From: Michael S. Nichols (m.s.nichols@comcast.net)
Date: Sun Jul 17 2005 - 08:26:40 PDT
Hello from Atlanta, Ga 30306. How does one go about looking up by the NSN
what the U.S. Govt. paid for something?? Thanks!
Regards,
Mike Nichols
M151A2 '72 project
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Doherty" <mofta@hiwaay.net>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Saturday, July 16, 2005 12:28 AM
Subject: Re: [MV] CUCV starter relay interchange
> Upon deeper curiosity, I opened up the 'sticking' Delco relay. I found
> the
> contacts stuck together by a small welded spatter. It seperated with
> little
> effort, and will probably clean up nicely with emory cloth.
>
> The original mounting position has the wiring harness up, and the can
> down.
> Inside my relay can, there is a shallow 'bathtub ring' of light crumbly
> corrosion. So obviously, it has held some water at some time in its life.
> There was a light dusting of this residue on the electrical components of
> the relay, the contact blade being at the lowest position in the can. I
> figure that this extra corrosion residue settled on/around the contact
> points and gave enough extra 'flash' to make it stick. (That's my
> opinion,
> anyway.)
>
> The AC Delco relay is available from the GM dealer, who still has an old
> CUCV parts catalog, overnight, as its not stocked any longer, and priced
> at
> $18.97 locally. I have not found an interchange for this number with any
> of
> the local parts stores, and none even show it as being applicable to the
> civvy models.
>
> Looking it up by the NSN, it was priced at just under $6 to the gvmt. I
> found a part 90-15591718 through Wheeler Bros. Inc, but it was priced at
> $59.00. The photo of the part looks just like the AC Delco unit. May be
> the same part, with stocking/handling charges added on. I'll follow up
> with
> them next week.
>
> John
>
>
>
>
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