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Originally Posted by Held for Ransom
Psst, it's Stay Puft (says so right on the cap) Marshmallow Man.
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Thanks for the help keeping me straight. As many S'mores as I have made for Mini Me you would think that I would know that by now.
Well it's hard to measure progress when all you do is start three jobs and finish none, but I think some progress was made today. The gas tank is out and a new Spectra is on the way, along with straps, silencers and a USS stencil. The shocks have been removed and the new ones are ready, but not installed. Most significantly, the exhaust system is in the process of being fitted.
I bought a 2.5" Pypes system with crossover. The mufflers are Dynomax. The fitment went pretty well, but it is somewhat fussy. I can't imagine doing it with a gas tank, shocks and sway bar installed. With the splitters and a dual exhaust setup you have to cut the tailpipes and fit an adapter for the splitters. They make a tailpipe for the transverse muffler setup that accommodates the TA splitter, but not for a true dual system. Seems sort of shortsighted, but that 's the way it is. There are no real directions where to cut the tailpipe and it's not marked, so you just have to use logic, intuition and luck to make an educated guess. I think we got that right and the system is fitted from the splitters to the mufflers, but that is where progress ended. I ordered the wrong exhaust flanges and before trimming the X-pipe assembly I would like to have the head pipes installed.
So, no gas tank, no shocks, and no exhaust. To top it off the interior is still ripped apart as I continue to wait for the dash bezel from Randy Combs. Progress can sometimes be hard to measure.
One neat thing today. When the rear wheels were removed to get the shocks off you could still see clearly the inspection paint marks on the axle hubs. In addition, the rear drums were held on with the original copper press on clips.
