Now that my 40 is driving down the road, some things have become evident. The main one was that I needed a new muffler:
So last week I went to Huntsville Muffler and Wes took a look at it. He had me order in a Summit V-Band Clamp. Once that arrived we made the appointment for this morning. They made quick work of getting the old mufflers out from under it and proceeded to weld in the clamp. My Australian Wildcat header hangs down pretty low, so they cut some of the end off of it before welding in the clamp:
I think Wes is a perfectionist, and he has all of the right tools for the job. He quickly made a straight piece of 2 1/4" pipe into a piece of art to install in my truck. I never saw a tape measure, or a mark on a pipe, he just eyeballed all of it:
He pulled an AP Exhaust 6" Round by 19" long muffler off the shelf and quickly had it fitted in the correct location for my '78:
I don't have the skid plate yet, but I told him about it, and he tucked the exhaust up really nice against the frame rails. Hopefully the skid plate will fit, but if not, I will take it back to Wes: (oh nevermind that background, I've got to finish that mower and clean up!)
Now, I had looked into fitting some sections of pipe myself and creating an exhaust system that way. But, ultimately, I decided to bite the bullet and pay Huntsville Muffler to do the work... I hate spending money! So, what did all of that precision work done with the correct tools by experts run me? $220. That's total, parts and labor, other than the $35 V-Band Clamp I had to order. My friends, you just can't beat that! Oh, and how does it sound? IDK, I can't hear it anymore! LOL But seriously, yeah, much quieter, especially sitting at stop lights. Have a great day!
So last week I went to Huntsville Muffler and Wes took a look at it. He had me order in a Summit V-Band Clamp. Once that arrived we made the appointment for this morning. They made quick work of getting the old mufflers out from under it and proceeded to weld in the clamp. My Australian Wildcat header hangs down pretty low, so they cut some of the end off of it before welding in the clamp:
I think Wes is a perfectionist, and he has all of the right tools for the job. He quickly made a straight piece of 2 1/4" pipe into a piece of art to install in my truck. I never saw a tape measure, or a mark on a pipe, he just eyeballed all of it:
He pulled an AP Exhaust 6" Round by 19" long muffler off the shelf and quickly had it fitted in the correct location for my '78:
I don't have the skid plate yet, but I told him about it, and he tucked the exhaust up really nice against the frame rails. Hopefully the skid plate will fit, but if not, I will take it back to Wes: (oh nevermind that background, I've got to finish that mower and clean up!)
Now, I had looked into fitting some sections of pipe myself and creating an exhaust system that way. But, ultimately, I decided to bite the bullet and pay Huntsville Muffler to do the work... I hate spending money! So, what did all of that precision work done with the correct tools by experts run me? $220. That's total, parts and labor, other than the $35 V-Band Clamp I had to order. My friends, you just can't beat that! Oh, and how does it sound? IDK, I can't hear it anymore! LOL But seriously, yeah, much quieter, especially sitting at stop lights. Have a great day!
