Lil stuff
 

Muffler has a small dent I want out, should I drill it, pull that out, then spot it? Anyone have pics of the inside of a 2.0 muffler?

Heat exchangers are acceptable, but showing signs that the end is nigh, I like heat. Is there a problem with using JBWeld as a filler? It's the little corrosion around the ends of the boxes. I was going to spray those with a rust converter, and then use exhaust paint to seal it up, I guess.

I need wheels so I can pull the fenders out!

Forced vacation stinks.


M

I would take it to a body shop and let them use a stud gun to pull the muffler. If you have to drill it, welding it up is probably the best solution.

I would go see a shrink and get some Paxill. Great for OCD.

Just kidding... I have no idea!

=o0

I can't believe YOU just said that!



M

I have one of those stud pullers. It works great. Just spot welds a little pin on and you pull on it with a slide hammer. I used it a lot on my car and it worked so good you cannot even tell where I used it. If there is any rust holes in that muffler, dont use JB weld to fix them. It will probably fall out after awhile. Just weld a small piece of metal over the hole and you will be set.

Oh man, I see how that works, I need that.

The muffler is very nice, except for a dent from sitting on a shelf, the HEs are brittleish.


M

Miles - YOU are SOOOOOOOO right!

James

but that doesn't make Karl wrong

Well, he's the one that had the lab break down the compounds in the upholstery screws so he could have some made!


M

If it were me I would add a similar dent on the other side/end and tell everyone it is a special factory limited edition muffler that was used on noise restricted race tracks in Germany in the early 70's!!!

Just kidding about the OCD.

This coming from someone replacing nearly EVERYTHING on his 914 at virtually no expense.

Yes... I am an idiot.. any medication for that?

John, I bought it of Ebay listed just as you said.

Karl, you weren't kidding, and neither was I... lmao!

Hope all is well on the homefront.


M

Yes,
Go out into the garage and find something to work on.

Paul

Hmmmm, if you play with the timing just right you could backfire you freshly rebuilt motor hard enough to pop that dent right outa there :)

Hey Miles,
You could do like I used to with motorcycle gas tanks, Fill it up with water and cap everything closed and then stick it in the freezer for a few days. The water expands and pushes the metal out. My ex wife used to hate that.

What about The Ding King?

Well, it works on tv for Billy Mays

Adam

These are great ideas, I am going to use them all!

My car also has a few dents, I need to find a big freezer.

The ding king works, I beat the hell out of my neighbor's car with one, dings everywhere!

M

Hawdy
Have you fixed it yet? More from the motorcycle world - roost dent on my $250 dollar motocross expansion chamber - capped the ends - used propane to heat the dent till it slowly came out.
You need to put a tire valve stem on one of the caps to fill the pipe with a little air, then the expansion pushes the dent out. A trip down the plumbing aisle and about 12 bucks.

Almost magical, astound the wide-eyed onlookers.

Oh yeah, don' t try this next one - my old Suzuki 100 had a big dent in the tank, right where the prev owner had smacked into it with his, -ahem- "package". I put a cup of gasoline in it, set it behind a tree, and threw lit matches at it, thinking it would blow up and blow out the dent.
It just burned feebly. Thank god. I was 12. It was a big tree.

Hmmmm - Early Darwin award pre-qualifying rounds...

"You could do like I used to with motorcycle gas tanks, Fill it up with water and cap everything closed and then stick it in the freezer for a few days. The water expands and pushes the metal out."

I had a small 8 ounce metal pocket flask that got dented. Just a single dent that looked like it would pop out if you could get to the inside. I had a brainstorm - air pressure!. I closed it with its cap and dropped it into a pot of boiling water and waited for the heat to expand the air and pop out the dent. Got distracted, Oh s***! At least no explosion. Found the the sides of the flask had bowed completely out. Looked like a distorted bloated canteen. Toss one flask.

I should have used the feezing water method.

Mike