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Backfire....holy cannoli

Post by NU2theT » Sun Sep 19, 2021 7:17 pm

getting the T out this afternoon enjoying the weather running for parts, dropping off some bills @ the PO and after getting some gas I started out and the pesky key switch dropped out for a few seconds after turning on the light switch. You guys are not kidding about a backfire just once after jiggling my key and spark was restored.

Thankfully a few miles from home as it now sounded like a John Deere tractor, hope these are in stock and not on back order.
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Re: Backfire....holy cannoli

Post by perry kete » Sun Sep 19, 2021 7:29 pm

I had the same thing happen to me before. You can reshape the canister and spot weld the seam back together.
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Re: Backfire....holy cannoli

Post by Ruxstel24 » Sun Sep 19, 2021 7:32 pm

Bet that got some attention ! :o
What Denny said or just buy a new shell only.
The rest should be repairable.


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Re: Backfire....holy cannoli

Post by MichaelPawelek » Sun Sep 19, 2021 7:33 pm

Be honest. You just wanted a new muffler and had to come up with a creative way to tell the wife! 😊


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Re: Backfire....holy cannoli

Post by NU2theT » Sun Sep 19, 2021 8:10 pm

MichaelPawelek wrote:
Sun Sep 19, 2021 7:33 pm
Be honest. You just wanted a new muffler and had to come up with a creative way to tell the wife! 😊
Oh it's repairable, I'm just lazy. Michael the little lady OKed a new muffler understanding we are eating macNcheese and saltines the rest of the week to foot the bill :lol:


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Re: Backfire....holy cannoli

Post by speedytinc » Sun Sep 19, 2021 8:34 pm

NU2theT wrote:
Sun Sep 19, 2021 8:10 pm
MichaelPawelek wrote:
Sun Sep 19, 2021 7:33 pm
Be honest. You just wanted a new muffler and had to come up with a creative way to tell the wife! 😊
Oh it's repairable, I'm just lazy. Michael the little lady OKed a new muffler understanding we are eating macNcheese and saltines the rest of the week to foot the bill :lol:
If you put it back together or get a new one, have a 1/2" or so bead welded on the seam every 1.5-2" & tighten up the switch.

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Re: Backfire....holy cannoli

Post by DanTreace » Sun Sep 19, 2021 8:36 pm

A buddy makes his own T muffler for his cars, uses the heavy early cast ends, and seamless thick wall tubing.


No worries blowing this guy apart ;)


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Re: Backfire....holy cannoli

Post by Norman Kling » Sun Sep 19, 2021 8:40 pm

Back in 1994 we had a tour "On the Border". We drove across from San Diego to Tijuana and just before we crossed the border that happened to me! So I drove it the rest of that day on "Straight Pipe". The bolt which is welded in place had broken and I went to a hardware store and bought an eye bolt. opened up the eye and put it around the piece inside, then screwed everything back together. Later after the tour was over, I tack welded the whole thing together, and now almost 30 years later it is still on my car and working fine!
I think I found out why all this happened. I had put a clamp on the pipe where it attaches to the muffler. So the muffler is bolted to the frame and the pipe vibrates with the engine as the car is driven. I find that the muffler holds up better without that clamp. Just let the end of the pipe move around inside the muffler as the car goes along.
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Re: Backfire....holy cannoli

Post by BE_ZERO_BE » Sun Sep 19, 2021 8:57 pm

I got a piece of titanium tube from Boeing Surplus years ago.
Still going strong. :D
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Re: Backfire....holy cannoli

Post by Professor Fate » Sun Sep 19, 2021 9:36 pm

Pulling out of a parking lot and turning right on an incline, I had the muffler pull off the pipe from the car flexing and twisting.... loud!!!
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Re: Backfire....holy cannoli

Post by Jeepbone1 » Mon Sep 20, 2021 10:30 am

Happened to me not long after I got my speedster running. The backing plate but got loose and pretty much cut the piece of threaded rod flush with the plate. About a hundred tack welds later and it’ll probably be there for another 30 years.

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Re: Backfire....holy cannoli

Post by Will_Vanderburg » Mon Sep 20, 2021 12:20 pm

I blew mine off in the Quick-Chek Parking lot. One of the gas jockeys thought a bomb had gone off. I'm sure he needed a new pair of shorts after that one.
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