Today we went to do errands and shopping but on our way home we picked up
the new/repaired exhaust elbow. The braided flex joint was completely
rotton and leaking so we had a new braid sleeve joint welded on. They did a
great job and so Sam and I put it back in. We did a video of it which will
show up on youtube eventually. It went mostly without a hitch. Two of the
studs on the heat exchanger had damaged threads both on the bolt and the nut
making it feel stripped. I got into my box-o-bolts and found two new nuts
with fresh threads and they tightened right up. I'll have to remember not
to over tighten them. We also put in high temprature exhaust gaskets like
used in performance exhaust headers.
The old Rotten Exhaust
Elbow
It had become rotton after getting salt water inside before there was a
vented loop. I knew it was going to go but I had hoped it would last a
little longer. Oh well, we have a new one now.
Layla spent time in her favorite place... on the floor in the way of
everything so we gave her a basket to keep her tail safe.
Cat In A
Basket
It's also a cat trap. Anything square resembling a box, even drawn on the
ground with a sharpy is a cat trap...