Backfire....holy cannoli
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Backfire....holy cannoli
getting the T out this afternoon enjoying the weather running for parts, dropping off some bills @ the PO and after getting some gas I started out and the pesky key switch dropped out for a few seconds after turning on the light switch. You guys are not kidding about a backfire just once after jiggling my key and spark was restored.
Thankfully a few miles from home as it now sounded like a John Deere tractor, hope these are in stock and not on back order.
Thankfully a few miles from home as it now sounded like a John Deere tractor, hope these are in stock and not on back order.
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Re: Backfire....holy cannoli
I had the same thing happen to me before. You can reshape the canister and spot weld the seam back together.
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Re: Backfire....holy cannoli
Bet that got some attention !
What Denny said or just buy a new shell only.
The rest should be repairable.
What Denny said or just buy a new shell only.
The rest should be repairable.
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Re: Backfire....holy cannoli
Be honest. You just wanted a new muffler and had to come up with a creative way to tell the wife!
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Re: Backfire....holy cannoli
Oh it's repairable, I'm just lazy. Michael the little lady OKed a new muffler understanding we are eating macNcheese and saltines the rest of the week to foot the billMichaelPawelek wrote: ↑Sun Sep 19, 2021 7:33 pmBe honest. You just wanted a new muffler and had to come up with a creative way to tell the wife!
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Re: Backfire....holy cannoli
If you put it back together or get a new one, have a 1/2" or so bead welded on the seam every 1.5-2" & tighten up the switch.NU2theT wrote: ↑Sun Sep 19, 2021 8:10 pmOh it's repairable, I'm just lazy. Michael the little lady OKed a new muffler understanding we are eating macNcheese and saltines the rest of the week to foot the billMichaelPawelek wrote: ↑Sun Sep 19, 2021 7:33 pmBe honest. You just wanted a new muffler and had to come up with a creative way to tell the wife!
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Re: Backfire....holy cannoli
A buddy makes his own T muffler for his cars, uses the heavy early cast ends, and seamless thick wall tubing.
No worries blowing this guy apart
No worries blowing this guy apart
The best way is always the simplest. The attics of the world are cluttered up with complicated failures. Henry Ford
Don’t find fault, find a remedy; anybody can complain. Henry Ford
Don’t find fault, find a remedy; anybody can complain. Henry Ford
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Re: Backfire....holy cannoli
Back in 1994 we had a tour "On the Border". We drove across from San Diego to Tijuana and just before we crossed the border that happened to me! So I drove it the rest of that day on "Straight Pipe". The bolt which is welded in place had broken and I went to a hardware store and bought an eye bolt. opened up the eye and put it around the piece inside, then screwed everything back together. Later after the tour was over, I tack welded the whole thing together, and now almost 30 years later it is still on my car and working fine!
I think I found out why all this happened. I had put a clamp on the pipe where it attaches to the muffler. So the muffler is bolted to the frame and the pipe vibrates with the engine as the car is driven. I find that the muffler holds up better without that clamp. Just let the end of the pipe move around inside the muffler as the car goes along.
Norm
I think I found out why all this happened. I had put a clamp on the pipe where it attaches to the muffler. So the muffler is bolted to the frame and the pipe vibrates with the engine as the car is driven. I find that the muffler holds up better without that clamp. Just let the end of the pipe move around inside the muffler as the car goes along.
Norm
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Re: Backfire....holy cannoli
I got a piece of titanium tube from Boeing Surplus years ago.
Still going strong.
Still going strong.
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Re: Backfire....holy cannoli
Pulling out of a parking lot and turning right on an incline, I had the muffler pull off the pipe from the car flexing and twisting.... loud!!!
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Re: Backfire....holy cannoli
Happened to me not long after I got my speedster running. The backing plate but got loose and pretty much cut the piece of threaded rod flush with the plate. About a hundred tack welds later and it’ll probably be there for another 30 years.
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Re: Backfire....holy cannoli
I blew mine off in the Quick-Chek Parking lot. One of the gas jockeys thought a bomb had gone off. I'm sure he needed a new pair of shorts after that one.
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