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Hey gang,
Well some of you might remember my ranting last week about that anoying exhaust leak that almost ruined my weekend jaunt to the San Diego British Car Day Show & Shine. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif But luckily it held off until I was headed home.
Anyway late last week I got all the required gaskets & hardware from Moss Motors, including a nice "new" stock exhaust system. The plan was to install it over the long three day weekend (had Columbus day off) but my wife nixed that idea & wouldn’t let me off from my other obligations and honey dos around the house. Like any good husband I relented to my wifes wishes and it started to look like the poor old gal was going to have to sit & wait for me. That’s when a friend suggested paying a local muffler shop to install it for me.
I ended up taking it to a small local shop right around the corner and he gave me an offer of less than $200 out the door. Called him back that night said he was having some "trouble" and wouldn’t have it done until sometime in the afternoon the next day.
Happy day - as promised it was ready by 1pm. I asked what kind of problems he had and the list went just as I'd suspected. He had to pull the manifold just as I had to do the last time I did this (this guy was a lot bigger than I BTW /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif), and while he was doing that he actually broke one of the bolts that holds the manifold to the head.
What I found interesting about his story as we talked was that he told me that he didn’t trust the weak looking Moss Motors gasket that had the “heat ring” that goes between the catalytic converter & the manifold. So rather than take a chance he made one out of metal like you find on more modern cars. Some of you might remember my complaints about the gaskets. Anyway, I’m not 100% sure if it will work or not, but he told me that if I have any problems to bring it right back.
When it was all said and done I sheepishly asked what I owed him. Just the $200 buck he said. All I can say is that was the best dang $200 bucks I’ve ever spent on my MG and no cracked knuckles or grease under my finger nails.
Happy Motoring!
/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cheers.gif
Well some of you might remember my ranting last week about that anoying exhaust leak that almost ruined my weekend jaunt to the San Diego British Car Day Show & Shine. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif But luckily it held off until I was headed home.
Anyway late last week I got all the required gaskets & hardware from Moss Motors, including a nice "new" stock exhaust system. The plan was to install it over the long three day weekend (had Columbus day off) but my wife nixed that idea & wouldn’t let me off from my other obligations and honey dos around the house. Like any good husband I relented to my wifes wishes and it started to look like the poor old gal was going to have to sit & wait for me. That’s when a friend suggested paying a local muffler shop to install it for me.
I ended up taking it to a small local shop right around the corner and he gave me an offer of less than $200 out the door. Called him back that night said he was having some "trouble" and wouldn’t have it done until sometime in the afternoon the next day.
Happy day - as promised it was ready by 1pm. I asked what kind of problems he had and the list went just as I'd suspected. He had to pull the manifold just as I had to do the last time I did this (this guy was a lot bigger than I BTW /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif), and while he was doing that he actually broke one of the bolts that holds the manifold to the head.
What I found interesting about his story as we talked was that he told me that he didn’t trust the weak looking Moss Motors gasket that had the “heat ring” that goes between the catalytic converter & the manifold. So rather than take a chance he made one out of metal like you find on more modern cars. Some of you might remember my complaints about the gaskets. Anyway, I’m not 100% sure if it will work or not, but he told me that if I have any problems to bring it right back.
When it was all said and done I sheepishly asked what I owed him. Just the $200 buck he said. All I can say is that was the best dang $200 bucks I’ve ever spent on my MG and no cracked knuckles or grease under my finger nails.
Happy Motoring!
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