Kerry,
I've been around and responsible for M35s for several years now. As
Artillery Battery Maintenance Officer for over two years, I was responsible
for the 10 M35A2s in the battery which we used virtually everyday Mon-Fri.
Later, as a Battalion Maintenance Officer (one year) and later as a
Battalion Executive Officer (just over a year), I was again responsible for
about 20+ M35A2s. I don't recall the starter EVER being a weak link in the
trucks. I've seen numerous batteries drained in cold weather and the
starters never gave out, even when abused by the drivers. I don't
specifically recall ever having an M35 starter ever outright quit. I am we
changed some out, but it wasn't a problem area that I recall. Batteries
were a much larger problem than starters.
Jim Rice
>From: "Kerry Bernstein" <kbernste@us.ibm.com>
>Clearly there is a lifetime associated with any
>electric device, but critically low enough to worry about this?
>I suspect the old geez just wanted a little authority,
>but I've never heard this before - comments?
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