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Dag
A funny person, nerd, goof (I get called a dag quite often )
Daks
Trousers
Damper
Bread made from flour and water
Date
Arse hole (“get off your fat date”)
Dead dingo's donger, as dry as a
Dry (“I'm quite thirsty” becomes “struth I'm as dry as a dead dingo's donger!”)
Dead horse
Tomato sauce (Yooz guys call it Ketchup)
Deadset
True, the truth
Dinkum, fair dinkum
True, real, genuine (“I'm a dinkum Aussie”; “is he fair dinkum?”)
Dinky-di
The real thing, genuine
Dipstick
A loser, idiot
Dob (somebody) in
Inform on somebody. Hence dobber, a tell-tale
Dog's balls, stands out like
Obvious (geez that sheila's funbags stand out like dogs balls!)
Dog's eye
Meat pie (I had a dogs eye with dead horse for lunch)
Dole bludger
Somebody on social assistance when unjustified
Donger
Well, you figure it out.
Doodle
Same as Donger
Drongo
A dope, stupid person
Dropkick
See 'dipstick'
Dummy, spit the
Get very upset at something
Dunny
Outside lavatory
Dunny budgie
Blowfly
Durry
Tobacco, cigarette
Deluxe
Detergent Additive
An additive mixed to fuel and lubricants in order to keep the engine clean. The most used detergent additives in motor oils are metallic soaps that have enough base reserves to neutralize the acids formed during engine operation.1)
Detonation
Explosion of air/fuel mixture in the combustion chamber that is outside of the normal controlled burn and is a commonly hazardous condition. An electrical valve that only lets current flow in one direction, commonly used in rectifiers
Dial Depth Gauge
Direct reading, clock type face with a drop contact on the bottom. The contact is slightly up into the base at rest. For piston depth at TDC, you set each end of the gauge on the flat surface the cylinder deck so that the center contact hangs down into the cylinder. Push down on the top button until the contact point touches the piston top. Read measurement (usually shown in 0.001 graduations)contact at zero, which is usually at the bottom of the base. Then the top button is pushed down to contact the work and the measurement is taken.
Dial Indicator
Direct reading, clock type gauge, when used in connection with adapters and a stand, can be used to measure crankshaft run out as well as piston position, trueness of a shaft (when shaft is placed between live centers)
Diaphragm
A rubber membrane as used in a carburetor or master cylinder to seal the upper chamber. 2)
Diaphragm Spring
Part of the clutch hub assembly, a sprung plate which, when installed, is under pressure to keep the clutch plates forced against each other.
Dispersant Additive
An additive, which keeps the solid contaminants in colloid suspension, thus prevents the oil sludge and varnish buildup on the engine parts. This additive is usually non metallic (ashless) and it is used together with detergent additives.3)
Displacement
Diode
Drive Belt or Secondary Drive Belt
The belt from the transmission that drives the rear wheel, usually made of Kevlar with teeth on it's underside to mesh with the teeth on the respective drive sprockets