It's held there with four pan head, gimlet point, sheet metal self tapping, steel, cad plated, No. 6 x 3/8" screws part number 128273
The tranfer shifter cover plate (Ring uses four pan head, gimlet point, sheet metal self tapping, steel, cad plated, No. 10 x1/2" screws Part Number 144811.
When I mounted the fording data plate, even though the screw holes matched the dash, the hole for the cable was off by 1/4". The data plate hole is low by 1/4". Could I have a data plate for a different jeep, say M38A1 or could this be a cheap repro? Another thought is the plate for the early and late tubs are different. From research and info from Wes, I have an early tub.
One last question to Wes on the picture posted in this thread. What is the small unused hole in the bottom left corner for?
Some one sold you an incorrectly made data plate. The hole for the cable isn't cut properly to match the hole in the dash. The lay out of the lettering is also different from the correct one. Same thing happened to me. _________________ Tropical Veteran
35th Inf. Reg. "CACTI" 4th I.D. VN
Amateur Radio K5XOM
No one has come with a use or intended use for that hole yet.
Ken is correct. This variation in a batch of fording plates was covered in detail with photos and measurements sometime back. _________________ Wes K
45 MB, 51 M38, 54 M37, 66 M101A1, 60 CJ5, 76 DJ5D, 47Bantam T3-C & 5? M100
Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 6:24 am Post subject: Data Plate
The new fording plates that Army Jeep Parts and I have are now totally correct. We got sick of having the defective plates delivered to us, so we had our own made. Chris, if the one you have is from me, call me and I will replace it.
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