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tomstractor
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removing vin plate

Postby tomstractor » Mon Nov 18, 2019 8:07 am

I have a late 57 Cub that the vin plate has been torn up by the cultivators. I van only read the last numbers (4379). I think that it is a late 57 because the casting numbers on the block are 2/14/O. How can I remove the plate? Can the rivets be pulled out? How?

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Re: removing vin plate

Postby tst » Mon Nov 18, 2019 8:33 am

the rivets are brass and shaped like a nail, I get them out some times with a good putty knife, it will slide behind the tag and if you are lucky you can work them out, or just drill them out and install new rivets

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Re: removing vin plate

Postby Peter Person » Mon Nov 18, 2019 10:31 am

tomstractor wrote:I have a late 57 Cub that the vin plate has been torn up by the cultivators. I van only read the last numbers (4379). I think that it is a late 57 because the casting numbers on the block are 2/14/O. How can I remove the plate? Can the rivets be pulled out? How?


1957 Farmall Cub S/N range is 198231 - 204388. Casting Code for 1957 is "C". "O" is 1968. This assumes a "standard" Farmall/International Cub, not an International Cub LoBoy.

Check out these links to TM Tractor;
http://www.tmtractor.com/id/id_002.htm
http://www.tmtractor.com/id/id_004.htm

Take a look at the casting codes on all the major castings and you should be able to confirm that it is a 1957. Then you can either buy a new S/N plate and stamp the S/N on it or re-stamp your plate.

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Re: removing vin plate

Postby tomstractor » Mon Nov 18, 2019 11:40 am

The casting date must be a "C" not "O" , with the screw heads in the way it looks like an O. That would make it Feb 14 1958, only 9 tractors from the end of 57 production. Thanks
Still no luck removing the rivets. I bought a new plate from TM with new rivets.

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Re: removing vin plate

Postby halftonstude » Mon Nov 18, 2019 4:40 pm

When I removed my s/n plate I first hit the rivets with the end of a flat punch to make a flat surface. then i used a center punch to mark a spot in the center of the head and used a 1/8" drill to drill into the head of the rivet until i got to the shaft. I think the shaft of these rivets is 1/8". after doing that to all 4, the heads of the 4 rivets are gone the plate comes right off. I didn't want to use a bigger drill to damage the number plate or make the holes in the plate bigger than they already were. Then i continued to drill into the front bolster until the rivets were gone. Don't drill all the way through you don't want water leaking out behind the plate! I think the rivets were 1/4" long. The 1/8" copper rivets I had were just a slight bit under 1/8" (.123) so i flattened them with a ball peen hammer before i put the number plate back on so they'd be snug. THere's no force on that plate so just a little snugness will hold the rivets fast. I used the same rivets for the generator plate.
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