Help!!!

The one set that has the format that Glenn mentionsed is: 22*8. I am not sure about the * (it could be something else). The eight might be a B. Any suggestions as to what the date code might mean?

Other casting numbers are 351887-R8 and 357657R5 which has a L about an inch below and to the right.

T_Bone

T_Bone

The numbers with the R in them are part numbers. The number you described as 22*8 or 22*B is indeed a casting code. It should be a B. The B indicates the year 1956, and the 22 indicates the day of the month(in this case, 22nd). There should be another number before the 22 with what kinda looks like a screw head between the two numbers. That will tell you the month. You may want to check some more castings for date codes(like the wheels or the engine block). They will be similar to the one you found in terms of format.

It looks like your 130 is a 1956 model, which was the first year of Farmall 130 production. There were only about 600 130s produced in 1956.

I'll have to wait till I get home after Christmas to check for more codes and see if there is another number before the 22*B. We are off to my step sister's for the holidays.

There is a metal tag on the engine block down near where the oil pan seal is. Unfortunatly it is painted over and I will have to clean it off. There doesn't seem to be any stamped numbers on it so I am a little concerned that if I use paint thiner it will take off any painted informaiton.

Merry Christmas, Glen