[T2] Catalytic Converter to Muffler gasket

[Al Brase]

Retighten it after a few heat cool cycles.


On Mon, Jun 19, 2017 at 2:59 PM, Kevin Guarnotta <kevin at guarnottadesign.com>
wrote:

> Hi Steve,
>
> Sorry – I have been really slammed at work – got a hard deadline this
> Friday. I just had a small break today so I decided to tackle this again.
>
> I am not sure where I left off with you – but I got a gasket on TheSamba.
> I had been re-using the old one. It fell off twice. Good thing I happen to
> have earplugs in my pants from work. It may be related to the muffler strap
> not being in good shape.
>
> I got a new muffler strap – made by some guy on the Samba. It is much
> heavier duty than the original. I also put that gasket on that I got from
> the samba classifieds. It all seems tight now. Hopefully it will hold. I’ve
> got inspection this month!
>
> The whole clamp system seems pretty bad – although I guess it does allow
> you to rotate the muffler to get things to align a certain way. Otherwise,
> it seems like a pretty terrible clamping system. Kind of like a belt, when
> we should be using suspenders. Next time I run into this, I think I will
> either modify the exhaust, or get rid of the catalytic converter.
>
> Happy bussing all…
>
> -Kevin Guarnotta
> Jamaica Plain, MA
>
> ’78 Westy
> '69 Singlecab
> '65 Ez-camper
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