Re: alfa-digest V7 #1273 - GTV-6 Exhaust Leak

[AlfaNeely@domain.elided]

    Muffler Putty.  Available at any auto parts store.  Clean all the exhaust 
slip joints with a wire brush in a drill, smear on some putty and put 
everything together.  Let dry overnight and it will last quite well.  Some 
brands even help to get the parts to slip apart a year or two later.  Other 
brands still require the blue wrench (torch) to get everything red hot and 
break the rust.
    My Milano has 153,000 miles on the original front pipes, but they are 
getting pretty sad.  Muffler putty got it through the last several state 
inspections.
Ciao,
Russ Neely
Oklahoma City


In a message dated 01/10/2000 7:04:36 PM Central Standard Time, 
owner-alfa-digest@domain.elided writes:

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 Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 08:19:31 -0800
 From: Chris Attias <cattias@domain.elided>
 Subject: GTV-6 Exhaust Leak
 
 Advice needed...I finally got around to replacing the center and rear 
 sections of my exhaust system last weekend, but the two pipes that 
 connect the cat to the middle section still leak.
 
 It looks like the band clamps are "sprung", and can't be tightened 
 enough.  I had been trying for a few months to buy the proper 
 replacement clamps from several Alfa parts places, but they seem to 
 be "no longer available", so in desperation, I got a couple of 
 Amurican U bolt clamps, and cinched them up just before the slits in 
 the larger pipes--no good.
 
 Does anyone have a good solution short of welding the cat to the 
 middle box? Thanks,
 
 Chris Attias
 '84 GTV-6
 '64 MGB
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