Can someone tell me how much of an afternoon of fun it is in replacing the back half of the exhaust/muffler on a Classic?, from the joint at the gearbox back, is it a matter of dropping the suspension as much as i can while lifting the body and contorting it out / in, or is it much more dramatic?
got a split in the accross the width of the muffler and none of the putty's / tapes etc are working,
OldBushie
It should be easy enough by jacking under the body to get the N/S/R down as far as possible. If it's still too tight, drop off the shock absorber mount for a bit more movement (check the brake hose isn't stretched though).
It'll be tighter if you have a bigger fuel tank fitted.
Scott
cheers, just wanted to check i could do it myself having never done one....
OldBushie
Which muffler is the problem ?
The main front one or the rear resonator ?
I'm just thinking it might be more economical if you had an exhaust shop replace just the one you need.
The rear one could just be replaced with a length of pipe if you don't mind a slightly louder exhaust. I replaced my rear resonator with a DiscoII stainless one.
Scott
ForumSage
Where did you happen to get that muffler from?Originally Posted by Scouse
OldBushie
Are you insinuating something here ?
LR have them in stock.
It wasn't cheap but I wanted to use the best I could afford for my RR.
Scott
ForumSage
I would never do that.
I just delete optioned mine, then replaced the centre one with a straight through muffler, then fitted extractors. I do like to hear my V8.
OldBushie
Mine now has a DiscoII V8 centre muffer too. A bit bigger than the original but the price was right.
It's too quiet now - it sounds like a vacuum cleaner rather than a V8.
Scott
it's the front main one....it would hardly be the easier rear one now would it??
Wizard
When you do remove the whole rear pipework, the hardest thing may be removing the clamped joint at the rear of the muffler. ( It was a bxxtard for me and I used a big hammer too) If you decide to weld the new one in, make sure you allow for the difference in length of the join otherwise the rearmost part after the axle will rub against the body and rattle.
It took me only 30 odd min to remove the muffler and pipe on my 84 rangie, after I put a bottle jack between the axle and body and jacked it up at bit. It twists out OK then.
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