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Correct 77 air cleaner paint? Paging Mr. W72
Plan to strip and repaint my faded 30 yr old air cleaner assembly on 1977 Formula W72 back to stock-looking condition, GM part number is 8995543.
What is the correct factory paint type, flat black, semi-glossy or other? Any specific paint codes? Thanks for your help! |
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Correct would be approx 90% gloss black. Some will say a semi gloss, but mine which is factory original is the 90% gloss. Shades of under hood black will vary in degrees of gloss for different parts. In other words, firewall, front fender wells, other underhood black parts etc., will be different.
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John Witzke POCI Tech Advisor 1977-79 W72 Performance Package Historian |
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John,
Does the aluminum preheater hose to the air cleaner have a special clamp on the exhaust manifold stove end? Also, do you know of any reproduction assembly line valve cover decals that have the "Y6" code and the timing specs?
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1976 LeMans B09 Freeway Enforcer, 455/M40 Smokey 1977 Trans Am, 400/M21 Black/Gold Bandit. 44K actual miles 2017 Sierra SLT 1500 Z71 4X4 2019 Canyon SLT Crew 4X4 |
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1. Ames Performance Engineering has that clamp on page 119 of their Firebird catalog as part #FN406T = Preheater elbow to air cleaner clamp for $1.50 Phone 800-421-2637 2. Would like to know where to find Y6 decal also? Mine fell off years ago and can't find a repro anywhere? John W., appreciate the thumbnail pic & detailed answer on the air cleaner paint. Ames also offers the 77 decal "Keep Your GM Car All GM" |
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I don't know paint you should use but I can tell you what NOT to use. Eastwood Underhood Black. It's to flat for an air cleaner. Best used in firewalls. It's also to flat for the inner fenderwells on a 77.
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Canamman, the preheater elbow does not have a clamp on the manifold heat shield end just on the air cleaner end. I have attached a photo of mine. The clamp is a tower type.
Kainsel, the correct "Keep yor GM car all GM" decal for your W72 400-cid engine is code RE which is usually listed for a 350 2bbl. berrygoat, I agree, correct inner fender wells would be approx 60% gloss black. The Y6 bar code label is my own repoduction. I have pictures of an original and in the process of tweeking the overall look. I have the correct font and number and of bars. The top bar on the Y6 label is wider while the remaining 6 bars are thinner. Timing is 18 degrees.
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John Witzke POCI Tech Advisor 1977-79 W72 Performance Package Historian |
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John,
Thank you for the info. I would be very interested in a decal if you decide to sell them.
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1976 LeMans B09 Freeway Enforcer, 455/M40 Smokey 1977 Trans Am, 400/M21 Black/Gold Bandit. 44K actual miles 2017 Sierra SLT 1500 Z71 4X4 2019 Canyon SLT Crew 4X4 |
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Hey John! That T/A stands out like a sore thumb!! Man, what a beauty!!!
Since the thread was on air cleaners, may I ask if there is a picture of the correct air cleaner setup for the 1977 W72-4-speed Formula? That's about all I'm missing besides the intake.
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10C 1972 Formula 461 non A/C 08B 1969 GP J/428 non A/C |
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http://www.classicresto.com/mambo/content/view/34/2/ |
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Thanks for the great story. Is this a typical 400 air cleaner I should be looking for?
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10C 1972 Formula 461 non A/C 08B 1969 GP J/428 non A/C |
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to a GM warehouse parts list for air cleaners, the one you need is part #8995543 and was also cross-referenced for the F-body Pontiac 350. Since there were only approx 2500 1977 Formula W-72s produced, this may be a difficult item for you to find... anyone know how many Firebird 350s were made? The Trans Am air cleaner has a different part number/design and I believe is incorrect for the Formula application. Also, the L78 Pontiac 400 (base engine, not W72) air cleaners used on the Grand Prix & Catalina had different part numbers, and probably would not be correct either. -- Mr. W72, can you please confirm this info for greyno3. Last edited by KAINSEL; 03-15-2007 at 08:28 PM. |
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Bump for Mr. W72 reply to last post
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Thanks for the info. I would like to know why so many part numbers.
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10C 1972 Formula 461 non A/C 08B 1969 GP J/428 non A/C |
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