressure buzzer scares the bejesus out of them and alerts me
or
> a crony to things being amiss. That little amount of air is better than
none
> if Mr. Dopey gets incredibly lucky and somehow succeeds in getting the
truck
> to move. If you can't immediately get it stopped, you can at least get a
> blast off the horn as a warning.
> You still need to chock the puppy, front and rear, since the that brake
> handle is almost too irresistible a gizmo for folks to leave alone.
Shifter
> in Neutral, transfer case in Neutral about rounds it out to avoid a bump
> start or a rolling start.
> I had a run in with the mother of a kid at a display when the mother
> asked if her rodent could get in the back (using the ladder). While in the
> back he unwrapped a heavy rubber bungee cord that I use to secure the
ladder
> in place and had put the hook between the slats of the seat and started
> pulling REAL HARD on it. I told him politely to stop before he gets hurt,
> mommy did nothing. I told him more strongly to stop, mommy ignored me. I
> then climbed in back and put my hand on the kids shoulder and grabbed the
> end in his hand and pushed it back towards the seat to get the tension off
> it. Mommy pulls a nutty about me touching her kid, accuses me of
assaulting
> her kid, yada, yada, yada. I told her to get a cop and put the hockey
helmet
> back on her kid if she intends to participate in hands off parenting
around
> MY vehicle. She took little precious (with both his eyes still intact) and
> stormed off.
> Another time a mother asked me to pay to get her kids shirt cleaned
> because he transited from front to back and back to front UNDER MY truck
and
> got grease and oil on his shirt and shorts. I told her to get a grip on
> reality. She left saying "We'll see!", never saw her again.
> When it comes to vehicle displays, as my dad used to rhetorically ask,
> "Why are there more horses asses around than there are horses?"
>
> I deal with bores in a very straight forward manner. You behave, we have
> fun. You act like a posterior depression, I act like tube of Preparation H
> filled with Ben Gay and Louisiana hot sauce. As my family and friends can
> attest, I am very good at it.
> My House, My Truck, My Beer, My Tools, MY RULES..... You don't like it,
> tough feces. I invited you, I can un invite you just as quickly. Go to
your
> house, your truck, your beer, your rules and feel free to act like the
> unblemished, hemorrhoid free (Perfect) rectal opening you have turned out
to
> be.
> Just cause someone you (usually) like to be around suddenly behaves
> badly, doesn't mean you have to put up with it. And you shouldn't, because
> it just encourages worse behavior and ends up embarrassing everyone. Stand
> YOUR ground boys.....
>
> Ron
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <DDoyle9570@aol.com>
> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Sent: 09 July, 2004 01:51
> Subject: [MV] Vandalism to Military Vehicle
>
>
> > Fellows,
> > I attended an interesting display over the fourth of July, and thought I
> would share with you all an experience I had.
>
>
>
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