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Trans Am Photos => Restoration Projects => Topic started by: wheels78ta on December 03, 2015, 04:31:26 PM

Title: Y88 Restoration and Identify this part
Post by: wheels78ta on December 03, 2015, 04:31:26 PM

Some of the 78' TA w/400 owners might know what this is, and I'm sure Hitman knows.  But this is a part that was usually discarded when working under the hood.  It seemed to some that it was just a piece of metal that got in the way.


(http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s242/wheels78ta/Y88%20Trans%20am/DSC_0033.jpg) (http://s154.photobucket.com/user/wheels78ta/media/Y88%20Trans%20am/DSC_0033.jpg.html)

(http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s242/wheels78ta/Y88%20Trans%20am/DSC_0032.jpg) (http://s154.photobucket.com/user/wheels78ta/media/Y88%20Trans%20am/DSC_0032.jpg.html)

(http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s242/wheels78ta/Y88%20Trans%20am/DSC_0031.jpg) (http://s154.photobucket.com/user/wheels78ta/media/Y88%20Trans%20am/DSC_0031.jpg.html)

(http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s242/wheels78ta/Y88%20Trans%20am/DSC_0030.jpg) (http://s154.photobucket.com/user/wheels78ta/media/Y88%20Trans%20am/DSC_0030.jpg.html)

(http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s242/wheels78ta/Y88%20Trans%20am/DSC_0029.jpg) (http://s154.photobucket.com/user/wheels78ta/media/Y88%20Trans%20am/DSC_0029.jpg.html)

Title: Re: Y88 Restoration and Identify this part
Post by: wheels78ta on December 03, 2015, 04:51:11 PM

I started a restore thread, for my Y88, a while back and never got past putting a cover on it.  I worked on my 87' K5 Blazer and that took up a lot of my time for projects.  You can see the K5 Blazer build at http://ck5.com/forums/threads/87-k5-cashbag.280733/.  I am going to try and start the process again.  Some of these pics were posted awhile ago and with all the new members they'll seem like new pics.

(http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s242/wheels78ta/Y88%20Trans%20am/100_1369.jpg) (http://s154.photobucket.com/user/wheels78ta/media/Y88%20Trans%20am/100_1369.jpg.html)

(http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s242/wheels78ta/Y88%20Trans%20am/100_1368.jpg) (http://s154.photobucket.com/user/wheels78ta/media/Y88%20Trans%20am/100_1368.jpg.html)

(http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s242/wheels78ta/Y88%20Trans%20am/100_1370.jpg) (http://s154.photobucket.com/user/wheels78ta/media/Y88%20Trans%20am/100_1370.jpg.html)

Title: Re: Y88 Restoration and Identify this part
Post by: RENOVATIONS on December 03, 2015, 04:53:13 PM

Looks like the heat shield for the carburetor

Title: Re: Y88 Restoration and Identify this part
Post by: tata on December 03, 2015, 07:41:49 PM

Yup choke shield, who can guess where this goes?

Title: Re: Y88 Restoration and Identify this part
Post by: wheels78ta on December 03, 2015, 08:54:19 PM

That's right.....heat shield.  I haven't found a part number for it and I have never seen one on e-bay.  Does anybody repro that part?

I found mine when I was inventorying parts and remembered how hard they are to find.

(http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s242/wheels78ta/Y88%20Trans%20am/DSC_0036.jpg) (http://s154.photobucket.com/user/wheels78ta/media/Y88%20Trans%20am/DSC_0036.jpg.html)

(http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s242/wheels78ta/Y88%20Trans%20am/DSC_0037.jpg) (http://s154.photobucket.com/user/wheels78ta/media/Y88%20Trans%20am/DSC_0037.jpg.html)



Start of restore thread from 2007......http://www.78ta.com/HTAF/index.php?topic=2851.0

Title: Re: Y88 Restoration and Identify this part
Post by: RENOVATIONS on December 04, 2015, 12:35:08 AM

They are  repro'd

Title: Re: Y88 Restoration and Identify this part
Post by: tata on December 04, 2015, 04:51:29 AM

I believe they do repop them. I think I saw one on f body warehouse

Title: Re: Y88 Restoration and Identify this part
Post by: drtracer58 on December 04, 2015, 09:00:24 PM

I think Muscle Car Alley has them,  I think they are in New York ??

Title: Re: Y88 Restoration and Identify this part
Post by: RENOVATIONS on December 05, 2015, 08:39:58 AM

Quote from: tata on December 04, 2015, 04:51:29 AM

I think I saw one on f body warehouse

https://www.fbodywarehouse.com/fbw/product.php?productid=952&cat=0&page=1

Title: Re: Y88 Restoration and Identify this part
Post by: ta78w72 on December 05, 2015, 02:45:47 PM

I'm pretty sure 77 didn't get the choke shield.  The intake isn't drilled and threaded for it.  That choke shield got a specific bolt too.

Your car was a pretty nice one when it rolled off the assembly line.  You've got the best of the best Y88.

Title: Re: Y88 Restoration and Identify this part
Post by: wheels78ta on March 22, 2016, 10:42:40 PM

Dropped the gas tank today..........and guess what was still attached?

(http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s242/wheels78ta/Y88%20Trans%20am/DSC_0115.jpg) (http://s154.photobucket.com/user/wheels78ta/media/Y88%20Trans%20am/DSC_0115.jpg.html)

(http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s242/wheels78ta/Y88%20Trans%20am/DSC_0116.jpg) (http://s154.photobucket.com/user/wheels78ta/media/Y88%20Trans%20am/DSC_0116.jpg.html)

(http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s242/wheels78ta/Y88%20Trans%20am/DSC_0117.jpg) (http://s154.photobucket.com/user/wheels78ta/media/Y88%20Trans%20am/DSC_0117.jpg.html)

(http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s242/wheels78ta/Y88%20Trans%20am/DSC_0118.jpg) (http://s154.photobucket.com/user/wheels78ta/media/Y88%20Trans%20am/DSC_0118.jpg.html)

(http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s242/wheels78ta/Y88%20Trans%20am/DSC_0119.jpg) (http://s154.photobucket.com/user/wheels78ta/media/Y88%20Trans%20am/DSC_0119.jpg.html)

(http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s242/wheels78ta/Y88%20Trans%20am/DSC_0120.jpg) (http://s154.photobucket.com/user/wheels78ta/media/Y88%20Trans%20am/DSC_0120.jpg.html)

Not in as good of shape as the one I found behind the back seat, but still a keeper.  I had to put it in a plastic sleeve to preserve it as best as possible.  If you try to rub off the thick dust it also rubs off the words and numbers.

So far that's 2 build sheets for this Y88.

Title: Re: Y88 Restoration and Identify this part
Post by: wheels78ta on March 24, 2016, 12:36:12 PM

The tear down has begun.

(http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s242/wheels78ta/Y88%20Trans%20am/100_0590.jpg) (http://s154.photobucket.com/user/wheels78ta/media/Y88%20Trans%20am/100_0590.jpg.html)

(http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s242/wheels78ta/Y88%20Trans%20am/ta65.jpg) (http://s154.photobucket.com/user/wheels78ta/media/Y88%20Trans%20am/ta65.jpg.html)

(http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s242/wheels78ta/Y88%20Trans%20am/ta67.jpg) (http://s154.photobucket.com/user/wheels78ta/media/Y88%20Trans%20am/ta67.jpg.html)

(http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s242/wheels78ta/Y88%20Trans%20am/ta69.jpg) (http://s154.photobucket.com/user/wheels78ta/media/Y88%20Trans%20am/ta69.jpg.html)

(http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s242/wheels78ta/Y88%20Trans%20am/ta80.jpg) (http://s154.photobucket.com/user/wheels78ta/media/Y88%20Trans%20am/ta80.jpg.html)

(http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s242/wheels78ta/Y88%20Trans%20am/ta84.jpg) (http://s154.photobucket.com/user/wheels78ta/media/Y88%20Trans%20am/ta84.jpg.html)

(http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s242/wheels78ta/Y88%20Trans%20am/ta85.jpg) (http://s154.photobucket.com/user/wheels78ta/media/Y88%20Trans%20am/ta85.jpg.html)

Title: Re: Y88 Restoration
Post by: wheels78ta on March 24, 2016, 12:46:16 PM

(http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s242/wheels78ta/Y88%20Trans%20am/ta91.jpg) (http://s154.photobucket.com/user/wheels78ta/media/Y88%20Trans%20am/ta91.jpg.html)

(http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s242/wheels78ta/Y88%20Trans%20am/ta92.jpg) (http://s154.photobucket.com/user/wheels78ta/media/Y88%20Trans%20am/ta92.jpg.html)

(http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s242/wheels78ta/Y88%20Trans%20am/ta96.jpg) (http://s154.photobucket.com/user/wheels78ta/media/Y88%20Trans%20am/ta96.jpg.html)

(http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s242/wheels78ta/Y88%20Trans%20am/ta97.jpg) (http://s154.photobucket.com/user/wheels78ta/media/Y88%20Trans%20am/ta97.jpg.html)

Title: Re: Y88 Restoration and Identify this part
Post by: 78GoldSE on March 26, 2016, 11:07:25 PM

I am about to do a tear down on my 78 Y88 as well. I found my build sheet behind the back seat...sweet

Title: Re: Y88 Restoration and Identify this part
Post by: y88rick on March 27, 2016, 08:28:13 AM

I've found more under the drivers seat than anywhere else.