So I'm piddling around looking at the parts books again, and I ran up across something I didn't do much research on in the past, and that's the carburetor/air cleaner stuff. WELL.....come to find out that according to the parts book, all the VIN 9 cars were supposed to have the air cleaner washer under the wing nut. Point is, my 85 442 did not come with a washer under the wing nut. Never did. (didn't come with a carb throttle return spring I had to fix myself. POS quality control at GM back then- surprise!)
I get that the likely reason for use, at least on the chrome air cleaners, were to keep from rubbing the chrome off and rusting around the air cleaner top center. I think. Makes sense. They were apparently used on the diesel and 4.3 cars, too. Doesn't show it for Y cars. Hmm. Did not seem to be used on Chevy engines either for whatever reason. At least the info I have.
Interestingly, the 84 H/O does not have one, although it's quite understandable that it doesn't because it was almost a basket case when I bought it. My old gray 85 442 I sold didn't have one. Again, maybe the original PO lost it or something. The 87 does have one, weirdly. I've actually never noticed before at car shows. Some had it, some didn't. Figured it was a random thing or maybe 86/87 only. Come to think of it, I don't recall seeing it on very many cars as it is. Thinking back, I think there was one on the gray 87 I had eons ago, but not 100% sure.
I get disappointed in the fact that I know my 85 has never been goofed with and then I'm finding out my car has missing sh*t for it from the factory. Lessee, off the top of my head, no air cleaner washer, no throttle return spring, no limited slip additive, or not enough, missing crimp clamp for A.I.R. hose on driver side, no speedo drive gear hold down retainer/bolt, and what else, oh yeah, missing the nut on the water outlet stud for one of the cruise control actuator bracket. Front hood adjusters not locked, paint quality is, well, 80s GM crap. Not horrible but still. Paint tape lines aren't straight (common) and probably some other crap too that I'm forgetting. GM in the 80s sucked with QC. On just about everything.
No big thing. Just figured I'd throw it out there.
I get that the likely reason for use, at least on the chrome air cleaners, were to keep from rubbing the chrome off and rusting around the air cleaner top center. I think. Makes sense. They were apparently used on the diesel and 4.3 cars, too. Doesn't show it for Y cars. Hmm. Did not seem to be used on Chevy engines either for whatever reason. At least the info I have.
Interestingly, the 84 H/O does not have one, although it's quite understandable that it doesn't because it was almost a basket case when I bought it. My old gray 85 442 I sold didn't have one. Again, maybe the original PO lost it or something. The 87 does have one, weirdly. I've actually never noticed before at car shows. Some had it, some didn't. Figured it was a random thing or maybe 86/87 only. Come to think of it, I don't recall seeing it on very many cars as it is. Thinking back, I think there was one on the gray 87 I had eons ago, but not 100% sure.
I get disappointed in the fact that I know my 85 has never been goofed with and then I'm finding out my car has missing sh*t for it from the factory. Lessee, off the top of my head, no air cleaner washer, no throttle return spring, no limited slip additive, or not enough, missing crimp clamp for A.I.R. hose on driver side, no speedo drive gear hold down retainer/bolt, and what else, oh yeah, missing the nut on the water outlet stud for one of the cruise control actuator bracket. Front hood adjusters not locked, paint quality is, well, 80s GM crap. Not horrible but still. Paint tape lines aren't straight (common) and probably some other crap too that I'm forgetting. GM in the 80s sucked with QC. On just about everything.
No big thing. Just figured I'd throw it out there.
