why do some m35a3s have yellow cats and some green

[gem1410]

I purchased 2 a3s--one has a green cat engine and one has a yellow cat--any reason for this--thanks

 

[Billy Bobbed]

I seen them that same way to,I would like to know.

 

[AceHigh]

The yellow engines meet all specs, the green ones are rejects. Actually, a Cat employee on here one time said Cat only makes yellow engines. Every once in a while the gov would make them paint the engines green. They had to send them out to do it, at a high cost to Cat.

 

[AceHigh]

Found it!

Oh the stories I could tell you from the Cat military engine business...... The 3116 mechanical engines supplied for the A3 program were built on the same single production line as the civilian truck engines and the industrial and marine models. The Cat factory has a limited number of options for production line painting. The contract engines for the A3 program were intermixed on the line. The factory is not set up to spray CARC for a few engines and then switch back to enamel. In order to be supplied painted with mil spec CARC green, they would have to be sent off site to a sub contractor for special paint. They do the same with the bright white color for plesasure craft marine engines. The current electronic Cat engine models being supplied to Oshkosh truck for several Army and Marine Corp programs are also Cat yellow. They are "ENGINES" by the way, not "Motors". Motors have a cord that plugs into a wall outlet. Cat Man 30 years in the Cat engine business

http://www.steelsoldiers.com/deuce/47075-m35a3-engine-colors.html

BTW mine is yeller.

 

[flyxpl]

The older A3's have green cats , the newer ones are yellow . Why ?? I don't know . The yellow engines are in the high # serial # trucks .