Im reassembling the dashboard of my 1986 Trans Am, and I have this metal bracket piece with no memory or pictures of where it goes... Can anyone tell me where it goes? I was thinking somewhere unnder the steering column but it isnt lining up with any bolt holes there.

 

I think it's maybe the bracket that holds the fuse box.

 

If I am not mistaken it goes behind the door handle as a cover plate. It looks like the tabs are what hold it in.

 

Kinda shaped like the door piece you mention, but WAY to big compared to the seat and it looks like metal rather than plastic?

 

Are we positive it belongs in the interior? It looks like the bracket for the intermediate air box for a MPFI V6 car. Is there a decal on the other side?

 

It's definitely not for a V6, this is a TPI 305 car

 

it's the bracket for the mass air flow adapter,(the black box,front air intake duck) that the MAF connects too, then connects to the rubber boot to the throttle body,bolts to your radiator support.

 

QwkTrip had it right. It is part of the interior fuse box. It covers the box when it is lowered into position to replace or check fuses.

 

Im going with this too...I just took one apart and it looks exactly liwk the original pic.

you can see the little tab for the bolt that supports the side of the intake box thing

 

I believe your mistaken, and Mantaguy and 1989 KARR have it right, look very closely at the bracket in post #1, then look even closer at Mantaguy's pic........

 

PS, that IS the identical bracket as used on a V6 car as well, as stated by Whitebird75. Yes, there was some bit of sharing goin on between the MPFI V6 and TPI V8, and this bracket is one of those shared parts.....

 

yup! I THINk TPIs only had it tillllllllllll.............I wanna say 87??? then I think 88 they went with the round canister design

But 2.8s had it till 89

 

Thanks guys,the part is upside down on the seat you can see the tab that a screw is used to connect the air box.