Weirdest/Dumbest Faults on a 5988-E? Have any?

SSG Jason Hoadley — Tue, 18 Mar 2014 19:24:33 -0400

There are quite a few maintenance oriented people on here. So I figure this could be a fun topic.

My top 3 are as follows:

1.) X Truck not ACU painted
This one came up right after making the transition to the UCP uniform

2.) X Engine makes loud noise when running
This one came from a new soldier that from what we could tell had never been around a diesel

3.) X Truck won't start
Common problem with people that forget that they need to have the truck in Neutral to start

Have any to add?

Response by MAJ Samuel Weber made Mar 18 at 2014 8:11 PM

MAJ Samuel Weber — Tue, 18 Mar 2014 20:11:14 -0400

One of the dumbest ones I have seen during motor stables was "low air pressure in front left tire" I looked at the PSG and told him to get the Soldier to put some air in the tire. The best part was that this was in a logistics unit by one of our own motor pool mechanics. True story....

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 19 at 2014 7:10 AM

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 19 Mar 2014 07:10:44 -0400

Bolt Missing

I once got G2G for Good to Go instead of No New Faults

My favorite though was probably "5th wheel missing" on a M925A2 5 Ton Cargo

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 19 at 2014 7:55 AM

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 19 Mar 2014 07:55:19 -0400

Being in FA we are always giving our Joes a hard time when we go out in the field for a LFX. Making them check stuff that isn't necessarily real.

6 months after a LFX we are back out for AT, as soon as we made it out to the field and we were operating I made the guys PMCS the vehicles, after reviewing the 2404 it read

"blinker fluid low" this used to always be the joke, "hey pvt snuffie go down the gun line and see if anyone has any blinker fluid were about out." So after questioning the guy about this he swears he found where the blinker fluid went...

Response by MSG Jose Colon made Mar 21 at 2014 11:04 PM

MSG Jose Colon — Fri, 21 Mar 2014 23:04:57 -0400

"TC Broken, needs welding" (He was referring to the TC hatch of an old 113A2)

Response by CPT Jacob Swartout made Sep 6 at 2014 1:32 PM

CPT Jacob Swartout — Sat, 06 Sep 2014 13:32:37 -0400

SSG Jason Hoadley One of my PVTs wrote, "Something is wrong with the engine but I'm not sure what it is." He was learning on how to fill one out and didn't ask the NCO while he was helping out the other crew. The NCO came back after a few minutes to correct that and point out I the TM how to look for deficiencies.

Response by SSG (ret) William Martin made Apr 13 at 2015 11:11 PM

SSG (ret) William Martin — Mon, 13 Apr 2015 23:11:28 -0400

I used to a PLL clerk and a PLL NCOIC so I have ready several thousand. I remember one that read, "pull stick on heater control broke".