Flying from Chicago headed back to Florida. Of coarse I’m over a solid overcast with 800’ ceilings. I hear a noise and slight vibration. I diverted to the nearest VFR airport that was about 30-40 miles away and kept my eyes on my engine gauges. Nothing seemed out of wack, but I was definatly hearing something and it felt out of balance.
The wife was terrified, she’s a nervous flyer as is.
After landing in Indiana I found this.
I was able to use a loaner car to drive the wife to Indianapolis and catch a flight home. I’m staying and hoping to get a new exhaust manifold located and installed ASAP. This happened on Sunday, so today I’ll be on the search.