pos. s 36N and 36P

Taña Dalglish Feb 8, 2017:

@ Carolina: I agree with Robin and Marina. It would appear you are working blind without any context, or a drawing of some kind, if I am reading this correctly? All I can say is look at this link: http://www.stauffusa.com/customer/stcorp/catalog/pdfs/Valves...
I agree with Robin that "pos." seems to refer to "position". HTH.

Marina Soldati Feb 8, 2017:

I agree with Robin These are references in a drawing and the most probable meaning of "pos" is position.

Jennifer Levey Feb 8, 2017:

@Carolina I imagine the numbers "36" refer to page or figure numbers in the manual, and the upper-case letters (P, N, A etc.) refer to points that must be lubricated, probably highlighted on the drawings with a lettered arrow.
I don't know what "pos." is in English - but perhaps it's not English at all! If the English text has been translated from some other language, perhaps "pos." has been skipped by the previous translator.
That said, "pos" followed by a period ".", suggests "pos" is an abbreviation for something - "position", perhaps. Then in the first example, there are two number/letter codes, so perhaps the "s" is intended to pluralise the "pos." (There's no "s" in the cases where there s only one "pos" code...).

Conclusion:
"pos. s 36N and P" --> positions N and P on page/figure 36
"pos. 36A" --> position A on page/figure 36