From: bruce C. Beattie (bruce@eecs.berkeley.edu)
Date: Fri May 06 2005 - 11:00:23 PDT
This really clears up a lot of the questions I have had since I became
involved with Military Vehicles.
Does anyone know where I can find a plug that fits into the dashboard
recepticle on my M54A2? or do they realy not exist?
Also, now that the subject has come up, Am I really supposed to be
putting gas in my M1008 instead of diesel?
Bruce MVPA 23824
cougarjack@aol.com wrote:
> With swap meet season in full bloom, here are some commonly used list
> terms that might help when looking over that green treasure on
> someone's sale table.
>
> NOS: never been on a truck, (I swear!) but has anywhere from slight rust
> to a serious wasp infestation from lying under my trailer
> for thirteen years May have saplings growing up through it.
>
> NIB: Still partially enclosed in shredded decomposed moldy
> cardboard-like substance,
> which, at some point in ancient history, was most likely a box.
> Causes a flu-like illness if disturbed.
>
> TO: take off, probably taken off cause it was busted, but it's been so
> long that I
> forgot which ones were good and which ones were busted
>
> Shelf Wear: slid around steel storage shelves and swap meet tables so
> much that it has gray
> metal paint stuck to underside, and has grooves worn in spots
>
> OEM: Someone fairly reliable once saw one of these in a truck, thus,
> they must be correct
>
> OD: Old and dusty
>
> Still in cosmolene: Otherwise good usable part, which has been coated
> with a
> brown stinky insect-resin like substance, and then
> dipped
> into stale chopped newspapers and little pieces of
> fuzz
> until coated an inch thick with same. You can't
> take it
> "out of cosmolene" to inspect or identify it, because
> then it could no longer be sold as "still in
> cosmolene".
>
> YPYMAYTYC: You pays your money and you takes you chances. Usually
> applies to
> items that are "still in cosmolene". You think you're
> buying a jeep
> driveshaft, which later turns out to be a trench art lamp
> made out
> of old Carcano carbines. Hey, it had the right lumps on it!
>
>
> Hard to find: So annoying or useless that they usually got thrown away
> by troops
>
> Matched pair: Anyone knows that surplus parts which are handed, such as
> fenders and doors, only come in the right handed version.
> Nobody knows why. A matched pair gets you two of the right-
> handed item. Well, what did you expect?
>
> "Look, everyone, I found this unique item on Ebay while browsing:
> (Usually acompanied by a very long cryptic
> hotlink that doesn't work.)
> Really means that I got stuck with 36 cases of these damned WWI
> canteen cover gaskets at Aberdeen last year, and I'm
> so desperate to sell them that I'm having Dutch Auctions on ebay
> under an assumed name. My wife is really pissed
> because she can't get to the washing machine and dryer.
>
>
> DOT: Department of Transmissions, which oversees proper brake fluid and
> headlights. No one knows why.
>
> NAPA: Mysterious entity that generates alternate part numbers for
> anything from an Eli Whitney Cotton Gin to a Fairbanks Morse
> grapefruit crusher.
> Sometimes used for MV truck part numbers. Usage: What's the NAPA
> number for a
> front wheel split shank solder shim for an M609 1919 Ward
> laFrance runway scraper?
> Thirty six answers report that the exact part can be had at any
> corner auto
> parts store using # 223435-4389. This part is the same as the
> crush washer for
> a '97 Taurus wiper motor. Without NAPA nobody would know these
> things.
>
> CARC: Old transport train term. Third car back...ie, CAR A, CAR B,
> CAR C.....
>
>
> APC: Automatic pliers catcher...usually in the form of a depression in
> a crossmember
> that catches fallen tools.
>
>
> HMMWV: Noise which emanates from APC when pliers get stuck and rub on
> half shaft.
>
> M-series: Military equipment which is designated by lining it all up
> alphabetically
> according to weight. The actual M series number is assigned
> by counting all
> indentations which face down. M-1 is the most used M series
> number, which
> by default, applies only to equipment that has no downward
> facing surfaces.
>
> G-series: (Ie: G741, G742, etc) Old method of numbering military
> equipment. It was discontinued
> when it was noticed that the numbers ran somewhat serially.
>
> USA number: Hood numbers that hardly, if ever, begin with USA. Hood
> numbers have no known purpose
> other than making lumps under the paint which is used to
> obscure them. A vehicle's age can be accurately
> determined by color sanding all the layers of USA numbers
> off, and counting the resultant growth rings.
>
> Sprague unit: alternately sprag, sprag clutch, etc. Special device in
> truck transfer cases which
> permits truck wheels to spin and get stuck despite the
> type of terrain. Rumored to
> only work backwards. These expensive units were later
> replaced by a small red light
> and a short piece of rubber tubing.
>
> Tow Pintle: Archaic term which applies to hook like weapon thingie at
> rear of truck near where
> trailer hooks on. Best known use is for smashing thumbs
> into bloody pulp. Also known
> as "cotter pin bending device".
>
> Lunettes: Strange exotic line dancers found at USO clubs at fire
> support bases.
>
> Landing leg: Paratroopers know the answer to this one. You save one
> leg for walking, and the other
> gets to be your "landing leg".
>
> Landing gear: That big canvas bag of stuff that you toss out of the
> plane that always comes down just
> after you do. (!!)
>
> Pioneer Rack: small tool rack on mil vehicles. Name was chosen by
> write in contest of students who were
> seriously affected by radiation during the Manhattan
> Project. It was purposely designed so that no matter
> how the tools are installed in the rack, they're still
> not correct.
>
> Deuce and a half: large ugly truck that is made by sawing a dempsey
> dumpster in half and welding it to
> big jeep like cab. Somewhat like Citgo gas station
> restrooms, these trucks are
> made to be uncomfortable and are always painted
> nasty colors to discourage loitering in them.
>
> blackout drive light: Special light that is made to be shut off during
> the day, and show no light at night.
> Close inspection reveals that it actually
> contains no bulbs, and is just used to confuse the enemy.
>
> NDT: Normal Daylight Tires. Specially engineered to dig deep ruts into
> muddy roads in tactical
> front areas, thereby forcing all trailing trucks to follow ruts
> thus saving huge amounts of fuel.
>
> MOGAS: Contains mo gas than anything else.
>
> AVGAS: British term: We 'av gas, governor! We don't 'av no gas,
> governor! Became obsolete when someone first
> said " we don't 'av no mogas, governor!
>
> SMLE: Short Marine Littoral Engineers. These short fat buoyant little
> troops came ashore first to clear away
> tank traps and such. Think of them as high flotation SEALS.
>
> Iggins Boat: Brit name for landing craft
>
> CUCV: Army generals said "Give us a truck with NAPA part numbers, that
> can even be driven by people who live south
> of Maryland, that can be hosed out inside to get rid of the beer
> smell, and has a name that sounds like some
> kind of chicken. Just for kicks, give it a gas engine, but a
> diesel fuel system.
>
> Slave receptacle: Electrical plug on vehicle that is redesigned from
> time to time so that none of the cables will fit.
> These are designed by the Department of the Army's
> "Electrical PLug Mutation Group", at Fort Bradely
> In American Samoa, where there is no electricity.
> This is the same component that produced those
> ubiquitous dashboard plugs that nothing fit into.
>
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