#’s on safety chain tab
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#’s on safety chain tab
Just noticed there are numbers stamped or etched into the driver side safety chain tab on my M416. Could these be the serial number of the trailer?
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Re: #’s on safety chain tab
Post photo's. Possible, but not likely. More often numbers were stamped onto the frame prior to a rebuild.
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Re: #’s on safety chain tab
Here's the photo.
Where would those serial numbers be stamped after a rebuild? Any idea what the numbers on the chain mean?
Where would those serial numbers be stamped after a rebuild? Any idea what the numbers on the chain mean?
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Re: #’s on safety chain tab
Most frequent spot is on the front lip near the e-brake, but they've also been found stamped on the frame rails near the drawbar casting.
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Re: #’s on safety chain tab
Didn’t see any numbers in those spots on the tongue.
Did some cleaning of the number I found and it reads: 1C924579
Did some cleaning of the number I found and it reads: 1C924579
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Re: #’s on safety chain tab
Ended up doing some more digging and found out that 10924579 is the part number for the safety chain tabs. Bummer
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Re: #’s on safety chain tab
I thought that might be the case. Those looked like they might be original chains. That also means your trailer probably didn't go thru a rebuild.
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Re: #’s on safety chain tab
When I got the trailer the chains and hooks were MIA, just the tabs in place.
I'm curious, what work goes into the rebuilds?
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Re: #’s on safety chain tab
I don’t know. I’m not sure that there was a standardized rebuild for the 416. For the MBT/BT3 WWII trailers there was a depot in Japan that rebuilt a bunch for use in Korea. Most of the trailers that I’ve seen (or heard of) from that program ended up with a rebuild tag and a mix of Bantam & Willys features.
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1942 MBT 10968 viewtopic.php?f=18&t=149552
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KI5LYB
Collecting Willys Engine Info. Please send me Engine #, Casting Date & Machining Date if known
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1942 MBT 10968 viewtopic.php?f=18&t=149552
1942 MBT 15799, USA 0217497 viewtopic.php?f=18&t=225199
MVPA # 8587
Com / Inst. SMEL
CFII - ASEL
KI5LYB
Collecting Willys Engine Info. Please send me Engine #, Casting Date & Machining Date if known
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