Stainless steel muffler with tail pipe
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W Brian Jordan
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Stainless steel muffler with tail pipe
I have looked in the catalogs and websites but have not found the stainless steel setup that someone used to sell. Can someone tell me who sells them or if they are available?
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Re: Stainless steel muffler with tail pipe
Brian, I haven't seen those for sale for a long time. I purchased mine maybe 20 years ago, still in the car, looking New as when I put it on. Stainless steel was the best pic at the time.
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Re: Stainless steel muffler with tail pipe
I did my own stainless exhaust. If you cannot weld, there is a place in Lafayette, IN that I drove right by this year that does custom exhaust. I have not used their services. Whatever they charge is what it costs for stainless. I would provide them with a new pack nut ahead of time.
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Re: Stainless steel muffler with tail pipe
Yes, the stainless muffler with short tailpipe, and the stainless exhaust pipe have been out of production for many years, probably over a decade at the least, The muffler was made by a fellow Texan, Frank Fenton, as I recall, and the exhaust pipe was made by a Michigan man. I was foresighted enough to buy one of each while they were still available. They, along with a stainless 1 1/2" exhaust pipe clamp, give me a 100% stainless exhaust system. I still have the parts in storage and they are NOT for sale.
If you have one of the current production 'take-apart' mufflers, you can easily change all the tubes from cold rolled steel to stainless steel. the outer shell will be 5" stainless exhaust tubing (12" long) and I bought a pre cut length on EBAY. The innermost tube is 1 1/2" and the middle tube is something over 3". You would use the regular steel ends from the current production muffler, OR if authenticity is not a concern, I'm sure a short 12" stainless muffler with a 1 1/2" inlet can be bought.
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Re: Stainless steel muffler with tail pipe
The stainless exhaust has been gone for some time, but I bought a stainless exhaust pipe pre-bent from Langs only 2 years ago. My guess for the pipe any independent muffler shop should be able to make you something.
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Re: Stainless steel muffler with tail pipe
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Re: Stainless steel muffler with tail pipe
The muffler shown in Frank's photo is made incorrectly, stainless or otherwise. Rolling the outer shell was not done as it should be. Because the shell needs to go INSIDE the lip on the muffler ends, the joint ridge should be folded with the overlapping edges on the INSIDE of the shell. Then there is no need to beat a relief in the muffler ends to accommodate it.
That type of rolled joint, on the outside of the shell, should be reserved for the cast iron muffler ends, where the shell goes over a land on the shell, rather than into it. Making them correctly is not difficult. It just requires attention to detail. My sheetmetal worker who rolls the shells for the mufflers I assemble calls them inside and outside seams.
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That type of rolled joint, on the outside of the shell, should be reserved for the cast iron muffler ends, where the shell goes over a land on the shell, rather than into it. Making them correctly is not difficult. It just requires attention to detail. My sheetmetal worker who rolls the shells for the mufflers I assemble calls them inside and outside seams.
Allan from down under.
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Re: Stainless steel muffler with tail pipe
Brian
If you are not fussy, this muffler works fine. Unfortunately it is not stainless.
https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Tractor ... B00EUCJL40
Great price here
https://www.industrial-supply-center.co ... 1117-6002/
If you are not fussy, this muffler works fine. Unfortunately it is not stainless.
https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Tractor ... B00EUCJL40
Great price here
https://www.industrial-supply-center.co ... 1117-6002/
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Re: Stainless steel muffler with tail pipe
While any muffler will/may work on a T, there is something about the sound of an original style exhaust system that is unique to a T. It's a bit like needing to hear the buzz of the coils. The sounds are unique to a T. Many of the aftermarket mufflers make the T sound a bit strangled to my failing hearing.
Allan from down under.
Allan from down under.