Yellow paint.....why?

[wsucougarx]

Inspected a deuce and noticed the engine had particular parts painted yellow. Hmm, does anyone know why the gov't would do this? What does it mean?

 

[gimpyrobb]

Its like gold teeth, makes no sence.

 

[nk14zp]

Pimp my ride.

 

[maddawg308]

My guess: looks to be that those are components that should have "NO STEP" stenciled on them. Perhaps the operator spray painted them yellow to prevent some klutz from stepping somewhere he shouldn't when the hood is up.

 

[tm america]

looks like they painted the places where they changed filters like a simple little dot wouldnt have done the job.either that or they messed up and ordered to much yellow paint and didnt want to pay to have it disposed of properly

 

[Highwayman87]

Maybe it's a multi fuel CAT motor?

 

[davidkroberts]

nothing a can of spray paint cant fix. believe me it could have been much worse. some goofball painted my entire truck that color. dont have a good reason someone would do that to yours, just wanted to i guess.

 

[FireFighterHill]

The only logical thing I can think of is : The parts were dirty and rusted and after cleaning them up during a repair, they painted the freshly cleaned surface to protect it.

 

[EulaVFD#620]

it could be worse, this whole deuce is yellow
http://s730.photobucket.com/albums/ww309/EulaVFD620/?action=view&current=HPIM0183.jpg
620 Out

 

[datsunaholic]

Maybe it was a Navy truck. In the Navy we painted everything based on the purpose- Lube oil systems were yellow, fuel systems were purple (because we used JP5), cooling water (freshwater) were blue, and raw water were green. I had a Chief who insisted we do the same with the small boats (including a factory-fresh, still under warranty Cummins B-series).

Of course, that pic doesn't really look like a systems identification paint, but more a spray job to cover rust.

 

[FireFighterHill]

it could be worse, this whole deuce is yellow
HPIM0183.jpg picture by EulaVFD620 - Photobucket
620 Out

Its a fire truck and painted that color for visibility. If that truck was to be used on an airfield FAA requires it be painted that color to pass inspection.

 

[rchalmers3]

Inspected a deuce and noticed the engine had particular parts painted yellow. Hmm, does anyone know why the gov't would do this?

I think it was Bill Cosby who surmised the answer to your question is: "to make you ask: why?"

Rick

 

[kendelrio]

Someone told the platoon sergeant they had nothing to do????

 

[steelandcanvas]

Its like gold teeth, makes no sence.

What's wrong with my gold teeth??

 

[pevrs114]

Someone told the platoon sergeant they had nothing to do????

Never EVER tell your platoon sergeant you have nothing to do!

 

[EulaVFD#620]

Its a fire truck and painted that color for visibility. If that truck was to be used on an airfield FAA requires it be painted that color to pass inspection.

Fortunately this truck goes no where near an airfield, it is a heavy brush fire truck. we use it in areas where the smaller trucks don't have the brute force or weight to get to, so we use it as a bulldozer/fire truck.

620 out

 

[BMCUSNAVY]

Ahhh come on datsunaholic...... all us Chiefs weren't that bad lol lol lol...... But as a tugmaster & combat crewman...... yessss.... the piping was painted accordingly... lol lol lol

Wayne

 

[datsunaholic]

Ahhh come on datsunaholic...... all us Chiefs weren't that bad lol lol lol...... But as a tugmaster & combat crewman...... yessss.... the piping was painted accordingly... lol lol lol

Wayne

Now that I think about it, he was a 1st Class when he had us paint the boat engines.

When he was a Chief he had us touch up everything when the paint got chipped... which was all the time, due to the PMS system's insistence on taking perfectly good, working equipment apart and making it broken, not working equipment. Like checking valve lash quarterly on an engine that got, at best, 10 hours runtime annually.

I'll have to say that a multicolored Westerbeke in a Motorwhaleboat got the INSURV inspector's attention.

 

[BMCUSNAVY]

Lol lol lol...... I had twin 8-71 Detroit Diesels on the 65' EODSC that I was in charge of. An according to the PMS schedule we had to replace the oil in the ME's even thou it had minimal hrs. Wish I had the deuce then... lol lol lol