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Color code 4-speed manual transmission

Post#1 » Sun Mar 01, 2015 3:32 pm

Hello.

I am about to restore a 4-speed transmission and I tried to find its original colour.
Does anyone know the RAL or MB colour code, or have any had success analyzing or mixing this colour?

I tried to match the colour from the inside of the transmission with a RAL color chart and ended up with RAL 7042 Verkehrsgrau A (Traffic grey A) in satin matt.
The result came out to light, too grey and a bit too glossy. The inside colour may also have been changed by the oil?
For me it looks like the outside colour was changed by light, time and dirt?

This MB transmissions colour probably came years back from passenger vehicles, so I looked at the automotive charts on the web (no calibrated monitor), maybe I should look towards the MB 71xx colours for a match?

Mercedes Zinkgrau (7188) 188 Year 1955-1993 (Body)
Mercedes Graphitgrau dunkel 7190 Year 1955-1976 (Body)
Mercedes Irangrau 7109 Year 1965-1976
Mercedes Eisgrau 155 Year 1965-1976
Mercedes Grau Matt 7108 Year 1988-1996
Mercedes Maschinengrau 7154 Year 1957-2000 (Body)
Mercedes Hellgrau 140 (140) Year 1957-1968 (Body)
Mercedes Tiefdunkelgrau Matt 7164 Year 1988-1995
Mercedes Tiefdunkelgrau Matt 7167 Year 1986-2003
Mercedes Titangrau SDGLZ 7110 Year 1979-1987


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Inside, top, front.

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Inside, level plug.

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