exhaust disassembly question

[ezrydr]

well I BBQd the muffler. I got a LOT of smoke out of the pipe that connects to the engine. Cooked it for about 2 hours before the smoke stopped coming out. Had a little bit of flame coming out for the first few minutes.

While it was cooling I ran to the auto parts store and got a tube of the Permatex Copper RTV gasket/sealant stuff. rated to about 700 degrees.

Back to shop.

I tapped out the hole in the exhaust flange where the butterfly valve shaft used to be and inserted a 1/2-13 bolt. I coated the bolt threads with the RTV. I also used the RTV to put a thin film on each side of the exhaust gasket. Bolted up the flange and put the engine shroud back on.

Mounted up the freshly baked muffler and used a generous amount of the RTV on the exhaust flange to compensate for the frozen-corroded-in-place sealing rings.

Left her sit overnight.

Next day I fired her up and lo and behold not only is this gorl quieter than ever, I do beleive she has just a little more zing!

Now my wife is happy again and she can run our dogs. You know it was funny, she didn't give a rats a$$ about my buggy until she figured out she could run our dogs with it. Now if the buggy is down for a day she get's all bent out of shape.

Thanks to all you guys for the comments and advice!

Steve

[DOOmsman]

when mamas happy
everyone is happy


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