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DNK

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Does anyone have the falcon exhaust that is the copy of the TT exhaust?
I have some questions with my TT and have never really understood it.
The mounting point at the trans,
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Are both mid pipes suppose to connect to one hanger or is there suppose to be a hanger for the other side?
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Here are the mid pipe brackets
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All help is appreciated
 
Early Falcon exhaust was single, connected with a donut to the manifold of the inline OHV 144 or 170 CuIn six. There were a couple of tire-strip type mounts, one at the trans and one at the rear.


Oh, wait, you're not talking about a Ford Falcon......
 
While doing a little digging, I found a post by Shannon, remember him, he said the Falcon exhaust was 1 7/8's well, that explains a problem I am having with fitment of these
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So , no help on the hanger problem.Has any one installed them?
 
Bill, you got more pics?
My mid pipes never fit any way so I am just gonna use some flexible repair pipes from the flex pieces to the aft pieces until I can get it to my exahust shop to build permanent ones.
 
Don, I used 10" flex pipes in the middle of the run, let the system rest on the custom made table, and ridged-mounted the rear of the system to the frame. That way I achieved letting the system do its thing with expansion (the flex pipes absorbed this) and contraction and no more hanging, wobbly exhaust pipes. Worked fine while I had it. I think PB may have changed things around.

Now, about Kate Middleton. Seems everyone but you missed the point. Thanks for stepping up.
 
Think that's the way it will eventually go. I see on yours that you came of the headers with short pieces of tubing and then the flex. Is that right?
 
Not directly. There is a short lenght of bent pipe connecting the end of the header pipe to the flex pipe. Look close and you'll see the clamps on the forward end of that short length of pipe joining it to the header pipe. The rear of the short pipe is joined to the flex with that big wide band clamp.
 
Ken, I think that is what I meant
Header+short piece+ flex

Is that what you meant?
 
Yeah, that's it, Don. I should have widened my screen, I didn't see your whole post.
Sorry Don and Bill..
 
So I have documented my hassles with my TT mid pipes on the never installed exhaust for the 6 as posted above.
I contacted Moss UK to see if they knew why my pipes didn't fit.Explaining to them that I am not looking for a hand out . Just pipes that work.
After being passed around to different people to see who is the correct person to handle this, I hadn't heard any response for a day or so. I contacted the last person who corresponded to me and made sure my last post went thru.

Just got a response today

"Hello Don

We are sending you some replacement pipes today.

Regards

Jeff ""

Wow. I fired off a note thanking them and explaining to them I do not expect free ones and will definitely pay my share.

Got to admit . Moss UK did great and went above and beyond what I expected.
 
My fingers are crossed.
After 11 years hopefully something has changed
 
Missed this post. Years ago, after having my Falcon system for a while, I received a call from a gentleman who was given my name along with the names of many others who had bought it asking how I got mine to fit properly. I hadn't, nor had the other ten people he had talked to. Some had gone to muffler shops.

It wasn't until I was putting my car back together during restoration and installed it to the rolling chassis that it fit together. I have since had new intermediate pipes installed to allow access to the overdrive drain plug.
 
Doug, could have been me Doug. I was so flabbergasted, could have been me.
 
May have been. My initial problem was I received two left mid pipes. At the time, the car was my daily driver so it had to fit...and it did...until I got the right pipe.
 
Well that was fast. Couldn't figure what was on my porch
They are definitely bigger in ID
Hopefully they will fit. Also noticed , no hangers
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Don,

They still don't look right to me.....Why is one pipe significantly shorter than the other?

Cheers,
Tush
 
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