Serial # plate

leecarr · Post by **leecarr** » Tue Aug 27, 2013 5:53 pm

Does the serial # plate behind the passenger seat have black paint on it like the dash data plates or is it metal with #s stamped in it? What is the best way to clean it without ruining it?

Post by **wesk** » Tue Aug 27, 2013 10:40 pm

It's etched and there were both black and white backgrounds over the years. Brake fluid DOT 3 will lift heavy coats of overspray right off.

Black

bbloom · Post by **bbloom** » Wed Aug 28, 2013 9:36 am

These plates I assume were installed at the factory. Would they have arrived at the unit painted over with OD paint or not painted over?

RICKG · Post by **RICKG** » Wed Aug 28, 2013 10:57 am

bbloom wrote:These plates I assume were installed at the factory. Would they have arrived at the unit painted over with OD paint or not painted over?

There are photos in Ryan M's M-38 reference guide showing the
WO paint line. Tubs are seen hanging on a chain drive conveyor
running thru the processes meaning they were painted before assy.
Surely the plates were added later in assy (after paint). My 2c.

Post by **wesk** » Wed Aug 28, 2013 8:13 pm

Bill & Rick your assumptions are correct.