Plate On Side Of Starter

Any info on what the plate might have said?

Starter serial number 1107067 was used on Super A's starting with tractor serial number 25001 to 305645.

Starter serial number 1107093 was used on tractor serial number 305646 and up.

The above starter serial number was on the starter plate along with the date codes described below.

First digit is year. Second digit is month in letter code. Third is day of month.

Example: 1107067 8G18

Letter code started with A and contunued thru M. No I(eye) was used.

If I ever replace it, I’m thinking of stamping the new plate with a unique code (maybe my initials and year of birth backwards). Then if the tractor is ever stolen, the cops can identify it even after the thief removes or replaces the tractor serial number plate. Of course, it would make it interesting if someone ever had to cross-reference the part number to replace the starter…

Mark W. in MI

For a Super A starter, I have the numbers:
1107067 48-53
1107021 48-53
1107093 52-54

A lot of rebuilders rip the tags off and replace them with their own (usually paper) tags with their numbers, usually something like S-14. That way, they can treat several different original parts as all the same and avoid customer confusion.

Sorta like the middle one, I'll bet?

Where can I get one?

Were they attached with pop rivits or screws or some other way?

Hugh, yea, you can relax now. I did go check on the 140's and neigher one of ours had that plate on there. Could see where they use to be tho so some "plate thief" must be stealing them.

They are held on with a sort of "threaded rivet" that can be hammered into place in into the holes in the starter's "BELLY"..

Check out the site below:

• It's a CLASSIC

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This is shocking so sit down. I think Im going to put my last name on the starter plate. I know,,,,I'm a wild guy sometimes. lol

Dont tell anyone, it's our secret.

Sometime when your out there just jot down what one of them has on there and drop me an email.

Maybe someone could take a picture of one?

Heck, I should go look at out 140's and see if there is a plate on one of them. I dont recall one but I never really looked either.

I may take the info to a sign guy and have a decal made. Wont be the same as the original plate but it will look OK I guess. Dont guess anyone makes a replacement? Nah, probly not.

There is a shop in Austin, Texas that does it, and I have contacted them about having some made up for a radio-telegraph transmitter I am building from a 1941 design. I'd probably have about ten or fifteen each made up with common logos like "Plate" and "Tune" and try to sell them at radio swapfests to defray the cost. Maybe you could do the same at tractor swap meets.

Incidentally, the tag on the side of my Super C is simply illegible due to age (both of the tag and of my deteriorating eyes).

With the help of a flashlight and a magnifying glass I can make out a serial number stamped (not embossed) in the center and the words MADE IN US embossed (not stamped) in VERY small letters across the bottom.

It seems to have been painted black originally (the starter housing is black) but IIRC it had an unpainted spot in the middle where the serial number is.

I think our 1948 John Deere MT had a VERY similar if not identical tag on the starter. I've also seen them on other tractors, truck starters, washing machine motors and even the motor on my c. 1972 Sears paint sprayer!

I hope you can get someone to post pics of one of these in better shape than mine. Eventually, I AM going to paint my poor ol' Super C...

I did find a site (link below) that has the serial/part numbers listed. I guess they are correct.

Looks like a Super A should have # 1107093 on it.

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