i am restoring a 71 gs and was wondering about what color the motor mounts were?in the assembly manual they show color code was orange.i have yet to see this in a car or a resto.whats the deal?........anyone?
ok so whats the assembly manual referring to?did they put orange dots on the mounts to identify them,if they color coded the body mounts and the tranny mounts,why wouldnt they colored the motor mounts as well.they also show the 350 mounts as being color coded white.so far the assembly mAnual has stayed true.has anyone seen these distingushing marks?i know theres still nos mounts out there but i havent tracked any down yet...
I've never seen the color codes on motor mounts, original or restored. Someone needs to break new ground here!!!! I would not expect an NOS mount to have the color code on it.
The color codes were used in assembly to aid the worker in selecting the proper part for the vehicle they were building. Usually it is a dab of paint on the part and not the color of the entire part.
I have several nos 455 motor mounts, and I don't believe any of them have any type of color code applied. I think the new GM transmission crossmember outer mounts are color coded pink though. Tim
Guys, The 70 olds assembly manual lists the 455 motor mounts for a 442 as white. When I took my car apart it still had the original motor mounts in it, and both had a slash of white paint on one end. Now these are originals, not NOS pieces, and the paint is there, as was the color dabs on the spindles, and other front end parts. (You guys have to stop looking at NOS pieces and assuming that is the way the original parts looked.) I have some original 455 buick motor mounts laying around somewhere. These do not have the safety catch built in, like the later ones do. I will see if they still have any paint dabs on them, but Brad is right, that is the way the assembly plants differentiated the parts, so they could make sure the right pieces went on the right car. Duane
