Air Grabber Motor repair

road chicken · Post by **road chicken** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 7:17 pm

Has anyone had any success finding a shop to repair the vacuum motor for the AG?

Most of the shop I have contacted are inthe buisness of power brake booster repair. Howevr those are designed to be rebuilt.

Mine just went south- so after 34 years of service who can be upset?

71440 gtx · Post by **71440 gtx** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 10:39 pm

hi the 6870 chager are same one

Post by **Eric** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 12:12 am

Are you talking about the actuator that's attached to the hood? If so, yes.
Call Al over at Wilson Productions (314)487-3298. He does a great job and also sells repro. AG underhood parts.

road chicken · Post by **road chicken** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 11:40 am

Yes the under hood unit is the one that has died. I'll have to give hima call .

Thanks.

morty318 · Post by **morty318** » Fri Jan 27, 2006 12:35 am

charger actuator has vacuum lines in different place than air grabber actuator, also hook up arm has hole instead of plug and pin., best to get yours fixed.

road chicken · Post by **road chicken** » Fri Jan 27, 2006 3:01 am

I concur. I could fix it, but zinc castings are fickle-especially after so many years and extreme heat and cooling cycles. I would rather someone with a good amount of experience handle it- assuming it can be done to look original. Otherwise it would be no big deal to pop it apart- replace the diaphram- and epoxy it back together.

Post by **Eric** » Fri Jan 27, 2006 1:13 pm

He does a very good job restoring them. Normally he paints them black too, but I had him leave the outside of mine alone and restored it myself.
http://my.core.com/~emayle/.photos/mopa ... AGE009.jpg

Post by **bruce** » Fri Jan 27, 2006 1:20 pm

What's the correct finish? Mine looked like it had always been left natural.

Post by **Eric** » Fri Jan 27, 2006 1:23 pm

I'm told some were parkerized (gun guys should be familiar with this finish). Mine looked to be natural too so that's how I restored it.

road chicken · Post by **road chicken** » Fri Jan 27, 2006 3:31 pm

Mine is natural like Butterscotch's pic.

In fact if that is the restored unit- it looks great in regards to the seam of the two halfs.

What did it set you back to have him fix'er up?

Post by **Eric** » Fri Jan 27, 2006 7:53 pm

That is the restored pic. I told him it would be the natural finish and he was very careful to not damage it. I don't remember exactly how much it cost, but I do remember it wasn't cheap!!!

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