M38A1 Patent Plate

timjuhl · Post by **timjuhl** » Thu Jul 05, 2012 11:08 am

OK, I did a search but couldn't find the answer to my question so here goes...

Are the wheel well mounted patent plates held on by screws or rivets? If the latter, what are the rivets made of?

Thanks!

Tim

Post by **wesk** » Thu Jul 05, 2012 11:20 am

Screws, last item on page 373 of the ORD 9.

capescw · Post by **capescw** » Thu Jul 05, 2012 3:35 pm

#@$%@, that Wes is GOOD, but I got confused on that one! Check out:

Page 338, ORD 9 SNL G-740

PLATE, name, patent and serial number (less serial
number)
128273 SCREW, TAPPING, pan-hd, gimlet-pt, sh-met-thd,
S,cd or zn-pltd, No. 6 (0.138)-18 x s (superseded by
SCREW, HlOl-0161790)

161790 SCREW, tapping, cross-recess-pan-hd, gimlet-pt,
shmet-thd, S, cd or zn-pltd, No. 6 (0.138) x 7s (supersedes
SCREW, HlOl-0128273)

I was gonna ask that question later, when I had to put it all back together.

Post by **wesk** » Thu Jul 05, 2012 7:31 pm

The first screw is a slotted head for a flat tip screw driver and the second screw is a cross point head for a phillips screwdriver.