Air cleaner Restoration Thread/Update 6/22/07

[1978Blazerk5]

i just had an idea i am going to redo my factory air cleaner for my blazer to give it a stock look.its really cool i am going to sand blast it.

heres how it looks now

Sorry just had to share

 

[Craig Artzner]

I used paint stripper on mine. I didn't need to sandblast. But if you can have it sandblasted for free or have your own blaster then have at it. Mine looked just like yours before I did the resto on it.

 

[1978Blazerk5]

I used paint stripper on mine. I didn't need to sandblast. But if you can have it sandblasted for free or have your own blaster then have at it. Mine looked just like yours before I did the resto on it.

i can get it done for free so

 

[Craig Artzner]

Just make sure you block the vacuum inlet for the heated air modulator so it doesn't get sand in it while you're blasting and you should be in good shape.

 

[1978Blazerk5]

Just make sure you block the vacuum inlet for the heated air modulator so it doesn't get sand in it while you're blasting and you should be in good shape.

thanks for reminding me

 

[1978Blazerk5]

is there anyway to get this thing off with out breaking it

back side

 

[Craig Artzner]

I think there's a clip somewhere on it that will allow you to remove it. I didn't have to take mine out since I didn't need to resto the inside of the housing. If you're not worried about the inside and are not going to directly blast it you could probably get away with covering that temp sensor with some duct tape or something while you blast the outside.

 

[1978Blazerk5]

ill take a look tommorow and see if i can get it apart. if not Duct tape

 

[1978Blazerk5]

by the way the hole air cleaner is getting blasted down to bare metal and i am going to paint it semi-gloss black


craig artzner thanks again man for telling me about that company for decals

could you post up a pic of what the decal looks like


by the way i got the air cleaner 100% stirped down

 

[Craig Artzner]

by the way the hole air cleaner is getting blasted down to bare metal and i am going to paint it semi-gloss black


craig artzner thanks again man for telling me about that company for decals

could you post up a pic of what it looks like


by the way i got the air cleaner 100% stirped down

Cool. What do you want a picture of? The decal or the whole air cleaner?

 

[1978Blazerk5]

Cool. What do you want a picture of? The decal or the whole air cleaner?

both if you can. if not just the decal

 

[Craig Artzner]

Just took these 5 minutes ago. I know on my air cleaner the decal went in that exact spot. I verified it with a few other stock air cleaners that had the decal in the same spot. Yours might be a slightly different air cleaner but isn't your old decal still partially on? You can just put it back in the same place.

 

[1978Blazerk5]

yah i took messurements since i am sandblasting my aircleaner.
thanks for taking them pics

 

[1978Blazerk5]

is that aircleaner painted gloss or semi-gloss black?

and what color were they stock?





Thanks

 

[Craig Artzner]

Not totally sure but I used semi-gloss...

 

[1978Blazerk5]

Well I just sandblasted my air cleaner today.

 

[Craig Artzner]

Looking good.

 

[1978Blazerk5]

i gotta go get some primer after dinner

and some semi-gloss black

 

[1978Blazerk5]

got the air cleaner primmed

 

[Craig Artzner]

Go 1978BlazerK5! It's your birthday! Sprayin primer!

Hey what's your first name anyway? So we don't have to keep referring to you as 1978BlazerK5? Ten syllables is alot to stomach. Maybe even just a nickname?